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You do have backups, don't you ...tell us how things will work out,,when your build is ready. I'm actually thinking about switching the CPU to the i3-3220. Going to use the board you suggested with 4 gigs of ram and the Seasonic SSR-360GP psu. Is this going to be a good system to get my going for awhile? Will the psu be good enough to continue to add more drives to as I find them on sale? PSU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151117 RAM: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145339 CPU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775 MB: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157329 If I should go back to getting the G2020 and a better psu than I would do that if needed. Right now I'm around $350 for all of this and I don't want to go any higher. I still have to buy a couple of drives as well. Thanks again for all the help!

haha.. No problem. I really appreciate the help. I think I'm going to go with the G2020 because I can't find the G6120 for a decent price compared to to the G2020. I really just need this unraid system to have redundancy for my files and to stream movies(hi def mkv files 720p and 1080p), music and well just transfer things to it that I want to be safe. I think the G2020 will be more than enough.

Just looking for a G-6120 and I can't seem to find one anywhere. Am I missing something? lol Maybe you mean G-2120?

Thanks for the link. Taking a look now.

Would this processor be enough for running a unraid server. I will also be using the server for streaming hi def mkv files to different devices in the house. http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116886 Thanks!

Yes that is a great idea! I plan on putting this on a UPS because I don't want any sudden power outages to ruin any of the drives! I also plan on having a spare drive(or even two) ready to go at all times. Thanks everyone for the awesome help!

Awesome. I like that price and they have that local to me for $50. Originally I was tolded to get the Seasonic 560W for unraid. I plan on putting 3 or 4 hard drives in to start my build and just keep on adding as I find sales. How long would this C430 be good if I keep adding drives(sorry, probably a stupid question! lol) Thanks again!

I don't know much about ACHC, so I'll do some digging as well. There are other less expensive controllers to use with unRAID. But there's too many strikes against the P5N. Yeah I'm kinda thinking the same thing. I did find a IBM M1015(used) that is flashed to the P15 IT firmware for $120. I may pick that up just because of the price(I can't seem to find it anyway for a price even compared to that) and still go with the new build option. The board that Ford Prefect suggested is great. I live in Canada so the price is a bit more for me(not by too much though). I'll have to go with a different cpu though because newegg.ca doesn't have the cpu that he suggested. Maybe I can pick a cpu up and a computer store near me or if anyone can maybe suggest one at newegg that will do the job for me. Thanks again for all the help. This forum has some really helpful people!

Apparently the P5N-D doesn't support ACHC(I've done more digging into it and it for sure doesn't) so I know I would need a controller to get me started. I'm thinking the new build option might be the way to go to get me started(maybe I could even sell the parts I have). Thanks for the help!

Wow! Thanks for this great info. This is definitely something to look into now. So if I went this way and built a new computer, I wouldn't need the MV8 right away, right? I'm assuming I could get away with using the onboard sata ports until my hard drive collection grows. Add a power supply and I'm all set. Is there any psu that I should be looking at compared to others? Thanks again for all of the help!

Yes I was going to use one of the 3TB has the parity. Is that correct?

Thanks for all the info! I was planning on getting the MV8 so it is in my budget. I found it for about $120 on newegg. Does that sound about right? Would you recommend me staying with my GPU card? It is a 9800gtx. Would that not draw a lot of unnecessary power?(That was my logic behind going with a cheap PCI video card) So is ACHC only necessary for hot swapping or do I need to have ACHC no matter what? Also, do you recommend a power supply? I know I need a single rail psu but was just going to try to find one thats a decent price. What cables do I need? SAS-Sata right? http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10254&cs_id=1025406&p_id=8186&seq=1&format=2 Thanks again! I'm really excited to get this system up and running.

Thanks for the reply! I will do the test and see if I get any issues. If I had to put a PCI ethernet card in that wouldn't be too big of a problem(and a cheap way to go). I was planning on getting a cheap PCI video card so I could use the x16 slot for the MV8. I plan on starting with 2 3TB's and a 2tb drive for the initial setup. Do I even need to get the MV8 right away? I guess I was thinking I would just get the MV8 so the system was ready to go for when I get more hard drives and I would just have to add them. What do you think? Thanks again!

Hey everyone! I'm new to unraid and I have been doing a ton of reading. I think I have a really good idea how to get everything set up but before I buy a power supply and a Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8, I want to make sure my spare PC will run everything. The system is a ASUS P5N-D running a Intel Core Duo 2.2Ghz(I believe) with 4 gigs of RAM. Here's a link for the motherboard info: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5ND/ Will this system work? Thanks for the help!