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by hotwater9
Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:48 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: What do I buy for the current most power saving NAS system?
Replies: 60
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Djon, did you get all of the hardware to be recognized and installed? I still have a few items that I can not get to install. http://gotfrogs.com/images/Device%20Manager%20on%20WHS.JPG I ran some hotfix for the audio and then installed the GIGABYTE audio driver but that didn't help. Do you have any ...
by hotwater9
Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:10 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: What do I buy for the current most power saving NAS system?
Replies: 60
Views: 68683

I just thought the Earthwatt would be a cleaner install. If I went with a smaller case I probably would have gotten the picopsu.

One problem I am having is getting the drivers for the video installed. The adapter has an exclamation by it in windows and I can't get it to go away.
by hotwater9
Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:26 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: What do I buy for the current most power saving NAS system?
Replies: 60
Views: 68683

Great, I am liking my system a lot as well. I got WHS and a home automation program called mControl on it. I am still playing around with the settings. It is running right under 40 watts.
by hotwater9
Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:51 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: What do I buy for the current most power saving NAS system?
Replies: 60
Views: 68683

All of my parts have been ordered.
GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2H (from Newegg)
Sempron LE-1250 (from Buy.com)
HD 750G|WD 16M SATA2 WD7500AACS (from Newegg)
KVR800D2K2/4GR Kingston ValueRAM Memory (from Frys.com)
Antec Mini P180 Black MicroATX Case (from buy.com)
Antec Earthwatt 380W (from buy.com)
by hotwater9
Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:25 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: What do I buy for the current most power saving NAS system?
Replies: 60
Views: 68683

djon, one other thing. Why did you not go with 800 MHz ram? Here is what I have in mind for my build: Case-SILVERSTONE SUGO SG02B-F MB-GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2H CPU-AMD Sempron LE-1300 Sparta 2.3GHz HD-Western Digital Caviar GP WD7500AACS 750GB Memory-OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 ...
by hotwater9
Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:55 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: What do I buy for the current most power saving NAS system?
Replies: 60
Views: 68683

djon are you happy with your setup? I might build the same one. Would you change any of your components? The Intel BOXD945GCLF with Intel Atom processor is another option that I am looking at.