hp mediasmart or clone?

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Ok so I had a few big computers in my house.. trying to go a bit "green " on power... I am looking at other options..

I have read alot of posts here and it seems many are running HP MediaSmart machines and from what I see many like them..

I understand that they do not require alot of cpu power hence the 2.0 celery in them... but my current machine does two things..

I have a hp pro workstation xw8200 as a file server and running home automation (homeseer).

Is it worth running a HP MediaSmart machine vs trying to build a small clone? I like the size look of the HP... on ebay there are HP MediaSmart EX485 machines for about $450 shipped.... if you consider WHS is about $100... basically paying $350 for the machine... I know one could build a clone maybe cheaper and buy WHS...


Would you HP MediaSmart guys go the route you did if you could do it all over again?

Also I read that if you open it up you void the warranty.... ok so is 2gb enough and is the 2.0 celeron enough even running other apps on WHS in addition to the OS?


Thanks guys...
 
I've just moved from a homebuilt (AMD XP 3800+) to the EX495. 8TB of storage at about 50W. All good things.
 
vischo said:
I've just moved from a homebuilt (AMD XP 3800+) to the EX495. 8TB of storage at about 50W. All good things.
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that part is cool... im just wondering about running another app over it..
I will need to have 3 serial to usb adapters and i have 3 usb device already so 6 usb is needed... plus the homeseer app using memory/cpu.. that is my biggest concern...
other than that... yeah that puppy looks cool and seems great....

i see that some have opened theirs (yes voiding warranty) and adding a faster CPU...
 
Mine averages <10% CPU and 700MB RAM while I sit here. (The homebuilt is at 1GB of RAM usage)
But the EX495 also has 2GB of RAM and the improved Intel E5200 2.5Ghz dual core.
 
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