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The sata cables run from the mobo to the drive cage sata inputs, and then the drives are just mounted in the drive cage.

Hm, maybe it'll help to know that these disks are mounted in the hot-swap drive cage of a Lian Li PC-Q25B case which is connected to an ASUS H87I-PLUS motherboard.

Hello, I've run pre-clear on three Seagate 4TB ST4000VN000 drives, but am a little uncertain about how to interpret the results. I've been reading in the forum here for the past 90 minutes and feel simultaneously more educated and more confused. It seems the drives are healthy, but I'd like to make certain. At step 11 of the Configuration Tutorial it suggests attaching the preclear reports to a forum post. I've done so here (it also mentioned how to put the results in a single text file, but the command only seemed to apply to the last preclear session). Thanks in advance! preclear_reports.zip

how does one stop a preclear? I mean, is there a way/command other than just powering off the system?

while reading about how long the pre-clear steps take, I started thinking maybe a UPS would be a good idea for my home setup. one of my main goals was to have my data 'protected' so I suppose a UPS goes hand in hand with that idea. I was looking at this one: CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS 1000VA 600W PFC Compatible Mini-Tower From this thread, it looks like this line of UPS's does in fact play nice with Unraid, apcupsd, and the clean powerdown addon. Are there are other factors to consider? I'm also curious as it seems APC is the more popular option, but not sure if that's for any particular reason.

Many thanks; the answers matched my own thinking but when you havent done any serious tinkering in a while the ground doesnt always feel so steady under your feet. I've got it up and running (or, at least to the point where "root@Tower:~#" comes up), so I'm fairly pleased. more work ahead! need to preclear and install unmenu and then starting moving data over. this thing is mostly intended to serve up video to an ouya running xbmc. i'll try and post some pics later, but the few I took arent all that exciting; looks like this is a somewhat standard kinda build 'round these parts after all. many thanks again to all those who took the time to respond and help out!

FINALLY got my parts (or, almost all....missing one fan and one sata sable) and have been assembling today. boy, a build this small and cramped is really fun to work with >_<' hopefully i can get a lil bit of help though.....i've done a few builds in the past but the last time was quite a while ago now! one thing i'm not certain about is that the USB 2.0 connector ports on the mobo have 10 (er, 9?) pins and the USB header I purchased only has space for 4. the connector ports have 5 pins on top and 4 pins on the second row, so i'm guessing the header goes on that lower row of pins maybe....? also, the power headers from the PSU....I take it that the two (one big, one small) on the same length of cable go into the large 24 pin slot? side by side? and there are two additional 4-pin headers from the PSU...I can just pick one and use it with the 4-pin ATX12V port? and the fans.....do I want to bother with the mobo chassis fan port or just run both with 4 pin adapters off the PSU? many thanks for any advice

CASE - LIAN LI PC-Q25B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Case - $105 MOBO - ASUS H87I-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel H87 Mini ITX Motherboard - $100 CPU - Intel Pentium G3220 Haswell 3.0GHz LGA 1150 54W Dual-Core CPU - $68 PSU - SILVERSTONE ST30SF 300W ATX12V 80+ BRONZE PSU - $55 RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB RAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) - Free HDD - Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000 4TB HD x3 - Free FAN/F - Noctua NF-A14 FLX 140mm Case Fan - $24 FAN/R - Noctua NF-S12B FLX 120mm Case Fan - $20 ACCSY1 - SanDisk Cruzer Fit SDCZ33-008G-B35 8 GB USB Drive - $9 ACCSY2 - StarTech USBMBADAPT 6in USB A Female to USB Mobo 4 Pin Header - $4 ACCSY3 - OKGEAR 10" GC10AKM22 SATA 6Gbps Cable, Right Angle to Right Angle x 4 - $11 ACCSY4 - OKGEAR 10" OK10A3RK12 SATA 6Gbps round cable, Straight to Right Angle - $5 Total - $407 including shipping (ordering from both Amazon and Newegg). I think this thing is finalized! Your assistance has been much appreciated, thank you guys. Gonna do some more random reading up on things before pulling the trigger, if anyone has any parting thoughts or wisdom I'm all ears.

is there an advantage to running UNraid off of a USB 3.0 flash drive? I would think so, but maybe it's so negligible as not to matter. since the LIAN LI PC-Q25B has multiple USB3 headers and no USB connection in front, using an internal header wouldn't interfere with my ability to use USB3 from the back, right? maybe with something like this: StarTech 2 Port Internal USB 3.0 Motherboard Header Adapter Cable and after doing more reading I think these may be the best Noctuas for this case? the "FLX" ones: Noctua NF-S12A FLX 120mm Case Fan Noctua NF-A14 FLX 140mm Case Fan

I have, but I'm more interested in my building my own custom NAS from scratch. I listed the parts anyway as it was suggested to do so in the "Read this before posting a 'new build' thread" thread, but I think a friend of mine is going to buy them for his first pc build. Thanks for the input guys. But what specific fans did you use? I was looking here on Newegg but their branding and model numbers are totally confusing.

Thanks a ton for the assistance throughout this thread! I'm definitely inclined to go with the Intel, but I'm wondering how many watts on idle these two combos have? I do want to play with addons and whatnot, but, realistically, this thing will mostly just sit around humming away in the corner. It looks like the ASUS H87I-PLUS doesn't have a mobo USB connection, so I was looking at this: StarTech USBMBADAPT 6in USB A Female to USB Motherboard 4 Pin Header However, the mobo only has the two power connections. One is for the CPU fan and the other I'm guessing is for a case fan? But the case comes with molex adapters for the fans, so I should just be able to connect them both to the PSU and then connect the USB header direct to the mobo? It also seems like there's some debate as to how to best wire this case's HD swap cage up with SATA cables. There was a thread about it but I felt dizzy after reading it. I think I gathered that I want 3 10" SATA cables and 2 8" SATA cables? and that 4 should be right-to-right and 1 should be right-to-straight (but what length should that one be?)? I see few heat complaints for this case, but I'm the paranoid type and am going to look into some cooler (and quieter!) fans. Not sure what the specs on the stock fans are? Really just want something a "step above" stock. Was looking at some Noctua's but they're pretty pricy. and brown. Noctua NF-P12-1300 120mm Case Fan Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm Case Fan

What about this AMD Mobo/CPU combo? Would save about $43 dollars off the Intel combo above, and *seems* like it would be powerful enough: MOBO - ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) Mini-ITX Motherboard - $85 CPU - AMD A6-5400K Trinity 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 65W Dual-Core APU - $55

Correct, though I can appreciate your interest in finding free 4TB drives One cause for concern with this build is that some people are reporting issues using this CPU/Mobo combination:

How does this build look? PC Partpicker stated there were incompatibilities; only the first one really concerns me. I think it's wrong but I'm not certain: CASE - LIAN LI PC-Q25B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Case - $105 MOBO - ASUS H87I-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel H87 Mini ITX Motherboard - $113 CPU - Intel Pentium G3220 Haswell 3.0GHz LGA 1150 54W Dual-Core CPU - $70 PSU - SILVERSTONE ST30SF 300W ATX12V 80+ BRONZE PSU - $55 RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB RAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) - Free HDD - Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000 4TB HD x 3 - Free Total = $343 Hmm, was trying to keep it to $300 or less...

Thanks for the tip! Wondering what makes it a better choice; is it due to just the cost/lower power rating? A bit out of my price range I'm afraid. What do you think of this one? ASUS F2A85-M PRO FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) mATX It has 7 sata ports, which is the max for both Unraid Plus and this case. And USB 3.0 too, a plus for me.