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Recent content by micangaroo

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    Insane BitTorrent CPU usage - Buffalo LS-WVL

    Hi all, Recently I wanted to upgrade my storage system, was tinkering with the NAS when I needed to check the harddisk in my set. Man, it was super HOT!! I think an egg could easily fry on it when I was getting it out of the NAS. This led me to do a few checks, and since I did some...
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    Building Small Home Server

    Hi, Going with what you've mentioned above, I came up with the following specs. Mobo: Asus F2A85-M LE Socket FM2 Motherboard Processor: AMD A8-5600K Quad Core APU with Radeon HD 7560D Casing: BitFenix Prodigy Midnight Black/Black Steel/Plastic Mini-ITX Tower PSU: Cooler Master Extreme 2...
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    Building Small Home Server

    I'm switching from a LS-WVL, mainly due to performance and drive slots limitation. Although I'll like not remove the LS-WVL from my setup, I require a solution with higher capacity, flexibility without an outrageous increase on the power consumption. My budget would be around say, $700...
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    Building Small Home Server

    Hi all, Need some advice here on building a small home server to replace my 2TB NAS and the information on the internet is too varied to filter. Hope to get some directions from all the pros here. Basically, what I have in mind is this - 1) It'll be a small form factor with an outlook...
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