Doonz
join:2010-11-27
Beaumont, AB Reviews:
 ·Shaw
| reply to analog andy
Re: Ditching Shaw cable need media player ideas said by TOPDAWG:good god man he does not need a 4 core PC with 16GB to run media. That is way over-kill just for media unless he also wants to run games. I like your idea but that is so costly and can be done so much cheaper.
Andy can you post what your budget is so folks can better list your options. Also what you want to do and how many TV you got and the like.
If he wanted to run HTPC then i woulda just recommended a Zotac and called it a day.
But i figured since the poster was looking for a solution I provided one that would not only grow with the next new thing but is simple and easy to use and can also allow him to bring his media on the road also would allow playback of any file type onto any device..
Just for reference My setup:
Usenet Server:
Quad core xeon @ 2.6ghz with 16gb ram, 4x240gb ssd in raid 10 (This set up was required to achieve full speed on Usenet on 250/15 package from shaw)
Software installed: Sabnzbd, sickbeard
Couchpotato Server:
Virtual machine running 8X2.6ghz cores with 4gb ram
Deluge Server:
Virtual Machine running 8x2.6ghz with 16gb ram
PlexMediserver
cpu 2x 6x2.4ghz opterons with 32Gb ram, 4x 128gb ssd in raid 10
Freenas File server
Quad core xeon @ 2.6ghz w/32GB ram
16x3tb in raid 10
End Devices (Multiple in use at the same time)
3x Ipad
1x Iphone
1x ATV2
1x Android phone running plex
3x Roku 2 XS |
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 TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | oh yeah I like your set-up you posted as it's future proofing more then what I posted exp if 4K ever comes home you'll need more then a dual core to run that I'd guess. Issue was OP did not give enough info on what he wanted and his budget. |
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Doonz
join:2010-11-27
Beaumont, AB Reviews:
·Shaw
| said by TOPDAWG:oh yeah I like your set-up you posted as it's future proofing more then what I posted exp if 4K ever comes home you'll need more then a dual core to run that I'd guess. Issue was OP did not give enough info on what he wanted and his budget.
Most time people settle on the lowest price but not necessarily what they wanted... |
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