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  • Jason Holtzapple

    Audio archive server

    Be careful of the choice of CPU if you are planning on
    doing any transcoding. My VIA C3 800 MHz is not fast
    enough to keep up with a high bitrate mp3 stream. It
    is perfectly fast enough to drive 2 SLIMP3s and a
    Squeezebox without transcoding.

    --Jason

    --- Jacob Potter <jacobdp (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote:
    > On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:38:28 -0500, you wrote:
    > >I was thinking MicroAtx MOBO and case, with RAID 0 and two large drives
    > >160-200gb. Considering 5400rpm drives to achieve low cost and heat.

    >
    > I would suggest using Mini-ITX.
    >
    > My current setup (I keep migrating...) is VIA EPIA V8000A board, which
    > is sub-$100, and 128mb of RAM. It works great, typically around 8%
    > CPU usage with my 1 SliMP3. Very quiet too.
    >
    > I haven't measured the power draw, but it's supposed to be around 20
    > watts.


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