Swynol 375 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Not sure if you are referring to my build or not, but if so, thanks. I wanna get some Red/Black braided sheathing for all the wires, but I'm kinda nervous about having to cut all my connectors off and re-solder everything to get the sheathing on... I'm sure it won't be all that hard, but something doesn't feel right about taking side-cutters to things I just spent all that money on haha. Otherwise I could just try and do a neat job of wrapping them in electrical tape i braided all my cables without cutting them or soldering them. I bought a multitool to remove the pins from the connectors then just threaded the cable through the sleeves. i didnt use any heatshrink, just melted the ends of the braid then pushed the pins back into the connectors. it took bloody ages and im sure i've burnt the tips of my fingers off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politby 88 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Here is my new state of the art HTPC [emoji41] 5 year old Dell laptop with VGA to HDMI converter. I just got a new second TV to offload the home theater and I needed something that could run media browser and DVBLink client. It's old but it is a 2.5 GHz dual core and runs Windows Media Center like a champ. The VGA to HDMI dongle cost about $50 and the laptop was free from work. [emoji1] no 4k though but it does 1080p and stereo audio via HDMI so not a bad cheap stop gap solution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gthrift 57 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Look at the back of that dell latitude. It should have a display port on the back that you can just use a display port to hdmi cable for a lot cheaper and you will actually get better quality and possibly save $40. My wife's Core 2 Duo latitude E6400 from 2008 and her newer (2012ish) i5 latitude both have the display port next to the power adapter hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politby 88 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Afraid mine (2009 E4300) only has the Kensington lock hole. About the same size as a mini displayport but not likely to work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 When I first started using MB I was using a laptop too, but it had an HDMI port so I never had any issues wit it, also just finished my rebuild. http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/18465-servergaming-rig-upgrade-work-log/&do=findComment&comment=180695 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politby 88 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Well as it turned out that VGA to HDMI adapter is probably more geared towards office use, for presentations and such. WMC live TV was a stuttering mess and completely unwatchable. Maybe this old laptop simply is not compatible with this type of converter. So I bought an Intel NUC and the converter is going back to Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Way less white, wrapped the PSU cover and front panel in matte black vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmac 132 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Here's an update on my rig. I've got pretty much everything installed now that I plan on getting, except for maybe a couple accent lights inside and the odd little thing here and there (I still wanna put some braid on my visible cabling). But I can't decide whether I like the red, or white light better on my NZXT Hue. (Whichever I plan on sticking with, I plan on getting the opposite in a smaller accent light or two, to highlight certain areas inside the case). Opinions? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) From looking inside the case the white light looks better IMO, it shows more of the black/red contrast on your components. Though the red light looks better from the outside like in that last pic. Last pics of mine, new PSU is in so with the exception of the hard drives/case everything is new. Corsair has a great RMA service btw, I was really surprised I had a 7 year warranty on mine, they shipped me a brand new in the box replacement since my PSU fan was wigging out. I didn't even have to fight with them about it, just told them what was going on and the RMA got approved within a day. +20 for Corsair customer service. I still have some frosted vinyl I want to do a window graphic with, just dunno what yet. Also have a ton of black paracord if I ever get around to sleeving Edited March 1, 2015 by shaefurr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmac 132 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 @@shaefurr,do you have any issues with heat from having your psu covered like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Nope, but it depends on the airflow setup for your PSU, you obviously don't want to cover up a fan or anything, mine is pointed down so it pulls air from the under the bottom of the case and exhausts it out the back of the PSU. So the cover doesn't obstruct anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 kids rebuilt HTPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerothen 89 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Currently 8x3TB drives in a parity arrangement. SSD for the OS drive and 1.5TB to backup high importance files nightly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashMoney 94 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Corsair has a great RMA service btw, I was really surprised I had a 7 year warranty on mine, they shipped me a