Hey guys,
I was wondering whether I could get your opinions on a PC that I'm looking to build. It's going to be on 24/7 and will be for:
1. Motion-activated home surveillance coming in through 2 PCI cards
2. 24/7 upload/download
3. Store all my houses backups, photos, and movies and TV shows (Have 3TB already, I want it to be expandable to 10TB+)
As I really want to minimize costs, this is what I've thought up:
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H - it has onboard video so no need for a video card. and 2xSATA 6gbps and 6xSATA 3gbps
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz - I know it's AMD but I refuse to go Intel for the price and more importantly their dirty business dealings (plants on stolen Palestinian land)
RAM: 2GB DDR3 1333 RAM
CASE: Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX case - 9 internal drive bays and where I'm getting my parts, they get good deals on Antec
PSU: Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W PSU
I don't plan on using any RAID level as I've read a lot that it's not the best for home use. I plan to connect the drives straight and if they fail, they fail. I don't mind losing some TV and Movies. I can always download again. It's not worth the $100+ that I would need to spend on that parity drive.
I also plan to stick with Windows XP as it's tried and true. I use it currently on my individual 24/7 surveillance and download PCs. This PC is to consolidate both of those into one. Also because I don't know whether my surveillance software will work on any other OS.
For backup of the important stuff like family photos, I plan on a periodic USB backup.
Questions:
Is the 380W PSU enough for 8 HDDs down the road?
What's your thoughts on not using RAID?
What's your thoughts on using XP? I defs can't go Linux. I don't know enough.
What are your thoughts on the parts I want to use?
Thanks in advance!
I was wondering whether I could get your opinions on a PC that I'm looking to build. It's going to be on 24/7 and will be for:
1. Motion-activated home surveillance coming in through 2 PCI cards
2. 24/7 upload/download
3. Store all my houses backups, photos, and movies and TV shows (Have 3TB already, I want it to be expandable to 10TB+)
As I really want to minimize costs, this is what I've thought up:
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H - it has onboard video so no need for a video card. and 2xSATA 6gbps and 6xSATA 3gbps
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz - I know it's AMD but I refuse to go Intel for the price and more importantly their dirty business dealings (plants on stolen Palestinian land)
RAM: 2GB DDR3 1333 RAM
CASE: Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX case - 9 internal drive bays and where I'm getting my parts, they get good deals on Antec
PSU: Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W PSU
I don't plan on using any RAID level as I've read a lot that it's not the best for home use. I plan to connect the drives straight and if they fail, they fail. I don't mind losing some TV and Movies. I can always download again. It's not worth the $100+ that I would need to spend on that parity drive.
I also plan to stick with Windows XP as it's tried and true. I use it currently on my individual 24/7 surveillance and download PCs. This PC is to consolidate both of those into one. Also because I don't know whether my surveillance software will work on any other OS.
For backup of the important stuff like family photos, I plan on a periodic USB backup.
Questions:
Is the 380W PSU enough for 8 HDDs down the road?
What's your thoughts on not using RAID?
What's your thoughts on using XP? I defs can't go Linux. I don't know enough.
What are your thoughts on the parts I want to use?
Thanks in advance!
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