pritchard9 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I've finally managed to hold down a decent job, which is a first since I'm still in school. I recently took an old computer off of a friend, and turned it into a nice little file and torrent server. However, it's been breaking alot recently - rebooting for no reason, I've had to wipe the HD and start again a few times, aswell as beeing really inefficient. So I'm looking at buying a cheap, always-on server. For power efficiency, I was looking at nettop to turn them into a server, when I saw this: http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?...r_id=0&tid= IMO I think this is a good price. I know I could probably build one for cheaper, but the only computer I've built have been in much larger cases, and I'm not sure if I have the patience for fiddling about inside a Micro or Mini-ATX case. The only problem is, I want to transfer the Ralink wireless card in the old computer onto the new one I'll be buying. Problem is, I'm finding it hard searching out a pre-built Atom-equipped computer that has a PCI slot - I can see why, when you're wanting to slim the case down as much as possible, but it's a hassle. Anyone have any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I've finally managed to hold down a decent job, which is a first since I'm still in school. I recently took an old computer off of a friend, and turned it into a nice little file and torrent server. However, it's been breaking alot recently - rebooting for no reason, I've had to wipe the HD and start again a few times, aswell as beeing really inefficient. So I'm looking at buying a cheap, always-on server. For power efficiency, I was looking at nettop to turn them into a server, when I saw this: http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?...r_id=0&tid= IMO I think this is a good price. I know I could probably build one for cheaper, but the only computer I've built have been in much larger cases, and I'm not sure if I have the patience for fiddling about inside a Micro or Mini-ATX case. The only problem is, I want to transfer the Ralink wireless card in the old computer onto the new one I'll be buying. Problem is, I'm finding it hard searching out a pre-built Atom-equipped computer that has a PCI slot - I can see why, when you're wanting to slim the case down as much as possible, but it's a hassle. Anyone have any thoughts? http://mini-itx.com/store/?c=47 Either an atom or via processor will work for what you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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