<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Nick Rout wrote, On 11/08/2013 02:23
PM:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALmzFLbf2afFcQ903LkbGFDvwCfw4MTwt9SfcMrRpv8B6Z7Q=g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr"><br>
<div class="gmail_extra">On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Alex
Marshall <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:alexmnz@yahoo.com" target="_blank">alexmnz@yahoo.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div><span></span></div>
<div>Case: <span> </span>Antec New
Solution NSK 4000-B II Mid Tower Case,
Black/Silver
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
Does it have space for a crapton of disk drives? I'm talking 8+
because you may end up there. <br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALmzFLbf2afFcQ903LkbGFDvwCfw4MTwt9SfcMrRpv8B6Z7Q=g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>Hard drive: Western Digital Green
WD20EZRX Hard Disk Drive,
2000GB, 5400-7200rpm, 64MB Cache, SATA 6
Gb/s</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
Good luck with the smelly green drives. I hear they're "much
better" now which fills me with no confidence.<br>
Many people on this list have suggested a small SSD for OS and SQL
data, and rotational drives for data storage. WD RED seem ideal for
this.<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALmzFLbf2afFcQ903LkbGFDvwCfw4MTwt9SfcMrRpv8B6Z7Q=g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>Keyboard:<span> </span>Logitech
Desktop MK120 Keyboard & Mouse,
USB, Black</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div>I know keyboards are cheap but you don't need one, or
a mouse, except with initial setup. Beg or borrow from
another PC then disconnect and forget.<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
Agreed. I manage my backend via remote-X from a normal desktop.<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALmzFLbf2afFcQ903LkbGFDvwCfw4MTwt9SfcMrRpv8B6Z7Q=g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div>you forgot a remote, spend US$15 for a sapphire <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/">http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/</a><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
I use an old wireless keyboard that works well enough.<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALmzFLbf2afFcQ903LkbGFDvwCfw4MTwt9SfcMrRpv8B6Z7Q=g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div> My questions are as follows:</div>
<div>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:18pt">1. This
seems quite expensive to
watch and record TV how can I cut the
cost </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
Use whatever you already own, rather than buying stuff.<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALmzFLbf2afFcQ903LkbGFDvwCfw4MTwt9SfcMrRpv8B6Z7Q=g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div style="margin-left:18pt">2. Was
thinking of dropping storage
to 1TB as only using PC for one
purpose. Is this enough<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
For now, maybe. I started with 3x 30GB drives and it was okay "to
start with"<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALmzFLbf2afFcQ903LkbGFDvwCfw4MTwt9SfcMrRpv8B6Z7Q=g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div style="margin-left:18pt">3. Do I
need a Video card for playback or will
onboard graphics processor on CPU cope<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
Just get the recommended nvidia card, with a heatsink ideally.<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALmzFLbf2afFcQ903LkbGFDvwCfw4MTwt9SfcMrRpv8B6Z7Q=g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_extra">
<div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div>
<div
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
Grande,Sans-Serif">
<div>
<div style="margin-left:18pt">4. Will
this set-up be quiet enough
for the living room.</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
Depends how much you spend... quality cooling costs money :( Big
slow fans run quieter than small high-RPM fans.<br>
<br>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Criggie
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://criggie.org.nz/">http://criggie.org.nz/</a>
</pre>
</body>
</html>