Building my own NAS and BT Box

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Enigma_2k4

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Hi all,

I have one of these lying around at home:
http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?cPath=50_51&products_id=39991

Now I am considering building myself a little NAS box with a BT client using it.

1. What's the best way to go about it?
2. What size mobo fits in this little monster?
3. I have an old AMD Athlon 300+ CPU, any chance I could use that to reduce costs? However, offhand I think a atom machine would be best.
4. What linux OS could/should I use?
5. How do I make it really power efficeint?
6. How can I make it shut down the HDD's when not in use (I'd boot into the OS off a flash)

I do know that the cheapest and probably smartest option is to just get one of these:
8 bay RAID NAS for 3k
 
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