24/7 Owncloud Server + Other Stuff HTPC

[gggg336]

I have been a LTT fan since he was still in NCIX, but never really participated in the community since he started the company until now.

 

Anyway, I am just dipping my nose into private servers (not big racks of servers, but small personal storage servers, i.e NAS with outside network access). I am wondering what type of hardware would I need for a multi purpose OwnCloud server that does F@H, Boinc, streaming video from websites like Youtube and my country's own free Netflix-like service, an OwnCloud server for the family and Steam in-home streaming (or should I use Moonlight?) from my super high-end gaming rig (that is totally going to be outdated by this year end *sarcasm*).

 

Right now I am doing only half of this from an old ASUS K43S laptop (specs in spoiler) and it gets very hot just from streaming live videos from a Chinese TV channel's website that my father likes to watch.

Spoiler

CPU: i7-27somethingQM 4 cores 8 threads

GPU: One of the low end AMD Radeon HD 6000 series mobile GPUs

8 GB DDR3 RAM

Upgraded to Win 10 Pro (I wasted SGD 205 because I can't be bothered to get a win7 boot disc since the config files were messed up and updating GPU drivers gave me a blank screen since it is projecting to a different screen over VGA)

Some super slow 500GB HDD that I was planning on replacing until I thought about just building a new one (how slow from boot? Try making a nice sandwich and eating it, slowly)

I use USB to attach a WD RED 6TB HDD that I put in an enclosure

 

You can probably see why I want to replace this garbage laptop that has lived past ASUS' probable intended lifespan.

I am planning to redo this project with new hardware and an Ubuntu distro of Linux (I have never used Linux until I got myself some Pi).

Spoiler

CPU: i7-7700

Mobo: ASUS H110i mini-ITX

GPU: GTX 1050

RAM: 16 GB DRR4 of whatever RAM is the cheapest I guess

PSU: CoolerMaster Elite Power 460W PSU (the lowest I could find)

Main HDD: 2.5" WD Black 500GB 7200RPM

A DVD reader because HTPC

Case: Fractal Design Core 500

I am planning to use the CPU power for Boinc projects and GPU for F@H. So far from what I gather in hardware froums, Nvidia GPUs has specialized H.264 encoding and decoding chips? So I guess game streaming from my gaming PC isn't going to be affected by GPU usage by F@H? I have no idea really, need some help with this one. Also might run a Minecraft server, not sure.

[Electronics Wizardy]

7 hours ago, gggg336 said:

I am planning to use the CPU power for Boinc projects and GPU for F@H.

Id suggest against this, id just a core i3 or pentium. Folding at home is really just a waste of power(and the money the power costs)

 

7 hours ago, gggg336 said:

, Nvidia GPUs has specialized H.264 encoding and decoding chips?

You don't need any video encoding on here it seems. For decoding, you can do that on almost any modern system(intel, amd, and nvidia also has hadware decoding).

 

Here is what id get.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/R6mwCy
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/R6mwCy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($41.99 @ Jet)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($68.88 @ Jet)
Case: Antec ISK 110 VESA Mini ITX Desktop Case w/90W Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $347.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-16 15:38 EST-0500

[gggg336]

I see scientific progress being made with F@H and Boinc projects so I don't know why you are against it. Also, won't an SSD wear out faster than an HDD in 24/7 use?

[HullZ]

I want to do the same, I run owncloud and a xmpp server on a raspi 3, which works fine, but I still would want some hdd's in there and run an i2p server and other stuff in the future on it aswell.

 

I am currently waiting for the new AMD processors to be released, but think that this topic deserves a lot of discussion.

[Ralms]

Just a quick question, have you considered using NextCloud instead? Its forked from Owncloud but its more modern with a lot of addons, apps, etc

 

https://nextcloud.com/