Thread: Torrentbox help?

Hey TI

I am currently in the progress of getting my internet upgraded to a 50/50 fiber, and for the next 2 years i won't be home much at all. So i thought it would be a good idea to build some sort of small computer/torrentbox, which i can remotely control and download torrents (and of course 24/7 seeding).
However i am not quite sure how much hardware that reguires.

I'm currently thinking one of the two options here, money is not so much of an issue.

Option 1:
Core i3-530
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H
1x2 GB Corsair DDR3
(maybe) HD 4550
1TB samsung Spinpoint F3
Corsair PSU
Put together in a thermaltake Lanbox Lite

Option 2:
Zotac IONITX-A (CPU, GPU, PSU and Mobo)
1x2 GB kingston valueram
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB
Random small case

Rest of the parts i already have laying around

Option 1 adds up to 3400 DKK ~ 600 USD
Option 2 adds up to 2600 DKK ~ 460 USD

Now my question is just what would you choose? Or do you have something third?
It's gonna be used mainly just as a torrentbox, although it will have to handle 150+ torrents, and i don't like sluggish systems! I'm gonna have tons of HD movies, and if it could play them it would be a plus, but since it won't have a screen connected most of the time, it's not really that important.
There's also the software side of things, but i think i'll take that when i get to there, however if someone can tell me the easiest way to make it possible to remotely add/remove torrents, and move between harddrives, that would be great!
Any thoughts and suggestions will be appreciated :)



EDIT: Not sure whether this should be here or in help section, but feel free to move it to the more appropriate place

150+ torrents, and i don't like sluggish systems! I'm gonna have tons of HD movies

HD Stuff films are rarely under 20GB. With only 1TB you're going to be able to fit 50 of those on your box. This is literally the first thing I noticed, 1TB is not enough. Either get a 2TB drive ot get 2x 2TB drives. Else you're really not getting your money's worth.

Aside from that it's obvious which box is better, especially if you say you wanna have the option of watching some content directly from the box. The question is if you can afford it. As for alternative suggestions, I'm not really too savvy when it comes to small.

Depending on the amount of hard-drives it can fit I'd probably go for option 1.