Hi all, long time since I last posted on OCUK. Hopefully you can still help with my problem. Basically I need some external storage to back up my laptop. I have been considering a Synology 106e for it's feature set and future expandability and it would be a good option for me as it does everything (and more) that I need.
I was then going to get a media receiver (??) to access the music/video etc on my NAS and play it through my hi-fi or my nice new tosh 37" lcd.
However, whilst researching the options on external NAS devices a few comments have been made about SFF PC's being used in this way and this set me thinking about using some old components that I have. My old PC has an Athlon XP2600 processor, 1Gb PC3200 ram, Nvidia Geforce 4200 gfx card and 2 x 60gb IDE drives all on an Asus NForce2 motherboard. It's also got a DVD writer and DVD Rom drive.
I was wondering if I could set up a SFF PC to be used as a media centre pc/NAS device all in one? I wouldn't mind buying new HDD's if needed (eg SATA ones to replace the IDE ones). It'll have to be pretty cheap but also look good enough to go under my nice new LCD
Oh, it's got to have wi-fi to connect to my wireless network. One concern I have is whether my old processor would be up to the job of dishing up video content (eg DVD's that I put onto the HDD's) and maybe future High Def stuff too.
Think I've covered everything, many thanks in advance for any replies.
I was then going to get a media receiver (??) to access the music/video etc on my NAS and play it through my hi-fi or my nice new tosh 37" lcd.
However, whilst researching the options on external NAS devices a few comments have been made about SFF PC's being used in this way and this set me thinking about using some old components that I have. My old PC has an Athlon XP2600 processor, 1Gb PC3200 ram, Nvidia Geforce 4200 gfx card and 2 x 60gb IDE drives all on an Asus NForce2 motherboard. It's also got a DVD writer and DVD Rom drive.
I was wondering if I could set up a SFF PC to be used as a media centre pc/NAS device all in one? I wouldn't mind buying new HDD's if needed (eg SATA ones to replace the IDE ones). It'll have to be pretty cheap but also look good enough to go under my nice new LCD
Oh, it's got to have wi-fi to connect to my wireless network. One concern I have is whether my old processor would be up to the job of dishing up video content (eg DVD's that I put onto the HDD's) and maybe future High Def stuff too.Think I've covered everything, many thanks in advance for any replies.