brand new in the box replacement since my PSU fan was wigging out. I didn't even have to fight with them about it, just told them what was going on and the RMA got approved within a day. +20 for Corsair customer service. Corsair have always been great at supporting their warranties. I remember hearing many stories about it when I was running a PC Hardware site, but one that sticks out from about 7 years ago now is a customer who had a pretty old machine, 1 stick of ram developed faults, so he decided to upgrade whole machine. Sent back the ram anyway, Corsair no longer made the ram for his old machine, told him to send back both sticks and they would replace it with a brand new modern dual kit for his new machine instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodapop 11 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Rather that have one computer run the entire system I have three - one server, one recorder and one player. Server: HP 6000 Pro with 4GB running W7 64 Pro and an internal Hauppauge HVR-2255 dual tuner card. This system has the Media Browser server on it and runs WinTV v7.2 with the Extend package so the kids can stream live TV to their laptops while in/around the house. It also has the Ceton My Media Center server which interfaces with a Samsung Galaxy SCH-I800 tablet that is used as a remove control for Windows Media Center. Recorder: HP 6000 Pro with 4GB running W7 64 Pro and four external Hauppauge HVR-2255 tuners. This system runs Windows Media Center and has the recording schedule on it. As the name implies, all it does is record and then transfer the files to the NAS. Player: HP 6000 Pro with 8GB running W7 64 Pro, one external Hauppauge HVR-2255 tuners and a Turtle Beach Micro 2 to provide a digital audio stream to the AV receiver. The system runs Windows Media Center with a Media Browser client. The on-board display port drives the video projector, a Mitsubishi XL30. Other equipment in the rack: Pioneer VSX-524 AV Receiver OSD SMP60 subwoofer amplifier Buffalo TeraStation with 16TB configured in RAID5 MasterView CS-138A KVM switch APC-3000 UPS 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Rather that have one computer run the entire system I have three - one server, one recorder and one player. Server: HP 6000 Pro with 4GB running W7 64 Pro and an internal Hauppauge HVR-2255 dual tuner card. This system has the Media Browser server on it and runs WinTV v7.2 with the Extend package so the kids can stream live TV to their laptops while in/around the house. It also has the Ceton My Media Center server which interfaces with a Samsung Galaxy SCH-I800 tablet that is used as a remove control for Windows Media Center. Recorder: HP 6000 Pro with 4GB running W7 64 Pro and four external Hauppauge HVR-2255 tuners. This system runs Windows Media Center and has the recording schedule on it. As the name implies, all it does is record and then transfer the files to the NAS. Player: HP 6000 Pro with 8GB running W7 64 Pro, one external Hauppauge HVR-2255 tuners and a Turtle Beach Micro 2 to provide a digital audio stream to the AV receiver. The system runs Windows Media Center with a Media Browser client. The on-board display port drives the video projector, a Mitsubishi XL30. Other equipment in the rack: Pioneer VSX-524 AV Receiver OSD SMP60 subwoofer amplifier Buffalo TeraStation with 16TB configured in RAID5 MasterView CS-138A KVM switch APC-3000 UPS Gorgeous! So neat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyFr79 228 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Here's my setup, don't laugh at the homebuilt rack (with 7 foot ceilings it's hard to find a rack that will fit at a reasonable price in my area) Dell PE1950 - PFsense Router/Firewall HP DL320G5P - Domain Controller/DNS 2 Supermicro Servers - File/media severs Custom Built HTPC - Feeds Theater room on other side of wall Zyxel Gigabit Switch - Main "backbone" Cisco Express 500 - Feeds non gigabit connections and provides POE for security cameras Yamaha Avantage RX-800 - Feeds theater room Swann/Hikvision Security NVR 20TB of storage currently most in RAID5 6700 KVA of UPS Power 50 Amps dedicated electrical circuits Theater room is 106" Elite Screens Screen Epson 8350 Projector Energy speakers configured in 7.2 This is all still very much a work in progress. The theater room still needs to be built out, will be adding a dedicated transcoding server in the near future, and of course continually adding storage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyFr79 228 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) Ok, so a "few" upgrades to the rack recently. Top to Bottom Cisco 2960-s 48 Port POE Gigabit Switch Hikvision Security NVR - 6TB of storage for 6 3MP security cameras on the house. Belkin 8 Computer KVM Yamaha Avantage RX-A800 Receiver APC J35 Power Conditioner and UPS 1500KVA Custom Built HTPC - Ceton Infinitv 4 PCI-E, 750GB Storage for recording Dell PowerEdge 1950 - Router/Firewall running PFsense 2 Leviton PDU's - 15 amp rated HPDL320G5P - Domain Controller/DNS Server - Server 2012R2 Dell Poweredge R710 - Main Emby Server- Dual X5570 CPU's,48GB Ram, 146GB Raid 0 (Boot/OS) 4TB RAID 5 (6x900GB 10k SAS) Emby Data/Cache/Transcoding - Server 2008R2 Supermicro 2u Chassis - 2nd file Server 6.4TB RAID 5 (8x1TB) 1.5TB Drive additional storage - Server 2008R2 Supermicro 3u Chassis - Primary Storage Server - 6.4TB RAID 5 (8x1TB) 2x2TB drives additional storage - Server 2008R2 Netapp DS14 MK2 AT Fiber Channel Disk Enclosure 13x1 TB Disks running 2 RAID 5 arrays APC