WINSVR
- Zotac GF9300-G-E ITX
- Intel C2D E6600 CPU (2.4GHz)
- 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2-800
- Dell SAS5/iR w/15K 146GB Seagate Cheetah and 10K 400GB Seagate Cheetah
- WD WD3200KS (320GB)
- 650W Cooler Master PSU
- 500VA APC UPS
- YY-221 cube server case
- Windows 2008 Server R2 x64 Standard
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- WINS
- Windows Services Update Server
- FilePhoto NAS
- Movie/file staging for unRAID
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MEDIASVR
- Intel DG965RYCK motherboard
- Intel C2D E2140 CPU
- 2 x 2GB DDR2-800
- 4-port SATA>eSATA PCI bracket
- 2-port SiI-3132 port multiplier capable PCIe adapter
- SanDisk Cruzer Micro 256MB for unRAID OS
- 4 x Seagate ST31000340AS (1TB) HDD
- 3 x Samsung Spinpoint F2EG (1.5TB) HDD
- 1 x Seagate ST3500630AS (500GB), 1 x WD WD5000-series (500GB) HDD, 1 x 2TB Seagate LP HDD (parity)
- Fortron Source AX500-A PSU
- 4-in-3 internal hotswap tray cage
- 5-bay port multiplier external eSATA enclosure with hotswap trays
- 1100VA APC UPS
- 4U server case
- unRAID Pro OS v4.7 Final
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- Media server
- NAS
- Protected storage
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C2Q
- Asus P5Q (vanilla)
- Intel C2Q Q6600 CPU (G0) @ 3.21GHz
- 4 x 2GB DDR2-800
- ATi Radeon HD2600 Po video card
- 74GB WD Raptor for OS
- LG GH22NS50 SATA DVDR/W
- LG-GGC-H20L Blue-Ray/HD-DVD combo drive
- 3 x 160GB SATA in Matrix RAID 0
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS/Altec Lansing ACS56 4.1 speakers
- BFG 650W PSU
- Dell 2005FPW 20" LCD and Dell 1907FPf 19" lcd
- Antec Three Hundred case
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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- Primary office system
- Primary video encoding system
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HTPC1
- Biostar A780L3G motherboard
- AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black CPU (3.3GHz dual core)
- 2 x 2GB DDR3-1066
- Asus Radeon HD 5450 512MB Silent video card
- Seagate 250GB SATAII HDD
- OCZ Vertex 30GB SSD for Media Browser caches
- TDK DVDRW1280B DVDRW drive
- Cooler Master Cavalier 4 CAV-T04 desktop case
- BTC 9019URF wireless keyboard/mouse
- Logitech Harmony 520 remote control via MCE IR receiver
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- Onkyo HT-SR800 7.1 surround with Polk CSR and R 300 LR fronts
- Samsung HP-S5053X 50" plasma HDTV
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HTPC2
- Biostar A78L3G motherboard
- AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black CPU (3.3GHz dual core)
- 2 x 2GB DDR3-1066
- Asus Radeon HD 5450 512MB Silent video card
- MicroCenter rebadged A-DATA S599 64GB SSD HDD
- PLDS DH-16D5S DVD-ROM
- XION XON-810P mATX case w/450W PSU
- BTC 9019URF wireless keyboard/mouse
- Logitech Harmony 670 remote control via MCE IR receiver
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- Sony STR-DE895 receiver with Yamaha 6.1 surround speakers
- HANNspree Xv37 37" LCD HDTV
- Xantech 8110CFL IR receiver w/CB12 IR extender distribution block
| SERVICES
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HTPC5
- Biostar TForce 6100-939 motherboard
- AMD X2 3800+ CPU (2.0GHz)
- 2 x 512MB PC3200 + 2 x 1GB PC3200 DDR
- Galaxy GeForce 8400 GS 256MB video card
- Maxtor 6L080L4 80GB HDD
- HP DVD Writer 300c
- CDRW 16x/10x/32x
- Airlink AWLH6080 300N 802.11n PCI adapter (Draft-N 2.0)
- MCE remote control via MCE IR receiver
- Windows 7 Pro x86
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GX620
- Dell Optiplex GX620
- Intel Pentium D 3.0GHz CPU
- 2 x 1GB DDR2-533
- Belkin 802.11g wireless adapter
- ATi X600 256MB video card
- 2 x Dell E173FPf 17" LCD
- Windows 7 Pro
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ATOM
- Acer Aspire One AOA-150-1570
- Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz CPU
- 1GB DDR2-667
- 120GB 5400RPM HDD
- 802.11b/g wifi + 10/100 LAN
- 8.9" WSVGA LCD
- Windows XP SP3
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HTPC4
- Dell Optiplex 745 SFF
- Intel E1200 1.6GHz CPU
- 2 x 1GB DDR2-800
- WD Raptor 80GB HDD
- Slimline DVD-ROM
- ATi HD2600XT 512MB video card
- Microsoft remote control receiver
- Samsung 20" flat screen SDTV
- Windows 7 Pro x86
| Services
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HTPC3
- Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motheboard
- Intel Celeron E1500 2.2GHz CPU
- 2 x 1GB DDR2-800 + 2 x 512MB DDR2-800
- GeForce 6200LE video card
- 80GB Hitachi Desktar HDD
- Sony DDU1615 DVD-ROM
- Microsoft Media Center remote
- Thermaltake Mozart HTPC case
- Crystalfontz CFA632 LCD w/Frontview software
- Cooler Master RS-450-ACLY 450W PSU
- Sony SA-VA15 surround speakers
- Sony 48" projection SDTV
- Windows 7 Pro x86
| Services
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JOSEPH_PC
