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NewEgg Shell Shocker for 7/29 (limit 3) TOSHIBA PH3300U-1I72 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?nm_mc=EMC-SD072013&cm_mmc=EMC-SD072013-_-SD072913

I have the Zotac box coming in tomorrow. I've got a spare 1GB stick of memory from my laptop. Do you guys think this would suffice for BD playback and light web browsing? I will be testing the ZBox as a replacement computer for me wife. I plan to VESA mount it to the back of her monitor and use and HDMI output to clone the display to a TV we have in the office so she could browse the internet or watch a movie. I've just got a spare parts HTPC I threw together in my living room but I've occasionally noticed it drop a frame so I'm thinking about ordering 1 or 2 more ZBoxes if this one turns out to work well. I'm currently running Win7 stripped down with Media Browser but I've been wanting to switch to XBMC so I don't have to buy another Win7 license and I prefer linux whenever I can. How difficult was it to get BD playback working with XBMC under linux? I tried XBMC for Windows on my desktop but when I added my unRaid to the sources list it just shows the directory structure for all my BDs and won't actually play them back. I tried to adding the advancedsettings.xml and the playercorefactory.xml to use Total Media Theatre for playback but that didn't work. Do I need to rip my movies in a different format? I currently use AnyDVD HD with the "Rip Video DVD to harddisk" option and I would rather not pull all my movies back out of storage and copy them again if I don't have to.

Yeah it is a 4220. I have some pictures earlier in this thread with a picture of the fanplate I believe. I used the top from the stock plate and cut a piece of aluminum from an old case I had to make the current plate. They are pretty slim fans so it is very quiet. I only have 6 drives in right now and they are all 5,400 RPM green drives so the temps stay pretty low. I've seen 35 to 36 degrees highest temps during parity checks. It sits beside me in the same room and isn't noticeable at all. Just a very low hum from the 9 fans. Others expressed concern once the case was fully populated about a lack of static pressure on the intake but you can feel the airflow being pulled in on the front. If it ends up getting too warm once I've got 20 drives in it, I can always switch to slightly louder 80mm fans. During normal operation the drives stay around 32 to 33 degrees.

Finally got some proper CPU cooling for the unraid box and expanded to 6 drives. This CPU cooler shouldn't interfere with the airflow of the case as much as the stock cooler did. I picked up a couple SuperMicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 controller cards and a nice little Lexar flash drive. I like how it is almost flush with the front. On with the pictures!

I totally agree. Generally i hear bad stories about rebates. I don't plan on purchasing this drive but i thought others might find it useful. Personnally, I'm planning on sticking with WD Green drives.

Seagate ST32000542AS Barracuda LP Hard Drive - 2TB, 5900 RPM, 32MB, SATA-3G Price: $119.97 Less Rebate: - $30.00 Final Price: $89.97* http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4846365&Sku=TSD-2000AS2&cm_re=Homepage-_-Spot%2001-_-CatId_8_TSD-2000AS2

That's odd. My USB stick booted fine after I changed the aforementioned settings in the BIOS. Maybe it's just your stick? Mine is a old Kingston Data Travelor 4gb model. Thanks for reporting that it works with the Supermicro cards. After we settle in from moving to the new house I'm going to get one and some more drives.

I chose the 80mm fans just to be different. I thought they also filled the available space well. The particular fans in question are Cooler Master R4-SPS-20AK-GP. You can see the full specs on NewEgg but they are basically 24CFM with 20dBA at 2,000 RPM. I was leaning more in favor of quiet versus efficient. I totally agree about the CPU cooler and I've been looking at different LGA 775 coolers. I was pondering possibly using a fanless one but I don't know how much heat that little Celeron 430 is going to put out. The drives in question are WDEARS 2TB Green drives. They're only running at 5,400 RPM so I don't think they'll overheat the case, even when I get 20 of them in there. I've currently got 2 drives and I'm going to move the 3rd out of my workstation once I get the data moved to my array. Here are the fans in question: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103081

I just got the first two drives in and started a parity-sync. The sync is up to 30% now and I haven't seen the drives go about 29C yet. The fans are very quiet and didn't interfere with me watching a BD in the same room. These Cooler Master fans are roughly half the thickness of a normal 80mm and probably about one third the thickness of the stock ones. I just gotta save up for more drives and some controller cards now. Here's what it looks like at the moment:

Thanks. Yeah I plan on using just the 9 on the fan wall. I removed the back two as I don't think they'll be doing much except getting in the way. I've only got some temporary fans rigged up at the moment, just mixed brands and colors, but I've got some Cooler Master ones on order from Newegg. I think they were $6 or $7 each. Around 20dB and 24CFM if I remember correctly. It will be a little less CFM total than the stock ones but it should be much more quiet. I'll post pictures and results once I get it rocking out.

Greetings all, I've been lurking around the board for a month or two now after reading an article on bit-tech.net praising unRaid. I finally decided to get my feet wet and figured I should start with a (relatively) cheap build. I wanted the ability to eventually expand all the way to the 20 drive limit so I knew I needed a 12 5.25" bay setup or a server chassis. I was seriously planning to go with the Antec 1200 as I could upgrade along the way. In the end, it seemed cheaper to just buy the server chassis than the Antec and 5-in-3 drive docks. I had read the fans in the 4220 were loud but they didn't seem horrible. My wife seemed to disagree though so I took the chassis over to my dad's house where he has plenty of tools to modify the fan wall. I've read of some 3x 120mm and 3x 140mm builds, but I wanted to try something different. This machine will be living in a closet near my office and the guest bedroom so I wasn't allowed to have anything too incredibly loud. Here's the results.

04/30 - 05/06 http://www.frys.com/product/6208680

That Celeron should be fine in it. Here's a list of the processors that should work in it according to ASUS: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5BV-M&product=5&os=29 Even if the Broadcom integrated NIC isn't supported in unraid, could you use an Intel based gigabit addon card in one of the PCI slots?

From Newegg: "NORCO RPC-4220 4U Rackmount Server Chassis w/ 20 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays - OEM Free ASUS motherboard w/ purchase, limited offer" $349.99 + $9.99 shipping http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219033 This is the motherboard, and gets added to your cart when you add the Chassis, valued at $174.99. ASUS P5BV-M LGA 775 Intel 3200 Micro ATX Intel Xeon Server Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131257