Pneumonic wrote:
Yes, many netbooks employ 2.5 drives. Not sure how many come with 1 TB
though. You'd likely have to buy a 1 TB drive separate and install after
the fact.
Thanks again.
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michael123 wrote:
I bought mine here about a year ago, very satisfied
http://www.mini-box.com/site/index.html
Hi there, what did you buy ?
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pkfox wrote:
Would they house a 1 Tb drive though ? I want everything in one box.
Be a little careful with 1 TB 2.5 drives to be installed in a laptop.
Most laptops can only accept 2.5 drives that are 9.5mm thick. The first
1 TB 2.5 drives were built with an extra platter and all of them were
pkfox wrote:
Hi again, I'm pretty much sold on a Foxconn unit now but looking at the
myriad of hard drives available I'm lost again, what do i need to look
for ? Ok the size is obvious and the unit only accepts Sata II but what
about al the other options rpm,cache etc...
Get a slower,
sachadog wrote:
Hi
If you are UK based, have a look at Tranquilpc. website.
They manufacture fanless small home servers and fit drives to your
requirements.
I use a T7 Home Server running Microsoft Windows Home Server Version 1.
It has been updated by Tranquil and has performed extremely
RonM wrote:
I have a Fit-PC2, and have been using it exclusively as a music server
for almost three years. It's on 24/7 except when I go on holiday or the
power goes off. It feeds a Transporter via ethernet, as well as 2 Booms
and a Duet via wifi, in various places at various times.
It's
JJZolx wrote:
How much storage space do you need?
I ask because if you get a tiny nettop type system then you may be
forced to use an external hard drive (or drives). That's not a terrible
thing, but the extra cabling and wall wart can be messy and it somewhat
defeats the purpose of using
mlsstl wrote:
Yes, no problem to install the hardware -- I think it was 4 screws to
take the cover off. The RAM chips can only pop into their slots one way
and it was a couple of more screws to mount the drive plus plugging in
the cables.
I used an external USB CD/DVD drive for the OS
Pneumonic wrote:
These days you can grab name brand netbooks for under $200 that are not
only whisper quiet and non obtrusive but which also easily run LMS. I
use a couple of Acer's in dedicated applications and couldn't be
happier.
Would they house a 1 Tb drive though ? I want everything
mlsstl wrote:
Yes, no problem to install the hardware -- I think it was 4 screws to
take the cover off. The RAM chips can only pop into their slots one way
and it was a couple of more screws to mount the drive plus plugging in
the cables.
I used an external USB CD/DVD drive for the OS
pkfox wrote:
Would they house a 1 Tb drive though ? I want everything in one box.
Yes, many netbooks employ 2.5 drives. Not sure how many come with 1 TB
though. You'd likely have to buy a 1 TB drive separate and install after
the fact.
mlsstl wrote:
A month or two ago I bought a Foxcon R10-D4 Atom PC with 2 GB RAM and
installed an existing 1.5TB drive along with the Vortexbox software. The
latter is a free download (Linux based, no GUI interface) that is
designed to run headless. Quite inexpensive, very small and works
Hi
If you are UK based, have a look at Tranquilpc. website.
They manufacture fanless small home servers and fit drives to your
requirements.
I use a T7 Home Server running Microsoft Windows Home Server Version 1.
It has been updated by Tranquil and has performed extremely well for me.
It is
pkfox wrote:
Hi there, this sounds perfect for me, can you buy one with hd already
installed also memory ? Where did you buy yours ( I'm in the UK )
thanks for replying
I'm in the US and bought mine on Amazon. The memory just snaps in place
and the SATA hard drive is easy to plug in. (I did
mlsstl wrote:
I'm in the US and bought mine on Amazon. The memory just snaps in place
and the SATA hard drive is easy to plug in. (I did not install a CD/DVD
drive on mine.) I'd say the harder part of building your own would be
installing the OS software if you've never done that.