SmartUPS 750KVA Not Pictured APC SmartUPS 3000KVA and APC Smartups 1500KVA 6750KVA total UPS power for the Rack, 50 amps of 120v dedicated electrical service between a 20 amp and 30 amp circuit feeding the rack. Edited May 1, 2015 by JeremyFr79 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiretap 30 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Here's my finalized (for now) Emby backend setup: ESXi Server: Norco RPC-4220 4U Case Corsair RM1000 Power Supply Supermicro X9SCM Motherboard Intel Xeon E3-1240 Processor Supertalent 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3-1333 ECC RAM Ceton InfiniTV4 PCI-e 3x IBM M1015 SAS Controllers 2x 250GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD's (Datastore and Backup Datastore) 7x 4TB Western Digital SSHD's 10x 2TB Western Digital Green HDD's 5x SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables 3x 120mm Arctic Cooling F12 PWM Fans 2x 80mm Arctic Cooling F8 Rev.2 PWM Fans 1x 92mm Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus PWM CPU Fan ESXi 6.0 VM1: Windows 8.1 x64 w/ MCE + Emby Server + Ubiquiti NVR + SnapRAID VM2: Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 + PRTG Network Monitor + Backup Management HTPC's: 3 of each... MSI P67A-G43 Motherboard Intel i3 2100 Processor PNY 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Corsair Force 3 60GB SSD Galaxy GTS 450 Graphics Card NMediaPC Pro-LCD 5.25'' Screen Corsair CX430 Power Supply Rosewill R4000 4U Rackmount Case Monoprice HDMI to Ethernet Converters to the TV's Monoprice USB to Ethernet to the IR Receivers mounted under the TV's (power up/down of the PC and control UI) All HTPC's run Windows 8.1 x64 MCE with Emby Theater The rack: ProAudioVideo 22u / 1000mm Deep Rack Belkin PF60 Power Center Linksys 24-port Gigabit Switch 3x HTPC's ESXi Server Custom pfSense router Asus RT-N16 running DD-WRT (Linux Kernel 3.10.2) Motorola SB6121 Everything is on a CyberPower 1500VA UPS (about 25mins in a power outage, with PC shutdown scripts via USB) PFsense Router: Silverstone PT13 Slim-ITX Case Jetway NF9HG-2930 (Intel Celeron N2930 1.83 - 2.16 GHz Quad Core Processor, 4x Intel i211AT Gigabit LAN, mini-PCIe, mSATA, etc..) 8GB DDR3-1600 Kingston HyperX Impact 1.35v 128GB SanDisk x110 mSATA SSD 60w FSP Power Brick OpenVPN + Bandwidth Monitoring BSD backup box: Intel i5 2500k Processor Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Motherboard 8GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 90GB Corsair ForceGT SSD [OS Drive] 8TB RAID-Z ZFS Rocketfish Case Highpoint DC-7280 Datacenter HBA 1050w Seasonic Snowsilent PSU PC-BSD OS Pix: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) moved to a new apartment, 46" looks puny now. still requires some cable management Edited October 14, 2015 by shaefurr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14857 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 A 75 would fit perfectly right there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantaxp7 190 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I don't think I've shown mine lately. Recently added that SVS SB13 Ultra. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) A 75 would fit perfectly right there Yup I think you're right, I think I know what Santa may bring this year Someday I'll get some decent speakers to replace this crappy theatre in a box I have, but living in an apartment on the 2nd floor i think it may have to wait till we buy a house next year don't really fancy getting noise complaints lol Edited October 15, 2015 by shaefurr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyFr79 228 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 So have done some MAJOR upgrades again to the setup. Top to bottom - CIsco 2960S 48 Port Gigabit Layer 2 POE Switch Swan NVR-7250 - Security Camera Recorder - 4TB of Storage. Belkin 8 Port KVM Yamaha RX-A800 Aventage Receiver 7x90 Watts - Run's Main theater room APC J35B Power Conditioner/1500 KVA Battery Backup Main HTPC - AMD A8 7750, 16GB Memory 64GB SSD (OS/APPS) 2x3TB Hitachi Ultrastars (Recorded TV) LG HD-DVD/Blu Ray Drive, Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCI-e & Ceton InfinitTV 4 USB (8 Tuners total) Router - Dell PowerEdge 1950 Gen III - (1) Xeon 5148, 4GB Memory, 2x146GB 15k SAS (Mirrored OS) Runs PFSense 2.2.4 PDUs - Leviton Domain Controller - Cisco UCS C200 M2 - (1) Xeon X5570, 24GB Memory, 80GB HDD (OS) 160GB HDD (Nighly Baremetal Backups) Bonded Gigabit Emby Server - Dell PowerEdge R810 - (4) Xeon L7555 (32 Cores/64Threads total), 128GB Memory, 2x146GB 15k SAS (Mirrored OS/Apps) 4x900GB 10k SAS (RAID 5 - Metadata/cache/transcoding) Bonded Gigabit Storage - Qnap TS-809U - iSCSI Target - 4x 500GB (RAID 5 - Torrent Work Drives) 4x1TB (RAID 5 - Nightly Backups for all machines on network)Bonded Gigabit Storage - Qnap TS-809U - ISCSI Target - 8x1.5TB (RAID 5 - TV) Bonded Gigabit Main FIle Server - SuperMicro CS-846 - (2) Xeon L5520, 48GB Memory, 1x64GB SSD (OS/APPS), 24x1TB Drives (RAID 50 - File storage, User Folders, Main EMBY Library) Quad Gigabit Bonded NIC Battery Backup - APC Smart UPS 750 Not Pictured - APC Smart UPS 3000, APC 1500KVA, Engenius Enterprise Wireless N WAP with 5 watt output, Xfinity Gateway (175/35 Service) This setup feeds, 2 Laptops, 3 Tablets, 4 Phones, 1 Remote Roku 3, 1 remote Roku Stick, a XBOne, Nexus Player, Xbox 360, and the Main HTPC. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36879 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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