February 16, 201115 yr Hi, My first unRaid Build... I believe im fairly knowledgeable in computers but this is my first time building something like this so im seeking some advice from anyone out there... laughs... im desperate to start building it... asap ) PROCESSOR Athlon II 260 $215 (price of Processor and Mobo) MOTHERBOARD ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO Radeon HD 4200 Integrated Graphics 1xPCI-E x16 1xPCI-E x4 1xPCI-E x1 Realtek RTL8112L PCI-Express Gigabit LAN 5xSATA 3Gbps 1x eSATA 3Gbps MEMORY 2GB Kingston PC3 10600/1333Mhz $22 PARITY 1x2TB WD GREEN $105 STORAGE 10x2TB WD GREEN CACHE 1x500GB WD 7200RPM $46 CASING ANTEC 902 $175 nzxt tempest evo $132 PSU OCZ MODXSTREAM PRO 500W(80+) $70 COOLER MASTER GX 550W (80+) $85 I'd prefer the Sempron LE140 for power savings but im not sure if it can handle running torrent, and steaming of hd vids for 2-3 sources. It is capable of supporting up to 20 disk including the cache and partition disk. 8disk - PCI-E x16 8disk - PCI-E x4 2disk - PCI-E x1 1disk - eSata 1disk - PATA I'll appreciate all the comments/suggestions. Thanks a lot.
February 16, 201115 yr I'd prefer the Sempron LE140 for power savings but im not sure if it can handle running torrent, and steaming of hd vids for 2-3 sources. The Sempron 140 or 145 would be sufficient for torrents and streaming HD vids.
February 16, 201115 yr Author thanks for the info... im guessing this build is pretty 'ok' since there are no responses.
February 16, 201115 yr You have 2 PSU's listed above. If at all possible DO NOT use the OCZ power supply. It has 2 +12V rails which will not allow you really any more than 5-6 Green drives. The GX-550 is a much better choice as it has a single +12V rail with 44A available. You should be able to easily power 15 Green drives from that. If you want more than 15 Green drives then a different PSU is probably in order.
February 16, 201115 yr I would suggest delaying/skipping the cache drive unless you already own an old drive.
February 16, 201115 yr What is a partition disk? Do you mean parity disk? The motherboard you have listed will work, but I would prefer to use one with 6 onboard SATA instead of 5 onboard SATA and one eSATA. It just makes things simpler. The Antec 902 comes with an eSATA port, so you could still get eSATA functionality if you have a desire for it.
February 17, 201115 yr Author yeah i meant parity not partition... i also prefer 6 sata but im having a hard time finding such boards in area... there are some but its not listed in the mobo list i wouldnt want to screw things up for +1 sata port
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