- Jan 23, 2014
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Hey, as the title says, I'm looking to build a low power consumption media server for home. I've currently got my main box - gaming rig + 6Tb in WD greens ( 1 + 2 + 3 ) and I leave it on all the time at the moment, it's killing my power bill.
The initial setup costs isn't a huge deal - within reason, but ideally I would like to be able to keep the media server running 24/7 without much on going costs (PowerBill wise)
My priorities are:
1. Power consumption
2. Physical space
3. Hdd space
I would like to be able to have 6 WD reds, 4Tbs in it and gigabit LAN. Apart from that I'm wide open to
Ideas.
I heard Haswell have lower power consumption than ivy bridge?
The rest of my setup is:
2nd gen i5 Samsung laptop as media client to primary Tv ( cracked the screen 2 weeks after getting it, now it sits permanently open with wireless keyboard and mouse)
Apple TV as media client to 2nd TV.
Entire home LAN is gigabit with AC wifi.
Note: I know there are a lot of other threads out there like this, however most of the ones I've been able to find are 2+ yrs old now.
The initial setup costs isn't a huge deal - within reason, but ideally I would like to be able to keep the media server running 24/7 without much on going costs (PowerBill wise)
My priorities are:
1. Power consumption
2. Physical space
3. Hdd space
I would like to be able to have 6 WD reds, 4Tbs in it and gigabit LAN. Apart from that I'm wide open to
Ideas.
I heard Haswell have lower power consumption than ivy bridge?
The rest of my setup is:
2nd gen i5 Samsung laptop as media client to primary Tv ( cracked the screen 2 weeks after getting it, now it sits permanently open with wireless keyboard and mouse)
Apple TV as media client to 2nd TV.
Entire home LAN is gigabit with AC wifi.
Note: I know there are a lot of other threads out there like this, however most of the ones I've been able to find are 2+ yrs old now.
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