- Dell GX280
- Intel Celeron 336 (2.8GHz) CPU
- 2 x 1GBB DDR2-400
- 36GB WD Raptor HDD
- DVD-ROM
- Del 1704fPtt 17" LCD
- Custom-made 11n wireless adapter
- Windows XP Pro SP3 x86
| Services
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HTPC6
- Dell Optiplex 745 Q965 Express
- Intel C2D E2140 1.6GHz CPU
- GeForce 210 1GB video card
- 2 x 1GB DDR2-800
- 120GB Seagate SATA HDD
- HL-DT-ST GCC4244 CDRW/DVD
- Vista/Win7 MCE remote with IR receiver
- Windows 7 Pro x64
- Dell 19" UltraSharp LCD
- Dell AS501 sound bar
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Filesvr
- Intel D945GNT workstation motherboard
- Intel Pentium D 805 CPU (2.66GHz)
- 2x1GB DDR2-667 2x512MB DDR2-667 (3GB total)
- 2x[Browse /mnt/disk1] ST3500630AS Seagate 500GB HDD 1xWD5000YS WD 500GB HDD
- Antec full tower case
- Enermax 500W PSU
- unRAID 5.0 beta 4
| Services
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PV745N
- Dell PowerVault 745N NAS Appliance
- Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz CPU
- 4 x 512MB DDR-400 (2GB)
- 6-channel SATA150 Dell CERC adapter (Adaptec 2610SA)
- 4 x 160GB SATAII HDD in RAID5
- 1U rackmount case with 4 x Hotswap drive cages
- Windows 2008 Server x86 Standard
| Services
- Nothing much as of now :)
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Lol… Are you kidding… What does you utility bill look like?
Same as anyone else’s. If it’s not being used, it is turned off ya’know.
Enviable…but all that and no 1080p-capable devices?
I’ve had it all for several years now and I don’t really have several thousand to throw at a new TV just to get 1080p.
Nice system you got there.
But i didnt understand how many pc you got in your home right now ? :)
1 x pfsense firewall
1 x unRAID
1 x 2008 Server
1 x ESXi Server (1 x Vista VM + 1x 2003 Server VM)
1 x Personal system (C2Q)
4 x HTPC
3 X Laptops/Netbooks
12 total systems.
Hello!
I’m impressed with so many systems for a home use.
My curiosity is how much did you spend to achieve all this? Hardware + Software.
Are all your server systems up 24/7?
And the electric bill! :)
It was never all at once, so I’m not sure how much it all cost in total. Most systems came about as upgrades were performed on my primary one – I re-use most everything that is serviceable. As far as software goes, not much. My Windows 7 copies all came about via MSDN and other Microsoft promotional programs, so they were practically free. The unRAID and WHS are 24/7. The electric bill isn’t impacted by the systems that much…my problem is A/C – Georgia is really hot this time of year!
Just the thought of that much electricity consumption is scarry for me, I’m about 45 Mins North of Toronto and like most people in Ontario Canada, our electricity is now on what they call “Smart Meter” which means that we are now being charged based on a time of use sheme – on Monday to Friday, from 0700AM to 1900PM we pay a peak usage fee then fro 1900PM to 0700AM there’s a lower standard charge for usage and again, another standard usage fee for the weekend. On top of that, we receive an electric bill every 2 months instead of monthly. With all all that in mind, everything we do has to be done with conservation in mind, not because I want to “Hug a tree” and save Mother Earth… I do not worry about such things but rather because I don’t want to have remortgage my home just have money for things lights, TV’s and the like!! We too can get very warm during the summer months, on May 31/11 we topped out at 98 for the day and I refused to turn the AC on until 1900PM, man was that hot
Nothing to worry about unless you have it all on all the time…which I don’t.
I am curious which MCE IR receiver(s) you are using?
I use the USB receiver that came with my SIIG and a harmony 880 remote, but on occasion the receiver will freeze (red light stays on) and I have to unplug it to get it work again. I can move the mouse to wake up my HTPC, but that is annoying,
I am not positive if this is a bios, driver, or hardware issue, but I am curious if you have had better experience with any particular receiver.
For all but one HTPC I use the original Microsoft MCE USB IR receiver that came bundled with an MCE remote. For the other, it is a similar device called Anywhere MCE remote and IR receiver…I believe I got it from Newegg or Amazon, but it operates identically.
I experienced the issue you are having once and it was due to the USB on my motherboard. It implemented the XFast USB Technology by ASRock and it did not work correctly until I installed the supplied drivers/software provided with it. It used standard USB drivers prior, but it often froze and was unresponsive until unplugged or rebooted, as you say. Depending on what you are using, you may want to look into special drivers or updated motherboard chipset drivers from the manufacturer.