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Looks like these would be fairly easy to assemble a backplane with. At $6.99 a pop. http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7634/cab-120/Silverstone_CP05_Hot_Swappable_Sata_II_Cable.html

Why is NIC important and if I buy a MB that the NIC is not supported is there any way around that? with a NIC card or something? Thanks for the reply.

Will the above changes be suitable for a media sever with 20 x 2TB drives? Thanks for all the help guys.

Thanks for the help and info. It is becoming challenging for me to find a MB with more than 4 SATA and 2 or more PCIe x4 or better is almost non existent... Well I will check around alittle more but I guess it looks as if I will have fit a new CPU and MB in the budget.

Hello and thanks for looking to help with my first unRaid server. I will be taking a few parts from from another system to save on cost. Here are the parts I plan on salvaging. Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 4M L2 Cache 1333MHz LGA775 Desktop Processor http://www.amazon.com/Intel-2-33GHz-1333MHz-Desktop-Processor/dp/B001DCLRYM G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231179 NORCO RPC-470 Black 4U Rackmount Server Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219020 1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 3 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1.5TB 3 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB Now I need some input on Motherboard and Power Supply. Here is what I have been considering. Let me know if there is a better option or something more suitable. Change of plans: New option is Processor - Intel Core i3-540 Clarkdale 3.06GHz 4MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80616I3540 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115221 Motherboard - BIOSTAR H55A+ LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI ATX Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138281 Motherboard - ASUS P5G41T-M/CSM LGA 775 Intel G41 HDMI Micro ATX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131616]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131616[/s] PSU - XFX Core Edition PRO650W (P1-650S-NLB9) 650W ATX12V http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207014 The case is set up to house 10 HDD and can add 5 more through the 5.25" drive slots + I can rig up 5 more inside the case. So I want 20 total HDD. What else other than HDD's will I need to fill this case up? Thanks for helping and let me know on the mothreboard and PSU.

Hello. I'm a complete noob when it comes to this raid business. I have 4 HTPC's in the house and the main one is out of room as far as SATA ports so I was looking into adding a server and unRaid seems the way for me to go. So I intend to add at least 1 maybe 2 more HTPC's to the network so I want a server able to serve my Blu-Ray streams to my HTPC's. I was wondering if Streaming to 5-6 HTPC's at the same time would be a issue and would I need to look at a Beast build or would a Budget Build do the job? And if I build a 20 Drive server could I add another 20 drive server later? Thanks for any help.