[Noisebridge-discuss] Media center computer?

[Ever Falling]

rubin said that he got a computer from miloh and is testing it now for
proper media playback and whatnot. my server is still available for use in
the space if anyone wants it though.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:31 PM, joel jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com> wrote:

> Speaking of which,
>
> I have two nvidia 8600gt's (256MB pci-e x16) that could use a good home.
>
> They can either drive 4 monitors acceptably, or one fairly quickly (in
> an sli rig).  They are is should be noted about half as fast a geforce
> gts 250 which is currently a ~$140 item, but they do have the
> distinction of being the fastest 8xxx cards that can draw all their
> power from pci-e slots, and or require a 2 slot cooler. I estimate them
> together at under 100watts.
>
> if they represent an upgrade to someone I'll leave them at NB the next
> time I'm in the city.
>
> Gian Pablo Villamil wrote:
> > If Noisebridge takes this system, I can donate a nice Nvidia graphics
> > card for it.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Ever Falling <everfalling at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
> >>> Anyone got a sweet machine that they'd like to donate to Noisebridge to
> >>> be used as a media center running XBMC, VLC with multicast, and MPD?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Rubin Abdi
> >>> rubin at starset.net
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> >> i have a server you can have. donno if it'll fit your purposes but it's
> >> something. i got it from a friend who got it from a friend. here are the
> >> stats:
> >>
> >> 2u Chassis, 6 drive bays, with DVD Writer
> >> 2 x AMD Opteron Dual core 246 (socket 940, 2 ghz)
> >> modified IWill DK8S@ motherboard (no onboard SATA)
> >> 4 x 160 GB SATA hard drives attached to a 3ware RAID controller
> >> 4 x 512 MB DDR 400 PC 3200 Registered ECC RAM
> >> dual 300 watt power supplies
> >> Dual 1 gigabit ethernet connections
> >> server name: TCMCMYTIME (don't ask i donno what it means either)
> >>
> >> i prolly don't have to tell you this but as a server this thing is
> pretty
> >> loud.
> >> --
> >> Trying to fix or change something, only guarantees and perpetuates its
> >> existence.
> >>
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