Today my dad brought his buddy's laptop home because he said it was running kinda slow so he thought he would have me check it out. Basically, the guy has like 480GB of torrented movies and tv shows and only has 16GB left. I was thinking getting a NAS drive would work better for storing all his media, but I have no idea what is good and what's bad. Would it be better to get some 1TB "cloud" drive or build a mini-itx rig with an e-350?
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The cloud drive IMO, if it's not stored on his computer he won't get a virus from torrenting a movie.
Does this drive seem good to you? It's reviews are mixed, but I have little faith in Newegg reviews. If it works good, it would be a lot cheaper than building a file server.
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Nobody's perfect, so neither is Hannah Montana Linux, but it's pretty great.
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They all suck. They just suck differently. Sort of like prostitutes.
Does this drive seem good to you? It's reviews are mixed, but I have little faith in Newegg reviews. If it works good, it would be a lot cheaper than building a file server.
Yeah, it's WD, they make good drives. The only reason I'm suggesting Cloud is because of all of those torrented movies, if he stores them and watches them via the drive, then he'll have less of a chance of getting a virus I think. I wouldn't store anything else on it though.
Why SUCH a expensive case... Plus the PSU in it probably isnt good anyway "and tbh isnt".
I see errors in that, many.
ITX motherboard = highly uneeded for cloud storage system and expensive at that. Also Antec 300 is not best at all for a ITX motherboard.
1600Mhz memory is overkill, 1066Mhz is good or 1333Mhz.
Get a Sempron, there is nothing wrong with them for cloud storage, nor even if using it for a HTPC tbh.
HDD is fine to say.
But the rest I am confused badly about.
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Sempron 145 build I came up with, using a Biostar motherboard "I trust them, reliable at most and high reviews Via newegg". 80+ 430 Watt Antec PSU, Anten one mid tower case, 2GB "1GB X 2" G.skill DDR3 1333mhz, 1GB seagate barracuda.
You could use a ReadyNAS. Its like $200 for one with 4 hard drive bays.
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He specified Mini ITX and that case comes with an Antec PSU. Antec make relatively good PSUs.
He specified a Mini ITX rig, so I built a Mini ITX rig.
It's 30 cents more than the Pareema 1333 which is the cheapest 2GB
Only $11 dollars more, but fair enough.
I see, and the Antec case does not come with what I can recall a Antec PSU, but some other cheapy OEM one "yet still labled as a Antec", read the reviews tbh. However, it is up to trust on that part. Antec is reliable, but I cannot say as much as that far.
ITX, quite uneeded to say, but it is the OPs choice, the build I did above that i edited in my post is not a ITX, but does feature a 80+ PSU and Sempron.
I had to use 1333Mhz memory cause the sempron C3 revision supports up to dual channel 1333Mhz.
It doesn't technically have to be a Mini ITX build, but I think it would be a lot more convenient form factor for the user than an ATX mid tower. I've come up with these parts + this cpu/mobo for a possible build, but it's still 2-3x more expensive than the cloud drive.
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Nobody's perfect, so neither is Hannah Montana Linux, but it's pretty great.
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They all suck. They just suck differently. Sort of like prostitutes.
It doesn't technically have to be a Mini ITX build, but I think it would be a lot more convenient form factor for the user than an ATX mid tower. I've come up with these parts + this cpu/mobo for a possible build, but it's still 2-3x more expensive than the cloud drive.
Not bad to say, and the fact its cheaper then previous builds above, eftj's and mine. I rather a custom build of parts then a Cloud Storage Drive alone, something goes bad, you only have to send that part for RMA. Storage drive goes bad, you have to send the whole thing for RMA.
Not bad to say, and the fact its cheaper then previous builds above, eftj's and mine. I rather a custom build of parts then a Cloud Storage Drive alone, something goes bad, you only have to send that part for RMA. Storage drive goes bad, you have to send the whole thing for RMA.
Get what I mean ?
Ya, that's pretty much what I was thinking. Plus it could double as an htpc in the future unlike the cloud drive that only serves one purpose. Would it be easier to transfer viruses from the storage device to the user using a custom build instead of a cloud drive? What I didn't mention was that Mbam and MSE found about 30 malicious items on his laptop after a full scan on each, so that could be an issue. FYI, the guy didn't have any virus software installed but had over a thousand downloaded media from uTorrent and Limewire.
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Nobody's perfect, so neither is Hannah Montana Linux, but it's pretty great.
Quote from BC_Programming on Operating Systems »
They all suck. They just suck differently. Sort of like prostitutes.
If using Free NAS or similar, I am unsure how they are when it comes to viruses. The idea of it is only if the file sent to the storage drive is infected itself, if so, it could spread to others that access that file.
