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Devices => JRiver Id -- Hardware by JRiver => Topic started by: JimH on March 02, 2015, 06:40:16 pm
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We're doing a little testing with the very small USB drives, connected to an Id. They're very low power, powered by the USB cable.
Bob and I were trying to calculate what the wattage use was this morning, and we were getting numbers that didn't make sense, so I put a Kill-a-Watt on it tonight.
Including the Id, the whole rig uses about 9 watts. The highest I saw was 11 watts when I plugged the drive in.
By itself, the Id uses about 6.5 to 7.0 watts, so the drive adds almost nothing -- 2.0 to 2.5 watts.
At 2TB, this drive would store about 5,000 or 6,000 CD's at lossless quality.
I think it's amazing.
The drive is a Seagate SRD00F1 (http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-STBX2000401-2-5-Inch-Portable/dp/B00ILALU9G/&tag=wwwjrmediacen-20).
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I've measured a few modern internal drives and most of them used between 2 and 5 watts at idle depending on rotation speed and efficiency, so two watts for an external USB powered drive idling sounds about right.
Most of the drives I measured used about double their idle when spinning full-speed; what's the seagate like at full spin?
My faves in the current generation of internals are the WD Red's; they use about 2.5 watts at idle and about 4 when spinning. I haven't bought an external in a few years, so I'll be interested if you all have any recommendations when you're done testing.
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Jim,
I'll be re-implementing my MusicPC in a couple of years. A larger NUC with room for a single 2 1/2" HD (or SSD) seems the right solution for me. There is a 2 TB Samsung HD that would work for me in that application.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178627
It is only 9.5 mm high and should fit in a NUC or laptop.
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So if using an Id and this drive, which sounds pretty neat, could I just dump all my music on the drive, connect it to the Id, connect the Id to my stereo and then control it from JRemote?
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Yes.
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Yes.
Sound more and more interesting. Reading the wiki, it has wireless now? How do I give it the wireless password?
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There is a utility that allows you to set up a network interface, but it's not for the faint hearted. I believe it's been discussed before. Try an advanced search of this board only for "wireless".