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    Low wattage server (1220L)

    There is article with some detailed power draw tests of the DN2800MT here: http://www.linuxtech.net/reviews/intel_DN2800MT_cedarview_atom_power_draw.html
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    Recommend a nice low cost/low power consumption server for File Serving 15-20 drives

    A server with 15-20 drives will never be low cost and low power and a 1000Watt PSU will never be low power either (unless your definition of low power and low cost is way different than mine...). What you are planning is a high end storage system (at least for home use).
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    is the AV-GP WD20EVDS better than a typical drive?

    I have 4 WD10EVCS (the 1TB version of the WD AV-GP) hard disks, that have been running 24/7 in a RAID5 for 18 months now with zero issues. Unlike the 1TB desktop WD GP drive, the AV drives never had that famous Load_Cycle_Count issue. Also the AV drives come with 5 years warranty instead of 3 on...
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    Motherboard Manufacturer Links

    Here is my links list straight from my bookmarks: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Default.aspx http://www.asus.com/ProductGroup2.aspx?PG_ID=mKyCKlQ4oSEtSu5m http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=100026&lang=un http://www.asrock.com/mb/index.asp...
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    Lian Li PC- Q08 itx case : Specification & Feature

    Fully agree, I plan to do just that with this case and one of the Pineview Atom mobos (to keep the power consumption down as it will be running 24/7). There are a few Pineview Atom boards with 4-6 SATA connections on board, ideal for a Linux software RAID setup...
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    Overview of all Pineview Atom based Motherboards

    Agreed, but the Zotac with its 6 SATA ports looks even better to me. OTOH the DFI will use less power due to the mobile cpu.
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    New System Board Suggestions

    I have a Gigabyte MA770-UD3 and I love it, rock solid, all ports and expansion slots you could ever need and it supports ECC memory which I personally wouldn't do without. I'm using it with an Athlon x2 4850e but it can take all the latest AM3 cpus too. As for memory I opted for 2x 1GB...
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    Linux HTPCs

    Many people use Linux HTPCs succesfully, personally I have nevr had issues with 5.1 audio (over S/PDIF) it has always been plug-n-play in my experience. I use Mandriva with XBMC (package is here) , in Mandriva 2010.0 Pulseaudio works great (that's coming from someone who has been a PA basher up...
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    Overview of all Pineview Atom based Motherboards

    The following article is very useful: http://www.linuxtech.net/features/intel_atom_pineview_motherboards_overview.html Personally I find the Zotac DTX board very interesting, I might get one (once it's available) to build a file server with it.
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    HTPC Route less traveled:

    You could also still sell what's left of your laptop on ebay for spare parts. Someone might buy it for the screen or the motherboard. That would reduce your costs even further.
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    nVidia ION board as media center PC

    The screws normally just squeeze themselves in-between the the heatsink fins, when you screw them in. Try it, it should work, it used to be the same with many 486 and Pentium heatsinks many years ago.
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    nVidia ION board as media center PC

    If you don't need hulu or other flash based stuff, then I would recommend an ION based system too, you might also consider the Acer Revo which is now also available in the US and Canada, see here for an overview.
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    20W SIngle Core Athlon in Q4

    HD files won't be an issue, even a PIII or an Atom can do it when using a GF 8 or 9 GPU. The only question is with regards to Hulu HD and similar Flash based services (until Adobe finally decides to support hardware decoding in the Flash plugin...).
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    IR Receiver

    There are currently cheap HP media center IR receivers around on ebay (for around $10), they work great with the Harmony, I got one of those for it.
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    1080p vs 720p comparison outside of resolution

    1080p has roughly twice the amount of pixels as 720p, therefore to keep the same compression level, twice the bitrate is needed (assuming same frame rate). Therefore a 1080p 10500 kbps movie is compressed with approximately the same quality as a 720p 5425 kbps movie.
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