I’m hacking up an old series 1 Tivo to house my new HTPC built around the Intel DH61AG motherboard.
I am still in the process of finalizing all the components, but currently am thinking of using the Intel G620T cpu (35W) and have purchased the G.Skill 2x4gb PC3-8500 ram set for it. Going to run an SSD for the main (and only planned) drive in the system. I have an old 2nd gen Intel 80gb SSD (Intel X25-M) that I was planning on using, but didnt know if I should spring for a new mSATA drive? Trying to keep power draw down, heat to a minimum.
Is 90W enough for this board on the PSU? Going to use a Dell laptop power adapter, have one for my XPS laptop that is 19V/90W and found a “dell” at amazon for $28. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ACWG7Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3CE5DITZRK6CJ
I am going to run Sage client on this box, but I want to make sure it has enough horse power to convert to being the server at some point. I will be running 1 HD200 extender off this, and placeshifter from work once in a while. Any reason why this machine would not be up to that task? If I convert it to a server, I will use the esata on the motherboard to hook up external record drives. Does the e-sata support port multiplier drive enclosures? If not, I could always go the USB3 route.
Any other suggestions? Oh here’s one question, I have 2 LED’s on the front of the tivo. One for recording which I plan to use for just that, and the other is for “receiving”. I’m not sure what that was for on the tivo (phone/network downloads maybe?) but what would you use it for? Power LED seems like a decent option, but so boring. And I could care less about HD activity LED. Is there a way to monitor extender/placeshifter use, and light it if one or both of those is active?
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