devexityspace
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So I am pretty new to the game and will be setting up my first media server (OpenELEC), and I want to do it right the first time.
After reading through several forum posts on here, and over on the OpenELEC forums, I have come to the following build:
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Case: Fractal Design Node 304 FD-CA-NODE-304-BL Black Aluminum / Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case - $98 @ Newegg
Power: FSP Group AURUM S 400W Power Supply with Intel Haswell Certified - $60 @ Amazon
CPU/Motherboard: ASRock C2750D4I Mini ITX Server Motherboard FCBGA1283 DDR3 1600/1333 - $388.99 @ Amazon
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BD160B $169.99 @ Amazon
Storage: Western Digital Red 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $299.95 @ Amazon
Storage: Western Digital Red 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $299.95 @ Amazon
Storage: Western Digital Red 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $299.95 @ Amazon
Storage: Western Digital Red 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $299.95 @ Amazon
2GB 3.0 Flash Drive
TOTAL: $1916.78
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I went with a beefier CPU to ensure I could get at lesat 4 simultaneous feeds of 720p streams at once, and of course ECC RAM. I understand that the recommendation is 1GB RAM per 1TB storage, but to cut costs I wanted to see if 16GB RAM would be suffice, and if not-- I have 2 more slots for RAM and could upgrade after.
Any recommendations/suggestions are appreciated!
After reading through several forum posts on here, and over on the OpenELEC forums, I have come to the following build:
----------------------------------------------
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 FD-CA-NODE-304-BL Black Aluminum / Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case - $98 @ Newegg
Power: FSP Group AURUM S 400W Power Supply with Intel Haswell Certified - $60 @ Amazon
CPU/Motherboard: ASRock C2750D4I Mini ITX Server Motherboard FCBGA1283 DDR3 1600/1333 - $388.99 @ Amazon
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BD160B $169.99 @ Amazon
Storage: Western Digital Red 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $299.95 @ Amazon
Storage: Western Digital Red 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $299.95 @ Amazon
Storage: Western Digital Red 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $299.95 @ Amazon
Storage: Western Digital Red 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive $299.95 @ Amazon
2GB 3.0 Flash Drive
TOTAL: $1916.78
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I went with a beefier CPU to ensure I could get at lesat 4 simultaneous feeds of 720p streams at once, and of course ECC RAM. I understand that the recommendation is 1GB RAM per 1TB storage, but to cut costs I wanted to see if 16GB RAM would be suffice, and if not-- I have 2 more slots for RAM and could upgrade after.
Any recommendations/suggestions are appreciated!