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I dunno how I missed this one in my search, but this should it yes? CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

I noticed the link to it's Newegg page is bad. But this looks like a 2 rail PS. Generally speaking here in unRAID-land, power supplies should be single rail. Silverstone is usually the recommended brand; but there are others. Best of luck with unRAID! Ughhh... Here is the link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194109 And yes, it says 2 rails. Back to the drawing board on a PSU. I was trying to find something modular, but maybe not.

Thanks again for the advise. Honestly I don't know which manufacturer of MB is best for this application. I found that MSI and the specs sounded ok and the price wasn't too outrageous, all things considered. However if that "military grade" moniker is bunk, then why pay extra. I dunno. That's why I'm asking here. It's been far too long since I built any kind of system. And I here you about the drives. I've purchased 8 drives for my 2 arrays and none of them were DOA. I always run an erase with writing zeros before I put any data on any drives anyway. Thanks again. I'll be purchasing shortly!

Ok. Here are my next choices based on the advice. Certainly bumped the price up a bit, but if it's more stable than that's OK. Same case. 1 - MSI Z87-G55 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard 1 - Intel Core i5-4570 Haswell 3.2GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 1 - G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-8GAO 4 - WD Red WD40EFRX 4TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" NAS Internal Hard Drive -Bulk 1 - SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model SDCZ33-008G-B35 (for unRaid) 1 - SanDisk Ultra Plus SDSSDHP-064G-G26 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for Desktop (flor Plex cache if my research is correct) 1 - StarTech USBMBADAPT 6in USB 2.0 Cable - USB A Female to USB Motherboard 4 Pin Header F/F 1 - ENERMAX TRIATHLOR ETA650AWT-M 650W ATX12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready Total: $1,500.11 My only reservations with this are the HD's. Man the reviews of the Red's are horrible with a ton of DOA's. Are you sure it's better to go with them? Granted, if they work then they are probably rock solid, but wow… what a lot of bad reviews! Let me know if this combo looks OK. Thanks again!

Thanks for the advice. Let me price it out again with some changes and I'll post again to make sure CPU/motherboard/PSU are OK.

I'm looking to build my first unRaid after doing a bunch of research on the matter. I'm not new to building PC's, but it's been a while since I moved to Mac many years ago and never looked back. Anyway, let me go over my current setup(s), what I'm trying to accomplish, and then the build that I've put together and hopefully someone can tell me if it's OK or if I need to change it up a bit. In my household there is a MacBook Air, MacBook Pro (which I work from), and a Mac Mini which is currently our HTPC (running Plex server and PHT client connected to 60" plasma, SickBeard, SabNZB). The Mini has a 4 drive RAID array configured as RAID 10, 12TB total with 6TB usable. Other than the drives in the array, there is no backup. MacBook Air backs up to an external whenever we remember. Also have an external drive for iTunes since my wife's library is so huge. MacBook Pro has an external Lacie (RAID 1) for media (ALL our photographs, work files, graphic files) and an external backup array to backup everything, including the Lacie. So a lot of external drives and not a whole heck of a lot protecting my movies/tv collection. Which is what led me to unRaid. My current belief is to use unRaid as backup for my current collection and another level of backup for my other media scattered about. However it is entirely feasible that I would use the unRaid server as my Plex AND backup server and then just back it up to my current drive array for a little more protection. I would probably keep my other array connected to my MBP though. Oh yeah, and I'm probably going to be throwing Crashplan into our backup arrangement. If I went the route of using it as the main server, it would need to be able to run Plex, Sickbeard, SabNZB, and maybe CP. I'm not sure if I would need virtualization, but I put this build together thinking "maybe". I guess my point of the build is to allow me options down the road without having to spend more money and wasting some on now, if you get my meaning. Sorry for the long explanation, but I wanted to provide enough info for you tell me if I'm on the right track or not! So with that, here is what I was thinking: 1 - Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl w/ USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Silent PC Computer Case 1 - CORSAIR CXM series CX500M 500W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply 1 - ASUS A88X-PLUS FM2+ / FM2 AMD A88X (Bolton D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard 1 - AMD A8-5500 Trinity 3.2GHz (3.7GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 65W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 7560D 1 - SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model SDCZ33-008G-B35 (for unRaid) 1 - SanDisk Ultra Plus SDSSDHP-064G-G26 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for Desktop (flor Plex cache if my research is correct) 1 - StarTech USBMBADAPT 6in USB 2.0 Cable - USB A Female to USB Motherboard 4 Pin Header F/F 1 - WD Green WD40EZRX 4TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Bulk Bare Drive (for parity drive) 3 - Western Digital WD Green WD30EZRX 3TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM (data - still on the fence on this vs just going 4TB drives. it's a cost saving thing I think) 1 - Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model 997092 Total Cost: $1,056.15 I decided to go the AMD route for cost savings mostly. I've used them in distant past for PC's without any issues, but I'm not sure if they're as good as I remember for compatibility. Which brings me to Virtualization. The CPU supports it, but I have no idea if that translates down to unRaid or not. I certainly can't do the Xeon route as the price just gets up there too much. So this is my "hopefully can do anything" build in the hopes that it can support whatever I decide down the road. Let me know what you think and thanks in advance for taking the time to look it over! AnthonyC