dirtrunner0519

Sounds good. I will start the build hopefully sometime next week and let you know how it goes.

Yes you are correct, i was not planning on using it as a tower for the unraid, but it is just sitting there. I do like the fact i can put a screen on it and not have to set another one in the room. Any other ideas for that case then?

My Chassis is huge. Chassis: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lian-li-thermaltake-spotswood-unique-atx-cases-compared,1561-5.html I am open to upgrading the motherboard. I would be fine with that. So i can run more controllers. The computer will be hooked to a switch for the whole house, so access will not be done over wifi.

DoeBoye- Should i scrap my spare parts and future proof maybe with dual Xeon processors? I really want something i can set up now and will last me a few years, before i get bored again and start tinkering. I will look at the 4tb HD they seem to be the best bang for your buck right now. Thank you for the comments.

No comments or solutions?

What is your budget? Without HDDs and the price of unRAID, I'd like to keep it under $900. How many drives do you want your server to be able to support and how much capacity do you need? I currently plan to start with two 8TB Red drives and then will expand over time. Most of my storage will be blu-ray rips, photos videos, files. I could see getting to 6 drives total (10 storage / 2 parity) but 12 drives would be the distant future. Is expandability important to you? If so, what's your long term goal? I want to be able to expand for sure. I want to use this as a whole house system. Access from any smart TV or nettop computer. Are you interested in running any unRAID Add Ons (see here)? If so, which ones? Be specific. I only plan on using this for file storage/backup with possible CrashPlan and as a Plex media server. I would like to do a VM eventually just not sure how to go about it. Usage would be across the whole house. We will be building a new home. I will have a server room this will be based in. I will have cat 6 lines in every tv location and computer location, only wifi will be used for is smart home devices and tablets/phones. We will have 4 bedrooms and my son likes to listen to music all night (newborn). You can follow the house build here if interested- http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=335191 Do you want to run green/low power drives or faster 7200 rpm drives? If you don't have a specific need for 7200 rpm drives, then choose green drives. Would be willing to run lower rpm drives as long as I do not have any lag on the receiving end of the service. Do you have any spare parts laying around that you would like to apply towards your build? This includes drives. Have a lot of spare parts see list below. CPU: Intel Core i5 6500 3.20 GHz Quad Core Skylake Desktop Processor, Socket LGA 1151, 6MB Cache [BX80662I56500] Power Supply- EVGA 650 BQ, 80+ BRONZE 650W, Semi Modular, 5 Year Warranty, Includes FREE Power On Self Tester, Power Supply 110-BQ-0650-V1 HDD- Samsung 750 EVO - 120GB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-750120BW) RAM- Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DIMM 288-Pin - BLS2K8G4D240FSB (Gray) Case- https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133027 (Thermaltake Mozart TX Case) I am willing to change out any of these components for others.