What to do with E35M1-I DELUXE

pyropetepete · 7 Dec 2011 at 18:30

Forgot about this item. Was a friends who has said i can have it. It died, RMA'd and he bought a laptop as a repalcment. 6 months latter his replaced RMA arrived. ASUS RMA is pants.

http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_CPU_on_Board/E35M1I_DELUXE/#specifications

Think i may have some 8GB dims laying about that will drop in. HDD I know of a deal on a 320GB SATA 2.5 for £40 with a free caddy

that could be used.

It's not the best etc but what on earth could it be used for if i built it up?

Shame it doesnt offer RAID onboard at all with the 5 SATA III

pyropetepete · 13 Dec 2011 at 09:51

So im tempted to do something with it but what duno!

I got a 320GB SATA drive, 4GB DDR3 1333 and a PICO PSU.

This XBMC needs an OS installed to run, so whats going to be the best OS to use?

It's all super new to me this!

pyropetepete · 16 Dec 2011 at 09:20

Not so sure i know at all what im doing here!!! It's got 5 SATA ports all SATA III. That could make a nice FREENAS setup, OS on USB, 5 2TB drives

10TB freenas server!

pyropetepete · 19 Dec 2011 at 14:57

I had a quick play with it last night and was confused the hell buy it. I need to have a rethink on this one!

pyropetepete · 19 Dec 2011 at 16:57

I've no need for it. I could do with a decent NAS, my main pc will do as a HTPC. Oh umm

pyropetepete · 20 Dec 2011 at 13:27

bugeyewrx said:
As far as I can tell any server os is based on getting as many confusing anachronisms involved as possible and the longer the better . It's worth persevering though as it does become clear in the end ( sort of )

Really, so whats the quick fix then to get through it and become wiser at the end of it?

pyropetepete · 20 Dec 2011 at 15:11

bugeyewrx said:
Hate to say it but reading the instructions and following them really carefully helps , then when it doesn't work do all of it again .

This pretty much sums up the experience ......

I may spear my self and bay it