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Hi

This is my first post on here. So take it easy on me if I couldn't find an older post about this. I have only found agent posts about this. I have an AMD Phenom ii x 6 core mil black edition. 2 x 1 TB hdd I no longer use this for anything else but dl and streaming to kodi and plex.

My question is can i take this massive box I have and make this in to a microserver for nas or media center. I don't really ml know much about hardware.

Anyone willing to help. Thanks
 
yes you can.. a server is nothing but a box.. what determines the servers role or function, is the applications you install or run on it.. you can take any old pc and make it a server.. there are other considerations of course, like the hardware resources required by the application you wish to run on the server etc, but at the most basic level, any pc can be a server..

install your OS of choice, i am biased to linux, and install kodi/xbmc or whichever media player app you prefer and off you go..
 
Post the board model number so that we can see if it fits into a micro PC box.
 
LazyLion said:
So only a normal tower small size?
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one aspect of ATX refers to the size of a motherboard.. A ATX board will measure AxB in size.. A microATX board will measure CxD in size.. so not the same size, but some of the mounting holes will line up, allowing microATX boards to fit into ATX chassis.. When a chassis is microATX or miniATX, it refers to the size of the motherboard that the chassis can fit..

So in short, check the specs of the chassis to ensure it can fit the form factor of the motherboard..
 
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silly question with FREEnas

If i install it on an old box, after running setup etc. Can i have it running without a keyboard/mouse/monitor connection? Basically just give it power & network cable. I know it has a web administration area. Just remembered that some (windows) machines dont boot up fully if keyboard is missing
 
macedo84 said:
About a R1000 or less I can try budget for that one on take a lot. Will my mother board fit with 2 hdd and this graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
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I don't think that Graphics card is going to fit well into the small cases and cooling will be a problem as well as dust accumulation.
You might have to downgrade to a low profile card.
That's what most of the Micro-Servers use.
 
naeem said:
silly question with FREEnas

If i install it on an old box, after running setup etc. Can i have it running without a keyboard/mouse/monitor connection? Basically just give it power & network cable. I know it has a web administration area. Just remembered that some (windows) machines dont boot up fully if keyboard is missing
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windows as well as freenas will boot fine without keyboard and mouse.. the issue is with the bios where, if set, it will halt on some errors requiring you to press a button on the keyboard to confirm the error.. if set and there is no keyboard present the system will halt at the post screen moaning because the keyboard is not present and ironically ask for a key to be pressed..

so it should work fine, as long as the bios is adjusted accordingly..
 
LazyLion said:
I don't think that Graphics card is going to fit well into the small cases and cooling will be a problem as well as dust accumulation.
You might have to downgrade to a low profile card.
That's what most of the Micro-Servers use.
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OK so downgrade, does anyone want to buy or trade for my graphics card?
 
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