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jimbo45;503337 Wrote: > Hi there > > Agreed > > I went to my Local Tip and got an old Pentium IV computer FOR NOTHING > > I installed a SUSE Linux system on it and attached a SATA disk > controller card (cost around 16 GBP) on it. > > Connected 2 SATA X 1TB drives and squeezebox server on it and it now > sits quietly in a cupboard -- I don't even have a console connected to > it. > > Works a treat -- and even with FLAC encoding you can get a HUGE amount > of music on 2TB of disk space. -- Haven't used anything like that yet. > > > For an AUDIO SERVER any old crappy computer will do -- there are plenty > of places to get one for NOTHING from. > > Cheers > jimbo Of course the PentiumIV is fine too, but a little more recent old computer with an Athlon64 for example that can do speedstep draws only half the power. My old Pentium IV 2.4GHz with dedicated GPU draws over 100W idle, the little younger Athlon64 2.4GHz with integrated GPU my brother left me draws almost half the power. I use this machine as my SBS server now. Just in the case you can choose between old computers. :-) -- signor_rossi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73380 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