Cloud storage does not protect against viruses. It is the end users that should have AVs.
Custom built could be safer then a Cloud Storage Drive itself, you use a custom OS to say, which is the same and viruses cannot execute due to the code. However as I said above, its the end user who needs to use a AV.
You could get some form of Linux or so, and have it active scan the storage drive silenty "like free version of AVG for Linux". However that is your call, as for setting your version of fav linux up for a NAS, i know nothing of that sadly.
Yes, if I were to build a NAS device I would use FreeNAS. I have never worked with NAS devices though so if someone could briefly explain how they work I would appreciate it. Would I just install FreeNas on the computer and then let it run 24/7? Will the NAS drive just show up under computer or network as a normal hard drive would? I would like to know how all this stuff works before I waste anyone's time.
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Nobody's perfect, so neither is Hannah Montana Linux, but it's pretty great.
Quote from BC_Programming on Operating Systems »
They all suck. They just suck differently. Sort of like prostitutes.
And yes, you pretty much set and forget it, ensure the drive shows up on your network as a networked HDD. If so and you can add and remove from it, complete.
Review over the videos on the link above, simple as can be.
Sorry for the double post, but it seems we have another problem. The laptop is incapable of playing HD video smoothly. I tried playing Avatar and the video became choppy after less than 30 seconds into the movie. Now I'm thinking that an HTPC would work better since his laptop can't handle the video playback.
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Quote from TheFieldZy »
Nobody's perfect, so neither is Hannah Montana Linux, but it's pretty great.
Quote from BC_Programming on Operating Systems »
They all suck. They just suck differently. Sort of like prostitutes.
Does this drive seem good to you? It's reviews are mixed, but I have little faith in Newegg reviews. If it works good, it would be a lot cheaper than building a file server.
Yeah, it's WD, they make good drives. The only reason I'm suggesting Cloud is because of all of those torrented movies, if he stores them and watches them via the drive, then he'll have less of a chance of getting a virus I think. I wouldn't store anything else on it though.
Well that's actually what I was thinking of doing if I were to build it, but the WD drive is quite a bit cheaper than a new system.
Why SUCH a expensive case... Plus the PSU in it probably isnt good anyway "and tbh isnt".
I see errors in that, many.
ITX motherboard = highly uneeded for cloud storage system and expensive at that. Also Antec 300 is not best at all for a ITX motherboard.
1600Mhz memory is overkill, 1066Mhz is good or 1333Mhz.
Get a Sempron, there is nothing wrong with them for cloud storage, nor even if using it for a HTPC tbh.
HDD is fine to say.
But the rest I am confused badly about.
____________________________________
Sempron 145 build I came up with, using a Biostar motherboard "I trust them, reliable at most and high reviews Via newegg". 80+ 430 Watt Antec PSU, Anten one mid tower case, 2GB "1GB X 2" G.skill DDR3 1333mhz, 1GB seagate barracuda.
Total cost est $306.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/729S
I see, and the Antec case does not come with what I can recall a Antec PSU, but some other cheapy OEM one "yet still labled as a Antec", read the reviews tbh. However, it is up to trust on that part. Antec is reliable, but I cannot say as much as that far.
ITX, quite uneeded to say, but it is the OPs choice, the build I did above that i edited in my post is not a ITX, but does feature a 80+ PSU and Sempron.
I had to use 1333Mhz memory cause the sempron C3 revision supports up to dual channel 1333Mhz.
ya.
Not bad to say, and the fact its cheaper then previous builds above, eftj's and mine. I rather a custom build of parts then a Cloud Storage Drive alone, something goes bad, you only have to send that part for RMA. Storage drive goes bad, you have to send the whole thing for RMA.
Get what I mean ?
Ya, that's pretty much what I was thinking. Plus it could double as an htpc in the future unlike the cloud drive that only serves one purpose. Would it be easier to transfer viruses from the storage device to the user using a custom build instead of a cloud drive? What I didn't mention was that Mbam and MSE found about 30 malicious items on his laptop after a full scan on each, so that could be an issue. FYI, the guy didn't have any virus software installed but had over a thousand downloaded media from uTorrent and Limewire.
Cloud storage does not protect against viruses. It is the end users that should have AVs.
Custom built could be safer then a Cloud Storage Drive itself, you use a custom OS to say, which is the same and viruses cannot execute due to the code. However as I said above, its the end user who needs to use a AV.
You could get some form of Linux or so, and have it active scan the storage drive silenty "like free version of AVG for Linux". However that is your call, as for setting your version of fav linux up for a NAS, i know nothing of that sadly.
And yes, you pretty much set and forget it, ensure the drive shows up on your network as a networked HDD. If so and you can add and remove from it, complete.
Review over the videos on the link above, simple as can be.