SirReal63

Something to think about...I would go with the I5-10400 and not the "F" version. You can take advantage of the graphics processor for any trans-coding needs that way. https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i5-10400-core-i5-10th-gen/p/N82E16819118135 Everything else you have picked should work. You may not be able to take advantage of the 3200 ram speed, so there is no advantage there, but it is inexpensive for 32 gigs and should be fine at the base clock.

I do not know if that one will, but I have this one, CP1000PFCLCD and it does. I went through this exercise a few months back, my research indicated the PFCLCD PFC Sinewave was a better option than the AVRLCD. If you ask me to tell you why, I will struggle, My brain has slept since then and pushed all that research out of the way.

My main thought is the thermal performance of that case. If using for a normal desktop it would be a good case, but for server duties it will probably fall short. GN does the best job of case reviews and they did not review the 900, but did the Pro in both revisions, and the basic case is the same. Considering your existing hardware with the passive CPU cooler, airflow is going to be key and that case isn't great for airflow unless you leave the front cover open. A couple videos for you to watch that may help... The first one will give you some options that offer good airflow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsMNu0gWlZw&t=799s The second one will help if you decide to stay with Dark Base 900, particularly inversion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InPDOlwIUeA I would look at getting away from passive CPU cooling unless you can get enough air flow to make it work, though yours really aren't that passive with the shroud and high CFM fans. If it were me, I would continue with your plan but choose an ATX case designed for airflow and replace the CPU coolers. My Core X2 is designed for airflow and it is practically silent (Noctua fans). I keep it in my audio listening room, where ambient noise is extremely quiet and I never hear the UnRaid server, even while doing a parity check and my spinning drives are 7200 rpm.

Here is what I used and have zero complaints with... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YQKHL8N/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 You could move 3-3.5's to the top, with their own cooling provided by the IcyDock and one 3.5 and SSD's in the lower cage. The plastic runners in the lower cage should also accept 2.5" SSD's. The fan on the IcyDock is adjustable. The only thing with it is the front is not aesthetically pleasing, but in my case that is not an issue.

I cannot speak to "best" but I use a Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2VB that been re-flashed to a more friendly firmware. There is a guy on the Makemkv forum that will either sell you a pre-flashed drive or you can send him your drive to be "corrected". I would give you the direct link, but I am not sure that is allowed here. I have not found any software to play movies from Unraid, but I also haven't really looked. I currently use Plex to play movies on the T.V. or a Win10 PC at my desk attached via the network to the Unraid server.

The BIOS is set to to automatically start when power is on, but it never worked. In the rare instance when we lose power I would have to manually start the computer, prior to having the UPS, this time with the UPS it started up when power was restored. I don't really care how or why, the important thing is it powered down when it was supposed to.

Good to know, thanks. Under normal conditions prior to the UPS, it would not auto restart after a power off event, I would have to manually power it on.

Correct, Turn off UPS is set to YES. Perhaps it is a firmware issue with the smaller UPS? That is a guess, but it makes sense. I have no idea, but in this instance it worked as expected.

We had a power outage last night, the CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD shut down the server exactly as I have it set to, no problems at all. When power was restored the server came back up, which I wasn't expecting, but am pleased about.

I bought a CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS System, 1000VA/600W for my system. It plugged right in and was recognized and controlled by UnRaid. It is a small form factor so very unobtrusive. It gives me about 40 minutes of run time, though I have it set up to shutdown at 75% of battery level. I am fortunate my system idles at around 78 watts. The price was 139.95 so not expensive to buy.

I do not see anything wrong with your hardware choices. I am not sure you will gain a benefit with the ECC ram but I do not believe it will cause any issues either. My only concern would be the case, it has poor thermal performance but I like everything else about it.

Mine is this Samsung, not SanDisk, I switched to the old Cruzer Glide. Samsung MUF-32AB/AM FIT Plus 32GB - 200MB/s USB 3.1 Flash Drive https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D7SX9NS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I fortunately have other uses for it, so I am not out anything.

