Hugh Chen

The games I plan to run can be handled by a Celeron J1900 with ease, I guess that i5 4590 could do well even with all the overhead. Plus I will have another HTPC in the living room if more computing power is needed, should I really want to move on.

The GTX650ti has a 6-pin connector

Thanks, whipdancer. I am actually thinking about populating the NAS with all 2.5 inch HDDs since they are dirt cheap, that’s why I am concerned about their longevity, especially in a cramped environment. I have seen chassis that only takes 2.5 inch drives, I wonder if any self-respecting data centers actually deploy 2.5 inch HDDs.

Hello everyone! I am thinking about repurposing my HTPC using unRAID. I have constructed this thread in sections and will have questions after each, thanks for your precious time. My questions: Q1: Are 2.5' HDD any good in a NAS, longetivity wise? Q2: Is ECC memory absolutely necessary? What will happen if I don't have them? Q3: Are the upcoming QLC SSD any good, longevity wise? Q4: How powerful should the PSU be for a 10-drive setup? Q5: Are the following tasks achievable via unRAID? (ordered in priority) Must have: 1. NAS 2. VM for Windows (will run MAME and other exotic acrade rips) Strongly wanting: 3. Hosting a LAN-only personal wiki (if that's a thing) 4. Off-site backup for my parents Synology NAS (which they will bring to me for regular backup via direct ethernet connection) Might-as-well: 5. VM for Linux Distro 6. Plex server 7. Personal Minecraft server ------------------------- Current setup: CPU: i5 4590 Mobo: AsRock Z87m Extreme 4 (6 x SATA 6Gb ports, has had a RAM issue recently, didn't pop up again after shuffling the sticks) RAM: ADATA value ram 16GB (4x4) at 1600 MHz Boot drive: Samsung 960 evo 128GB Other drives: WD Blue 1 TB, HGST 3TB GPU: Manli GTX 1070ti (blower style cooler) PSU: Delta flex server PSU 650w, 80+ Platinum, modded to be fully modular (yeah, that's a thing) Case: Sliverstone SG-02F (4 x 3.5in HDD max w/t 5.2in bay conversion, 8 x 2.5 with conversion) Misc: Pioneer Blu-ray drive, Intel wireless-AC 8260 on PCI-e adapter As of now, it is under my TV shelf, has very limited space to the rear, and runs very warm to the touch when gaming at 4K high, able to reheat a thin-curst pizza (verified). It never had a failure due to heat or power delivery, however. Extra stuff kicking around: EVGA GTX 650 Ti Boost 1GB (blower style cooler) 16GB Optane SSD