User:Niz23

Core/Hybrid System - Pumprum

The core is located in a storage room together with all HVAC and heating systems.

• Case w/ 450watt nMedia ultra quiet power supply
• Motherboard ASUS ASUS_M2NVM-DH
• CPU AMD Athlon64 4400+ (Dual Core)
• 2GB RAM
• Integrated Nvida Gbit network as internal network card.
• PCI-E gigabit network as external network card. Broadcom BCM5721.
• Nvidia Geforce 6100 w/256MB onboard graphics.
• 1x 400GB SATAII drive for the system
• 3x 500GB SATAII drives for media (not configured yet. Have to decide if I want LMCE to manage RAID. Have my doubths)
• Hauppauge Nova-T 500 (Dual DVB-T tuner)
• Oboard sound. Not used since I don´t watch media on this machine.
• 1x DVD burner
• 1x Squeezeslave.
• 1x cheap USB audio (2-channel)

MD 1 - Family Room downstairs

• IBM NetVista M51
• 3GHz Pentium4. Socket 775.
• Onboard Intel graphics. (do not work at the moment)
• 1GB RAM
• Diskless
• Gigabit network
• 1x MCE Remote and USB Receiver
• UI2 - Masked - 720P
• Dreambox DM-500T
• Panasonic Plasma 50PX8
• Pioneer VSX-1016 Reciever

MD 2 - Testing

• IBM NetVista M51
• 3GHz Pentuim4. Socket 478
• 1GB RAM
• Diskless
• 19" Flatpanel 1280x1024
• UI1. Cannot get UI2 to work at the moment. Tryint to figure out why.

Outside area

• Stereo sound through squeezeslave installed in core.

Sony PS3 - Downstairs

• Entertainment. Games etc.
• Would be nice if we could stream audio/video directly to the PS3 and control it through an orbiter.

Sony PS2 - Upstairs

• Game machine primarily use by our kids.

Network Setup

• 1x 8-port 10/100Mbit switch
• 1x 8-port gigabit switch
• 2 MD's
• Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router (with openwrt). Connect to internet and act as primary firewall.

Future

• Automation of lights.
• Integration/control of HVAC. Especially FAN speed.
• Add low-power MDs. Perhaps with intel atom chipsets. Need to buy one to test first.