Check
mlsstl wrote:
I'm in the US and bought mine on Amazon. The memory just snaps in place
and the SATA hard drive is easy to plug in. (I did not install a CD/DVD
drive on mine.) I'd say the harder part of building your own would be
installing the OS software if you've never done that.
Check
Usually barebones units come with the drive cables you need, and it
appears that this one does, too. Did you take a look at the manual on
the website you linked to:
http://www.produktinfo.conrad.com/datenblaetter/85-874999/873301-an-01-en-FOXCONN_BAREBONE_R10_D4_ATOM_D525.pdf
I recommend 2GB
These days you can grab name brand netbooks for under $200 that are not
only whisper quiet and non obtrusive but which also easily run LMS. I
use a couple of Acer's in dedicated applications and couldn't be
happier.
pkfox wrote:
Hi there, thanks for your time, I have plenty of experience installing
Linux been with it since Red Hat first started - so what you're saying
is the drive and memory are a piece of cake to fit ? if you didn't fit a
CD/DVD how did you install the OS ? , also how much RAM do you
How much storage space do you need?
I ask because if you get a tiny nettop type system then you may be
forced to use an external hard drive (or drives). That's not a terrible
thing, but the extra cabling and wall wart can be messy and it somewhat
defeats the purpose of using such a small box for
pkfox wrote:
Hi Aubuti, do you have one of these units ? They do look appealing but
the graphics capability would be wasted with my setup.
I have a Fit-PC2, and have been using it exclusively as a music server
for almost three years. It's on 24/7 except when I go on holiday or the
power
audiomuze wrote:
HP Microserver
Thanks I will have a look
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SuperQ wrote:
I built a nice custom linux server/desktop machine. It does a number of
duties besides just LMS. It hosts files for my mac mini (still trying
to decide if I like XBMC or Plex as a UI for that). I also use it as a
primary desktop for browsing and photo editing. It also runs
audiomuze wrote:
That's way too much pc cost if all you want is a quiet box on which to
host LMS.
Absolutely !!!
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aubuti wrote:
reasonably priced is a pretty vague term, but as we're in the
Audiophiles forum I'll assume you mean expensive :-)
If you want quiet, capable, and convenient you probably can't do better
than the Fit-PC line (www.fit-pc.com/web/). The Fit-PC computers are
also ridiculously
audiomuze wrote:
That's way too much pc cost if all you want is a quiet box on which to
host LMS.
Hi, pardon my ignorance but what is LMS ( I live in a cave )
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pkfox wrote:
Hi, pardon my ignorance but what is LMS ( I live in a cave )
Logitech Media Server. This is the new name for SqueezeBoxServer, which
used to be called SqueezeCenter.
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pkfox wrote:
Hi Aubuti, do you have one of these units ? They do look appealing but
the graphics capability would be wasted with my setup.
No, I don't. I keep my server well away from the listening room, so a
fanless unit was overkill for me. I bought a barebones Atom-based
system (see link
A month or two ago I bought a Foxcon R10-D4 Atom PC with 2 GB RAM and
installed an existing 1.5TB drive along with the Vortexbox software. The
latter is a free download (Linux based, no GUI interface) that is
designed to run headless. Quite inexpensive, very small and works great.
It does have a
Hi all, having just moved home I don't have a remote place to site my
old ReadyNas NV box which runs Squeezecenter and feeds my TP ( or
whatever it's called now ) which is necessary because of noise ( don't
know if it's the fan or the drives ) I've just tried siting it under the
stairs but I can
reasonably priced is a pretty vague term, but as we're in the
Audiophiles forum I'll assume you mean expensive :-)
If you want quiet, capable, and convenient you probably can't do better
than the Fit-PC line (www.fit-pc.com/web/). The Fit-PC computers are
also ridiculously small. They take 2.5
HP Microserver
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I built a nice custom linux server/desktop machine. It does a number of
duties besides just LMS. It hosts files for my mac mini (still trying
to decide if I like XBMC or Plex as a UI for that). I also use it as a
primary desktop for browsing and photo editing. It also runs a number
of VMs for
That's way too much pc cost if all you want is a quiet box on which to
host LMS.
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