Novatech
My original intention was to build a NAS device from an old Novatech PC (the machine is described here ). Unfortunately, I could not get the machine to post and it seemed likely the motherboard was faulty. Diagnosing and repairing faulty motherboards is currently beyond my capabilities. On top of that, I don't have a proper workspace set up. Prevarication I decided to build a secondary Linux box. Partly with existing parts, partly with second user ones. I got most of the parts some time ago but put off building it for various reasons. It wasn't the only build delayed. Initially I didn't have much of an idea of what I was going to do with it other than it wasn't going to be a NAS box - the case has very few drive bays. After deliberation and various technical mishaps, it will eventually live in my garage/workshop for playing media and web browsing. I suspect I'll be watching a lot of repair videos. Hardware I already had a Athlon II X3 425 and 16 GB of DDR3 RAM. I bo