Recent content by Duff76

I do. Just got a samsung myself.

I got the Micro Center flyer in the mail today. It's got the 3770K at $289. Just $10 more than the 2700K. It's also got some nice motherboard combos. Including the P8277-V Pro that I've been eyeing for $169 vs $219 regular price. Pretty much the same as Sandy Bridge.

For a HTPC 60GB is plenty. I've got a 40GB in one, and a 64GB in another and theres plenty of space. I wouldn't go to a great lengths to save space. Just install windows and use it like normal. As far as the new firmware I'm curious myself, so no help there.

The Ceton tuner has a network function now, so you can use it like the HD Homerun and have it mounted in a separate computer. This should mean it theoretically possible to do what the OP wants. I thought about trying it myself I just didn't want to mess up a working system. Good luck I'm...

I want to second or third this. I've been using this for quite a few years and it works very well. Booting off a flash drive is nice since you won't have to buy another drive. Everything you need to set it up and administer it is done through the GUI, no command line. It basically works like...

Well at $100 it makes a little more sense than $200. Especially if your short on cash. Good luck

Maybe a little late on this but I wouldn't buy that system for $200. With the new sandybridge pentiums you can build a new system with much better capabilities for that same $200. I just did a quick scan and a system with a H61 motherboard, pentium, 2 gb's of ram, and a cheap case comes in at...

You have to ask yourself how big you think your media storage is going to get. At some point it makes sense to just build a server instead of cobbling together a bunch of DAS's. At this point there are a lot of different options. I use and recommend Unraid, It's not as high-performance as a...

Is the drive showing up in the bios? If so is it selected to boot first?

I use an Intel 40GB drive in my HTPC. I've been finding them for around $90 lately, plus it's Intel. All of my media is on a server so the only thing I instal is Mediaportal and a few odds and ends. I've got plenty of room. If you don't store your media on the HTPC or record, and just use it...

Glad to hear it. Good luck.

Thanks for the Linux feedback. So whats the options then, the upgraded supermicro card that everyone talks about for Open Solaris and it's Intel clone. I don't know If it's even supported with Unraid. I can't see spending $400 for a raid card just for ports.

Download eraseus partition manager, they have a free version, it should allow you to expand the partition into the free space.

Are people having problems with linux too or just with windows. Unraid runs on a stripped down version of Slackware. I haven't heard any complaints on the Unraid forums, I had heard some complaints on windows though.

Thanks for the info on the power supply. That was always one aspect of the build I wasn't real happy about. I got a good deal when I was a little newer at this stuff. I'd hadn't heard anything about about difference In noise levels between the cases. I know mine isn't too quiet, but I...