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  1. Now to just find a place with the case in stock....
  2. Where did you get the refurb? eBay?
  3. Got some! Was hoping for a sub $120 Red deal but this should do. Now to actually purchase and build the other components of my unRaid build
  4. I didn't notice any slowdown. I precleared 3 drives at one time, two were 500 GB drives, they were done in about 4 hours I think. One was a 3TB and it took right around 26 hours or so. What kind of read/write speeds are you getting with the C60M1-I ?
  5. Interesting - if you can do that with the included 150w PSU I wonder if I could get by with a 160w picoPSU and just internally mount the AC/DC adapter. I know they had a fire sale for the N40L a few months ago but now they seem about $320....
  6. Stephen, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I am constrained by size as I live in a small apartment and don't have the space or desire to have a large tower laying around. In regards to power supplies - the more research I do the more I realize how little power this system will draw. With a maximum of roughly 20 watts per drive (6 max drives) - I'm looking at a full load rating of around 130~140 (as the board/processor draws almost nothing - I think like 9 watts). Someone said their system with this board idles at like 30 watts! I really don't need a high wattage PSU as from I've read they are most efficient at 50% - so looking at things I need something that will be the most efficient (among the choices) at low wattage - like in the 30~80watt range. There doesn't seem to be any efficient sub 300watt drives - the best I could come up with is SPARKLE 80+ GREEN 250 R-SPI250EP. I was also looking at the SPARKLE SPI180LE 180W but it's rated at 67% efficiency - ouch! I guess time to break out the calculator? A sub 300w gold certified PSU would be the most ideal but I don't think it exists for the end users - only OEMs. IE Something like the FSP/Sparkle FSP250-60EGA (250w Gold), FSP/Sparkle FSP250-60PFK (250w Gold) or the FSP/Sparkle FSP250-60GHN (250w bronze) - but both only appear to be available to OEMs.
  7. So I'm toying with the idea of building a small form factor unraid server instead of buying a pre-built NAS. My primary use will be to store Blu-Ray ISO's to stream to a media box. No transcoding will be needed. As my only real requirement is speed, silence, and ease of expansion - I figured UnRaid was the way to go vs ReadyNAS. I also don't want a case that's flashy. Will speed be a factor if I'm just using onboard SATA ports? So this leads me to components - my price target for the build minus drives is $500 (The price of the DS413 I am looking at) so anything below is bonus. Case: Looking at the Fractal Design 304 - $88. I'm open to other suggestions but it seemed to be the smallest case that offered what I was looking for (simplicity, expansion etc) Motherboad: I'm a little lost on this. My only real requirement is at least 4 SATA ports (6 is better) as I want to avoid having to buy a RAID card. I also need something with HDMI (I can probably get by with DVI) as my only monitor is a HDTV with only HDMI inputs. Currently looking at the ASUS C60M1-I AMD Fusion APU C-60 but it doesn't have HDMI. -$90 Anything in the pipeline that would fit the 6 SATA ports / HDMI? I don't care if it's a Atom or AMD processor. Ram: Was just going to get like a 2~4GB stick. Any reason for more? ~$20 Power supply: I'm at a loss. While I'll start with about 3 hard drives I imagine I'll end up with 4~5. What would you recommend? Again I would put weight on power efficiency and silence. SeaSonic SS-400FL - $$$ but fan-less - any other comparable PSU that are cheaper? SeaSonic SS-300ET - Significantly cheaper but has a fan. Will 300W be enough? What do you think the power savings would be between the two? I assume the gold 400FL will be more power efficient. Anyways based on my calculations I'm looking at roughly $240~340 depending on what power supply I choose. As I will start with three drives I assume I won't need a license for how basic of setup I will be using.