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The story so far

I'm turning tightwad here (but having absolutely no income I feel justified)

The basic idea was that given a CDS3 budget of £9k could I build an HDD front end.

Convert my existing PC into music server. (actually it will have to serve as both PC and music store until I can buy a new PC for everyday use)

£243 Seagate Bararcuda 7200.8 NCQ 400GB SATA150 7200rpm 8MB I might need more but you get the gist
£29 Linksys 10/100 5-Port Desktop Switch I could go wi-fi but I prefer hardwire , less rfi?[i/]

Device for streaming

£120 Squeezebox (ethernet version)

As the total to here is £372 and my original budget was £9k you will see I have a lot of flexibility with which DAC to get DAC

A big thank you to all who've made suggestions and especially to julian

<blockquote data-quote="Tom Alves" data-source="post: 581379" data-attributes="member: 1174">The story so farI'm turning tightwad here (but having absolutely no income I feel justified)The basic idea was that given a CDS3 budget of £9k could I build an HDD front end.&nbsp; Convert my existing PC into music server. (actually it will have to serve as both PC and music store until I can buy a new PC for everyday use)<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">£243&nbsp; &nbsp; Seagate&nbsp; Bararcuda 7200.8 NCQ 400GB SATA150 7200rpm 8MB&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I might need more but you get the gist</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">£29&nbsp; &nbsp; Linksys&nbsp; 10/100 5-Port Desktop Switch&nbsp;&nbsp; I could go wi-fi but I prefer hardwire ,&nbsp; less rfi?[i/]</li>
</ul>Device for streaming<div style="margin-left: 20px">£120&nbsp; &nbsp; Squeezebox (ethernet version)</div>As the total to here is £372 and my original budget was £9k you will see I have a lot of flexibility with which DAC to get DACA big thank you to all who've made suggestions and especially to julian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Alves, post: 581379, member: 1174"] The story so far I'm turning tightwad here (but having absolutely no income I feel justified) The basic idea was that given a CDS3 budget of £9k could I build an HDD front end. [B]Convert my existing PC into music server.[/b] [i] (actually it will have to serve as both PC and music store until I can buy a new PC for everyday use)[/i] [list][*]£243 Seagate Bararcuda 7200.8 NCQ 400GB SATA150 7200rpm 8MB [i]I might need more but you get the gist[/i] [*]£29 Linksys 10/100 5-Port Desktop Switch [i]I could go wi-fi but I prefer hardwire , less rfi?[i/][/i][/list][i] [b]Device for streaming[/b] [INDENT]£120 Squeezebox (ethernet version)[/INDENT] As the total to here is £372 and my original budget was £9k you will see I have a lot of flexibility with which DAC to get DAC A big thank you to all who've made suggestions and especially to julian[/i] [/QUOTE]

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