A place to talk about GPUs/Motherboards/CPUs/Cases/Remotes, etc.
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JTScribe
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HTPC Specs:
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CPU: Intel i3-4130T 2.9GHz
Mobo: Asus H97M-E/CSM
RAM: 8GB DDR3-1866
HDD: 256MB Plextor M6E; 2TB M9T
GPU: NVidia GT 730 Passive
Tuner: Ceton InfiniTV6
Case: Silverstone ML03B
Remote: Harmony One
Display: Panasonic 50" UT50 Plasma
Amp: Pioneer VSX-520
TV Provider: Comcast
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by JTScribe » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:46 pm
My case has a nice setup for 2.5" drives and I'm considering replacing a 3.5", 4TB drive with a smaller 2.5", 2TB one as I'm not using nearly as much storage as I used to given my slow shift to Plex and keeping media on my server.
http://www.storagereview.com/samsung_sp ... ive_review
This drive is the one I'm looking at, and it seems to do adequately well in the HTPC testing. Anyone have any real-world experiences?
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STC
- Posts: 6808
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HTPC Specs:
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CPU: Core2 Q6700 / Zalman 7000C Cu
Mobo: Asus P5Q Turbo / Win7 Pro x64
RAM: 8GB Samsung DDR2 6400
HDD: 64GB Crucial SSD OS / 3TB Rec
GPU: ATI Radeon HD6670
Tuner: Ceton iTV4 PCIe / iTV6 ETH
Case: Ahanix D4 - replaced VFD w LCD
Remote: Harmony One / 3xMS 1039
Display: Samsung PN51F8500 / Oppo 103D
Amp: Denon AVR-X4000 / Energy 7.2's
TV Provider: The back of someones barn
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by STC » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:55 pm
How many tuners and extenders? You should be totally fine unless you have a big rig.
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JTScribe
- Posts: 285
- Joined: Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:46 pm
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HTPC Specs:
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CPU: Intel i3-4130T 2.9GHz
Mobo: Asus H97M-E/CSM
RAM: 8GB DDR3-1866
HDD: 256MB Plextor M6E; 2TB M9T
GPU: NVidia GT 730 Passive
Tuner: Ceton InfiniTV6
Case: Silverstone ML03B
Remote: Harmony One
Display: Panasonic 50" UT50 Plasma
Amp: Pioneer VSX-520
TV Provider: Comcast
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by JTScribe » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:37 pm
Six tuners, zero extenders.
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kd6icz
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by kd6icz » Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:53 pm
I tested the Samsung Spinpoint 2TB 2.5" ($99 at Newegg) in my Dell i7 laptop with 4 tuners and 1 extender and it kept up just fine. So I think it will do well in your system. It does have a nice 32MB buffer.
