Feel free to checkout my newer but rather similar build based on low power Ivy Bridge - viewtopic.php?f=28&t=65038. I got around 29W idle with older 80+ bronze PSU, 19W with HDDs off.

Initial machine backup to Crashplan has finally finished so I can report updated power consumption. Idle with OS now on SSD is just 29W, long idle with data HDD array powered off is 19W. So far great numbers compared to previous Athlon II X4 based machine :) Regarding previous migration to Intel fak...

So far so good, just started array migration from RAID 0 to RAID 5, everything looks fine. Even in worst case these are just recorded movies and series, which could be downloaded again. First look on non-optimized power consuption: Idle 33W (with 4 HDDs in idle) HDD load 46W (data copy from 1 HDD to...

Let me clarify a bit more, I have other drives on another PC to be used for automated backups, these just don't have enough free space for data migration right now and I want to backup only important data there in the future, not whole RAID array. RAID 0 is just a quick step necessary for data migra...

Currently rebuilding HTPC to all-in-one incl 24/7 NAS based on low power Ivy Bridge i3/Intel mobo. Basic configuration is following: i3-3220T (35W 2.8Ghz 2C HT) Intel DH77EB (mATX) 8GB DDR3 1600 Kingston LoVo (1.35V) 320GB Samsung - OS (will be replaced by SSD when I can spare the cash) 3x 2TB WD GR...

Hi I am going to buy a htpc before new year and added a graphic card in the last minute to be sure that the htpc will be flawless. I am using the siverstone grandia G05 with a Asus P7H55-M/USB3. The processor will be a i3 core 540 and my first thought was to use only that processor as gpu. I will a...