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nysos4 – Server Upgrade

In October 2020 I upgraded the hardware of my home server. In particular I decided to upgrade my existing setup by replacing the mainboard with a ASrock J5040-ITX. I opted for this board for three reasons (loosely sorted by priority): Support for Intel Quick Sync for media trans-coding, lower TDP, and support for 4K via […]

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nysos v3 – home theater PC

In June 2015, i replaced my old home theater PC with new hardware. This is the third time I upgraded my HTPC hardware, thus the name: nysos v3. I am now using an AMD Kabini APU, which resulted in quite some performance improvements for the full-encryption RAID5 storage of my setup. In May, I attended […]

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Linux Home theater PC with AMD E-450 and XBMC

Since some years I tinker with the perfect Home theater PC (HTPC) and finally I am pretty happy with my setup. I use a Zotac AD11 PLUS with an additional external HDD Raid1. For the actual sound I use the combination of a Denon AVR-X1000 with Teufel Consono 35 Mk3 5.1 speakers. I use Ubuntu […]