Soldato
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I'm planning to build a new system to use as a media server. I want to run it with Linux (Ubuntu) and have it distribute my movies and music to all connected devices on the home network. I also want to be able to control it from my Windows 8 gaming PC (see Air540 log in my sig).
I want this new system to sit in my garage, and have only the power and network cables attached. Obviously all media devices will access files via the network, and I want my windows system to have a level of access in order that I will never have to plug any other peripherals into the new media server. It will just sit in the garage running 24/7 with no requirement to access it physically, other than for maintenance requirements.
On top of this, I want to have the option to pop graphics cards into it in future, and do some mining. I will probably go for the new nvidia maxwell cards, but may revise this if they turn out to be less productive than first anticipated, in which case I'll go for AMD.
I want to build the medusa server first and get it running, but obviously I need to include a Mobo and PSU that can cope with the future upgrade to mining.
Would appreciate any suggestions for hardware choice, and any comments on potential issues getting this system configured to do what I want.
At this stage, there's no need to spec actual GPU's as I'll decide in them later.
Many thanks in advance for any advice you guys can offer.
Edit to add, I already have a coolermaster 690II case, a 3TB HDD, various fans and I don't want to include an SSD as it won't be worth the money.
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List of components
YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Asrock H61 Pro BTC Intel H61 (Socket 1155) Crypto Coin Mining ATX Motherboard £54.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x Intel Celeron G1610 2.7GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £29.99
Total : £244.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).
I want this new system to sit in my garage, and have only the power and network cables attached. Obviously all media devices will access files via the network, and I want my windows system to have a level of access in order that I will never have to plug any other peripherals into the new media server. It will just sit in the garage running 24/7 with no requirement to access it physically, other than for maintenance requirements.
On top of this, I want to have the option to pop graphics cards into it in future, and do some mining. I will probably go for the new nvidia maxwell cards, but may revise this if they turn out to be less productive than first anticipated, in which case I'll go for AMD.
I want to build the medusa server first and get it running, but obviously I need to include a Mobo and PSU that can cope with the future upgrade to mining.
Would appreciate any suggestions for hardware choice, and any comments on potential issues getting this system configured to do what I want.
At this stage, there's no need to spec actual GPU's as I'll decide in them later.
Many thanks in advance for any advice you guys can offer.
Edit to add, I already have a coolermaster 690II case, a 3TB HDD, various fans and I don't want to include an SSD as it won't be worth the money.
******************************************************************
List of components
YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Asrock H61 Pro BTC Intel H61 (Socket 1155) Crypto Coin Mining ATX Motherboard £54.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x Intel Celeron G1610 2.7GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £29.99
Total : £244.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).
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