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custom readynas
Anyone ever tried ripping the guts out of a readynas and replacing them with something a little unusual and running windows :lol: Hope the modz dont tell me off for asking this but i thought it was...
No, but when one looks at this logically, one is forced to as WHY?
If you want low powered Windows box, you can certainly buy one cheaper than bastardizing a ReadyNAS. If you are using an old (assuming non-functional) NV+, there isn't an x-86 based MB that I know of that would even come close to fitting. They you are still lacking connectors for a display, and mouse and keyboard. I can buy a cheap new case on line for around $30, add $30 for a PSU and that basically is what you would be avoiding by such a "customization". Looking Newegg, one can put together case, PSU, LGA 1155 MB, Celeron LGA 1155 CPU, 2x1GB memory and DVD burner for less than $200, and you don't have to have pieces outside the case because they won't fit.
I have "customized" regular PC cases in the past, and discovered it is less time intensive and messy to just buy a case that works.
If you want low powered Windows box, you can certainly buy one cheaper than bastardizing a ReadyNAS. If you are using an old (assuming non-functional) NV+, there isn't an x-86 based MB that I know of that would even come close to fitting. They you are still lacking connectors for a display, and mouse and keyboard. I can buy a cheap new case on line for around $30, add $30 for a PSU and that basically is what you would be avoiding by such a "customization". Looking Newegg, one can put together case, PSU, LGA 1155 MB, Celeron LGA 1155 CPU, 2x1GB memory and DVD burner for less than $200, and you don't have to have pieces outside the case because they won't fit.
I have "customized" regular PC cases in the past, and discovered it is less time intensive and messy to just buy a case that works.
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