the perfect pc fpr torrents/filesharing

[Eargasm]

How about a laptop and a desktop w/ a lot of HDD space. The desktop can be your file server and you can simply remote into and download all the torrents you want while you sit on the can.

Then wirelessly xsfer media to your TV or laptop whenever you want it - watch a TV show and type on your laptop and keep remoted into your desktop simultaneously.

Also, I don't know what OS you want, but I'd not settle for less than 2GB RAM unless you are going for some ultra light distro of linux.

[c0njur]

Large HD's of course

I think an often overlooked part of the setup is a nice router! With all the simultaneous connections required by torrents and p2p, and good router is essential. May I suggest the wrt54gl by linksys and flash it with the 3rd party dd-wrt firmware.

I would advise against the wrt54gl for torrenting. I used to have that router (with dd-wrt) and it crapped out after a couple hundred connections. If you have an extra computer lying around, play around with a linux-based firewall, such as smoothwall, m0n0wall, etc.

2-3 TB? Hell no. Haven't you heard of DVD burners and DVD-Rs?

I'll say 1TB at the most if you are too lazy to burn stuff. But seriously there is no need for 2-3TB unless you are running a server at home or something like that.

People still burn optical discs? I cant imagine what a pain in the ass that must be. Go with the 2-3 TB. I filled up 500GB in 2 months.

[tX]

You must have enough RAM, 1-2 gb should be sufficient
A decent CPU, though most available on the market should be decent enough, so just buy an energy efficient one, or maybe one that doesn't get very hot, or one that does both
Efficient and quiet cooling
A good amount of storage from a reliable brand
A good powerbox should be used if your PC is to be on 24/7

[kondrae]

PC
2gb ddr2 ram = $20 --------------------------------- ram is really cheap right now, so just go for 2
Intel E2160 = $70 ----------------------------------- OverClock to get the most of it
Good brand PSU(like Thermaltake) = $50 --- need it to run stable and 24/7
Good brand Mobo(like Gigabyte) = $60 ------ make sure it has good reviews and overclocks
WD or Seagate 750GB = $100 ---------------- best bang for the buck at 13cents/GB
8800gs = $80 -------------------------------------- great for even latest games
soundcard- use integrated on motherboard
xp 32bit = free ; )

Total = $380

*most prices off newegg

[WarrenBuffet]

You sound like a hardware expert.

Here's what your looking for.

Intel qx 9750 OC'ed to 4ghz.
64mb stick of ram
4gb HDD
tri sli gtx 280 (for more effcient file sharing)
1.2KW PSU
Windows 2000

[jokzor]

actually i'd advise you to get a nice processor, and cat5e connections too by the way
i have these because i burn the stuff trough lan, it takes a good processor to send the data at a nice speed, and a cat5e cable allows you to burn at 8x and more, wich would be impossible with a simple cat5 cable

edit: if you'r up to it of course.. i found it really useful to burn stuff over lan

[jukesta]

1 PB hd

quadcore [for a buncha goodies]

32gb ram

lol

10gpbs connexion


you can be the king of the castle and seed every torrent known to man.

[WarrenBuffet]

1 PB hd

quadcore [for a buncha goodies]

32gb ram

lol

10gpbs connexion


you can be the king of the castle and seed every torrent known to man.

you kidding? You would proably need about an 8-10 pb hdd, 1tb of ram and a hell of alot of server mobos, because it would take about 100 quad xenons to seed "every torrent known to man." You'd also want a 100gbps connection if you want to do a good job seeding them to.

[colbert]

you kidding? You would proably need about an 8-10 pb hdd, 1tb of ram and a hell of alot of server mobos, because it would take about 100 quad xenons to seed "every torrent known to man." You'd also want a 100gbps connection if you want to do a good job seeding them to.

lol I'd like to see a picture of that setup!

[danio]

are you gonna use your new computer solely for filesharing? or do you want it to work as an allround computer?

if you're gonna use it for filesharing only i would recommend a server rig with a cheap mobo, cpu, and gfx, 1 or 2gb's of ram, and put the money on hdd's and a high quality PSU. in this case i would also recommend running it with a linux distro, as they can be less resource hungry and far more stable. i know you said you will run xp, but have you thought through the options? if you're not familiar with linux, ubuntu is easy to learn.

on the other hand, if you're buying a new pc to suit all your daily uses, it's more complicated. in this case it'd be good to know some more about your usages. if you don't find the answers in this thread, feel free to pm me. i will try to answer all your questions .