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CyberPower Brings Its Server to the Game

By on February 17, 2009 in Windows Home Server

CyberPower is a computer manufacturer best known for its custom gaming PCs and notebooks, but they have also been pushing hard into new areas.  Not long ago they started broadening their line of high-powered media centers and now they have entered the Windows Home Server market with the CyberPower Windows Home Server 100.

Priced at $399, the CyberPower Windows Home Server 100 offers the following specs:

  • CASE: InWin BM639 Mini-ITX Home Server Case
  • CPU + Mainboard: Intel® Atom™ 330 1.6GHz 533MHz 1MB L2 Cache Processor + Intel D945GCLF2 DDR2/667 Mini-ITX Mainboard w/ Video, Audio, & Gigabit LAN
  • MEMORY: 2GB (2GBx1) PC2-4200 DDR2-533 Memory
  • Data Hard Drive: 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
  • OS: Microsoft® Windows® Home Server OEM Version
  • SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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Like many of CyberPower’s products, the Windows Home Server 100 appears to use the same kind of off-the-shelf parts that one might buy and use in a DIY rig.  Indeed, I have used the InWin BM639 Mini-ITX in a couple of recent WMC builds.  However, CyberPower does offer the advantage of a warranty and technical support for those not interested in piecing their own system together.

Check back for a full hands-on review of the Windows Home Server 100 in a few weeks time.

More Info: CyberPower


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  • JohnCz

    Is it true, only two drive bays?

  • http://www.wegotserved.co.uk Matthew Miller

    Normally the BM 639 comes with one internal 3.5 bay and then the optical drive bay can be adapted to hold either a 5.25 ODD or a slim-line ODD and a 3.5 external bay. In the media centers I built I used this adapter to house a media reader and the slim-line ODD, but if I remember correctly, the screw mounts are placed so that you could leave the 3.5 frontplate on and use the adapter as an HDD bay. Now, whether this would be possible with CyberPower’s configuration, I do not know. We will have wait until the review unit comes in. Either way, with the stock PSU there is only one SATA connector so one would need some converters to power more drives.

  • Boggy

    Again, why would I want to get maybe “cute” but inferior system, when I can get HP for the same money (or close to it)?
    Single drive solutions are pointless for backups, don’t these guys get it?

  • Ironwolf

    Originally Posted By BoggyAgain, why would I want to get maybe “cute” but inferior system, when I can get HP for the same money (or close to it)?
    Single drive solutions are pointless for backups, don’t these guys get it?

    Some people don’t use WHS for the backup capabilities. I know a few people who don’t use it for that — they have alternate backup means they use.

  • Marie

    I think the idea of a home media server is so interesting. The product I’ve researched is the HP MediaSmart server and it seems to be off to a great start! There is a cool contest to win one of the HP MediaSmart servers at technologizer.com/hp/. Check it out!

  • http://www.mestoiger.com igre

    Mmmm, now I know what I need!