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by Cecco
Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:12 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Low power network storage
Replies: 9
Views: 8882

Well had a walk to the deep dungeons of my cellar this weekend and found 2 other mainboards :-) , I've used a few years ago. 1.) An AMD K6-2 450 MHz with a Gigabyte GA5AA MB 2.) An Intel Pentium II 333 MHz with a QDI-Brilliant I MB Both need an additional network and graphics card as they don't have...
by Cecco
Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:09 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Low power network storage
Replies: 9
Views: 8882

Well, have a spare AMD Duron 1GHz with an ECS K7S6A. Could try to exchange the cheap, noisy PSU with a more silent one and underclock the CPU, but hardly believe to get this thing down to 15 watt even with drives suspended. That's why I'm heading for a fanless Mini-ITX system. And thanks for the lin...
by Cecco
Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:25 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Low power network storage
Replies: 9
Views: 8882

Low power network storage

I'd like to build my own network server. Available NAS devices are too limited in functionality for my needs or too expensive for my budget. As the device has to run 24h/day I don't want to reuse an old AMD PC, consuming a lot of power and making a lot of noise. I'm thinking of building a fanless Mi...