Greetings,
My current NAS/HTPC is built around ASUS M2NPV-VM (onboard Video/Gigabit/SATARaid) + AMD Athlon X2 4450e (45W).
It's housed inside a compact ENERMAX LAGUNA (mATX/Low profile) with Scythe BIG SHURIKEN as the CPU cooler and the main intake fan.
HD is 2X WD Green 1TB.
This PC is working pretty much 24/7 and used to play Movies (usually <720P) as well as the NAS/bitTorrent downloader.
Sometimes for light encoding and general computing under Win7 - but nothing fancy (the current HW is already capable for most of the tasks).
I'd like to upgrade to a bit more efficient CPU/MB combo but still utilize most of the current HW such as the HDs, Case, CPU Cooler, DDR2 RAM etc...
If possible - analog VGA out as well as decent quality 6ch audio output (analog) and gigabit Ethernet will be appreciated.
Can you recommend a decent, yet cost effective solution?
Even ref. or eBay items are o.k..
ITX as well as mATX are suitable.
Gal
My current NAS/HTPC is built around ASUS M2NPV-VM (onboard Video/Gigabit/SATARaid) + AMD Athlon X2 4450e (45W).
It's housed inside a compact ENERMAX LAGUNA (mATX/Low profile) with Scythe BIG SHURIKEN as the CPU cooler and the main intake fan.
HD is 2X WD Green 1TB.
This PC is working pretty much 24/7 and used to play Movies (usually <720P) as well as the NAS/bitTorrent downloader.
Sometimes for light encoding and general computing under Win7 - but nothing fancy (the current HW is already capable for most of the tasks).
I'd like to upgrade to a bit more efficient CPU/MB combo but still utilize most of the current HW such as the HDs, Case, CPU Cooler, DDR2 RAM etc...
If possible - analog VGA out as well as decent quality 6ch audio output (analog) and gigabit Ethernet will be appreciated.
Can you recommend a decent, yet cost effective solution?
Even ref. or eBay items are o.k..
ITX as well as mATX are suitable.
Gal