A few months in, some hardware changes and the thing has been rock solid with no real issues. I did remove one of the Crucial MX500's and reformatted cache to XFS because of massive writes to the cache drives (known issue). I had one 3TB drive with write cache disabled and just today I found the solution to that. Thermaltake Core X2 Micro ATX Case Ryzen 5-1600AF (changed from the 2200G) MSI B450 Pro-VDH mATX (only 4 SATA Ports) 32 gigs G.Skill Trident Z rgb 3000 mhz (I upgraded my main PC memory and put this in the Unraid server, it is a few years old now but still excellent memory) Now to figure out how to turn off the RGB on the ram. Corsair CX Series 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze (upgrade from Rosewill ARC 450) 1-Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND (cache) 2-Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB (parity) 3-WD Blue 1TB PC Hard Drive - 7200 RPM-WD10EZEX (storage) SAS 9207-8i PCI-E LSI00301 IT Mode Amphenol MiniSAS SFF-8087 to 4xSATA Cables Molex 07-00021-01 MiniSAS SFF8087 4SFF8482 SAS Cables ZOTAC GeForce GT 710 (for rudimentary video) ICY DOCK MB830SP-B 3X 3.5 Inch 2-Noctua NF-F12 PWM, 120mm

Bravo! It appears to have worked. I ran the command, ran Fix Common Problems and the error was not there. I stopped the array, rebooted and ran Fix Common Problems again, still no error.

Thanks, I will give it a shot. Central Texas here.

I have a 3tb SATA drive that has an endlessy disabled write cache. The fix described in Fix Common Problems does not last, (hdparm). I am new to Unraid and Linux. I assume you ran this from a terminal window just as the hdparm command? I ask because I do not want to hose my system and I know there are vast amount of things I have yet to learn.

I bought that exact one, it did not work so I used an older Cruzer Glide 8 gig I have had for a long time. You might be able to get it to work for you, but honestly I would just do what trurl suggested. My Fit kept getting hung on installation, I tried the work arounds and it still would not boot.

I use a Hyper 212 but if the fan on it ever dies I will change to a Noctua. Make sure whatever cooler you use doesn't interfere with the ram slots. I know you only plan on using one stick, but if you want to add more in the future it becomes important. My Hyper 212 blocks a ram slot which prevents me from using all 4 slots.

Granted, it does, though I only play on the local network and nothing higher than 720p so I don't think I do any transcoding. I would still budget for a better CPU cooler, the stock one is not very good.

Everything should work as you have it. If you have been happy with the prior system this will be much better. What you have selected isn't much different than what I started with, though I had 16 gigs of ram. The I3-9100 is practically the same power as a R3-2200G which is what I started with. What I noticed is it would peg the CPU at 100% with a movie on Plex. I noticed no issues with the movie and it played just fine. By switching to a 6 core 12 thread processor it rarely ever gets above 50% usage with everything else in the system being the same. A maxed out CPU will run hotter and potentially have it's life reduced compared to one running cooler and at a lesser max usage. If nothing else, add a better CPU cooler than the stock one. The stock cooler isn't very robust. If it were me, I would scale back to a 500 gig cache drive and put the extra money into a faster CPU. Having said that, what you have will work just fine.

The 1600AF is not technically discontinued until 2021 and there is a contract for the 12nm dies that probably hasn't been fulfilled yet. The whole reason we got the AF was no more 14nm dies. I suspect we are seeing the price increases because of availability and demand. At $85 launch price it was a steal, at $105 is was still a viable option in the marketplace but any more $ and it doesn't make sense. I am probably good for a couple of years with what I have but I suspect I will upgrade my desktop before then. It pretty much depends on cpu pricing.

Amazon, about a month ago. I see it has gone up, I would not pay that much for it, you can get the R5 2600 for a few dollars more.

It should work for what you want to do. If the move of 20gb is too slow over the network you can always save to a fast usb hard drive to copy the data and use unassigned devices to move it to the server. It is pretty close to what I am running, I have had no real issues. Ryzen 5-1600AE MSI B450 Pro-VDH mATX (only 4 SATA Ports) Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz Thermaltake Core X2 Micro ATX Case Corsair CX Series 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze 2-Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND (cache) (1 removed because of excessive writes, reformatted to xfs, no problems since) 2-Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB (parity) 3-WD Blue 1TB PC Hard Drive - 7200 RPM-WD10EZEX (storage) SAS 9207-8i PCI-E LSI00301 ICY DOCK MB830SP-B 2-Noctua NF-F12 PWM

With those choices, I would stick with the 3300X. The CPU Mark for it is 12,920, the R3 3200G is 7,291 and the R5 3400G is 9,391. You are giving up considerable horsepower to get a crappy GPU solution. For grins, the R5 1600AF is 12,520 and the R5 2600 is 13,241 and the R5 3600 is 17,809

I have 3 original HGST, a 500mb DeskStar from around 2005-2007, I don't remember exactly, and two 3TB UltraStars. They have been bulletproof and solid performers. I cannot speak to what has happened to them after WD acquired them, they may be the same high quality drive, and I would expect that, but I have not used any of the WD variant.