O.K so i am wanting to have a online 24/7 repository of music on in my house. Reason is i have a Sonos music system, along with various media extenders and enjoy being able to play all of my music if i want, now i thought about a nas and it would probably be fine for my need but nowhere as fun or interesting. So recently i acquired a Pico ITX system, with the plans of building a WHSv1 on a 7 watt system with a 1tb 2.5 hdd, i should be seeing 12 watts total use. This is the board http://us.kontron.com/images/pr_trades/pr/3408/kontron-pitx-sp-sbc.jpg so help and ideas bringing this all together would be great. First question is a case for it i was thinking a mac mini case would be great and today i finally found a empty shell that i can buy that would fit the board , hdd and if i choose optical drive http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Apple-Mini-Mac-PC-Computer-Intel-Desktops-Case-Only-/320749372428?pt=Apple_Desktops&hash=item4aae27040c What do you all think????
Hi enhearten That is a excellent idea. Have you got the Kontron board already? Their stuff is good, but it tends to be expensive.
Yup sure do got it second hand for 140 au so not to expensive I think it's well worth it Im just stuck for ideas as to how I want to house it, been so small I want to do something different
Always wanted one of those pico boards. There was a Artigo kit that allowed u to mount a pico board in a 5.25'' bay. Server in a PC?
I would try to fit it in a passive hard drive cooler. The body could probably be used as a heat sink too. -Other option would be one of those drive enclosures that looks like a G5.
