[mythtvnz] HTPC Configuration for combined front/back end

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Criggie <criggie at criggie.org.nz> wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote, On 11/18/2013 12:05 PM:
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Bruce Wilson <acaferacer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> HP XW4600 Workstation Intel Dual Core
>>>
>>> http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-658948479.htm
>>
>> Pros: 5 sata headers on the motherboard, plus an addin card with 4 more.
>
> Another con that might bite you in the backside... depending on how the
> drives are detected they may be "raid devices" and impossible to read on
> other hardware.   I'm assuming that there's a raid controller involved.

As far as the motherboard ones are concerned you can set them to
'raid', 'ahci' or 'ide'. I set them as ahci and the exisiting non
raided drives from the existing machine are read fine. The 3TB drives
are seen as 850G in the bios, but that is oly an issue if you boot off
them (and I am not).

The addin card - yes it has raid functionality too, and the 75G drive
that came with the machine is the only drive presently attached to it.
I am not sure what will happen when I plug another drive into it.


>
>
>> Cons: Only designed for two 3.5 inch drives plus a floppy slot plus
>> 3x5.25in slots.
>>
>> Solution: (1) I managed to put a hard drive in the floppy slot at the
>> expense of the bevel fitting back on the front properly. I think sugru or
>> blutack will sort that.
>
> You can remove the drive cage from the machine, and carefully drill four new
> screw holes in the right places.  The threads are in the drive, so slightly
> oversized is okay.
>

I'll look into that.

>> (2) I am hoping that one of these
>> http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=15402
>> will enable me to tidily put up to 4 hard drives where the three 5.25 slots
>> are (I don't need a dvd drive).
>
>
> http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=184
> These are $38 inc GST - so the price is fair.
>
> I have three of the original coolermaster ones, they work fine but the
> grilles do choke up quickly.  Also swapping a drive is a bit of a process.
>
> Or if spindles is more important than cost/storage you could go for this and
> have 12x 2.5" drives in your three 5.25" bays.
> http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=114
> No idea on a NZ price for these.

Thanks.

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