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Server is built, has been for weeks now. 1 problem I didn't realize till it was 2late is that the i3 or maybe even the ifamily's onboard GPU doesn't have Hardware acceleration in XBMC. So x264 movies are occasionally a little jumpy, & if Hardware Acceleration is on the image is unwatchable...

Looks like a descent board, love the dual gigabit. except for the lack of USB 3 & pci-e. Thanks for the suggestion tho. I saw a pretty thorough comparison of the i3 vs D525 vs E350 & some others & i3 did a fantastic job at an awesome idle power, pushed my decision. I had been hesitating buying...

I'm a bit of an overkill kinda person, I keep thinking of all the things I may potentially run on this. I've got multiple ppl at the house that use all my collection. It will b hosting 1080p movies, tv shows, games, software, backups, music, etc. Playing media via XBMC, torrenting, IR...

Yea, I did consider the electricity today, even adding the disc drive will add a good 15 or so watt. So I'll definitely be getting the 120w. Good spot on the startup surge. Hadn't taken that into consideration yet. But intend to get a descent value above what I'm using to cater for that...

Yer, I noticed a massive impact when I originally RAID5 the 4 drives. There was significant impact on write performance, but a bit less on reads. I had worse performance than with 3 drives that I later discovered is due to RAID5 (on some chipsets) preferring 3 or 5 disks as it's optimized for 2...

I'm more concerned with different structural design.... I believe raid works best when they are the same so they start & stop operations simultaneously... But I guess if that's the case the SATA3 will just be waiting for new I/Os.. I dunno... Anyone with experience?

Oh, I have a new question...... Am a bit concerned with.... I have 4x 2tb WD Caviar green drives, have only been using 3 & recently found out the spare is faulty. So I took it back tonight & they said it had to b sent off & the guy thinks that model has been discontinued, so I'd probably get...

Thanks for pointing out that zotac... Weakest CPU I can put in is 35-45w (i3 2100t 2c4t & i5 2500t 4c8t)... Not to bad I guess. I woulda liked a bit less power consumption but when I wanna use it for more I don't really have an option. Apart from probably under clocking a little to save more...

I did have a look at the E350. Won't b gaming, my sig is my gaming system. I don't think they are opposing goals... I want a quiet server & HTPC, why have multiple systems when I can combine them. As for the heat it won't be much different whether I'm using it as a client or server as when the...

EDITED: Ok... Basically I wanted Mini-itx USB 3.0 5 SATA ports RAID if possible Gigabit XBMC &... HDMI (pref 1.4a) Low power consumption As I'm wanting to use it for: HTPC - XBMC File server (for other XBMC clients inc iPad2:rockout:) Vuze (torrents) USB-UIRT (ir...

Yer, i'd love for it to work on windows 7 x64.... am using x32 at the moment but will b switching when its officially released. ah well... i have a wireless 360 controller now that works wicked in xbmc & it can launch games & play straight away....... dont think i have much use for that ir...

OMG, this thing looks wicked... love the design.... would look killer in public:p

unfortunately it appears that this doesn't work on windows 7 x64...... i just get a message about it not being digitally signed & xbcdrc doesn't detect any signal from the remote... any solution???

thank you so much... ur a life saver........ now is there anyone out there that wants to help by making an installation package with the lot.....? thanx for ur replies guys & thatx Veube for joining & sharing that file with us. & welcome to the TPU forums.

yes, i have tested it & it doesn't work on x64. the source code apparently is included in the installer.... so if anyone has the knowledge to modify the source please have a crack at it..... so many ppl out there would appreciate this file... this is probably 1 of the main reasons im still on...