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I'll also ad a USB flash card.... I picked the MB/CPU combo because I wanted to grab everything from newegg and i'm not too keen with shopping on ebay.

So... Raj's specs say that the 5 drive budget box can be upgrade by just replacing the Power Supply.... I don't really understand that. As you can see I already upgraded the power supply.... But isn't there more to it than that? The Norco SS-500 has 5 SATA slots. Doesn't that mean that it will use 5 Mother Board SATA slots? And to upgade to more than 5 drives you'd also need a SATA Expansion Card, correct? And if all that is true..... then I probably picked a bad motherboard since it only has 4 SATA slots.... Yes?

the Ram seems cheap... That worries me.

Anything else I'll need? cables, ect? this will be used as a media storage box.

I have a Zino 410. that and the unraid server will be plugged in to a gigaswitch. It will store/stream anything up to full Bluray ISOs.

The cart above it really what i'd like to spend, but I could go up by $100, maybe $200.

I think 5 drives will last me awhile. I may eventually need more. I doubt I'll every go over 10 drives, but who knows.... I plan on buying all 2 TB drives for now.

I don't think I need faster drives.... Not sure why I would.

Thanks for any feedback!!

Rajahal · April 15, 2011

You are right, you have picked a bad motherboard. Not only does it have only 4 SATA ports (6 is better), but it doesn't have gigabit LAN. That will seriously cripple your transfer speeds to and from the server.

I recommend the Biostar A760G M2+ instead. The best source of it is chipsdigitalPC. Unfortunately, I just bought their last one today (sorry). You could email them and ask when they plan to have more in stock. There's also an eBay vendor who has plenty in stock. I and others have ordered from him, he is reputable as well.

That motherboard takes DDR2 RAM, not DDR3. This is what I use, but pretty much anything will work.

The green drives are fine, but I wouldn't pay more than $90 for any of them. The Hitachis are a great deal right now, you might want to go for more than one of those instead of mixing and matching. As long as you preclear all your new drives, there's little risk in buying multiple of the same drive.

To upgrade the 5 Drive Budget Box just look at the following levels up (10 drive and 15 drive). You'll have most of the parts already, just buy the few that you don't. If you need any more guidance, let me know.

The rest of your list looks good to me. For a 5 drive build you'll need 5 SATA cables (one per drive). Monoprice is the best source for cables. The motherboard will likely come with one, but it will be a locking cable which doesn't work as well with the Norco cages. I recommend just buying 5 of the Monoprice non-locking cables.

I generally buy the Azza case from Amazon as it is $80 flat with free shipping. The $20 rebate does make Newegg cheaper at the moment, but it is a pain to deal with rebates. I would probably still just go with Amazon for that part.

ilovegoodnugz · April 17, 2011

Is it bette to use 1 stick 2gb ram or 2 x 1gb Ram in a build?

Rajahal · April 17, 2011

Ultimately it doesn't really matter. 2 x 1GB is slightly faster, but I really doubt that you would ever notice the speed difference. I prefer to use 1 x 2GB as it gives you more expansion options later on down the road...

barnnzo · April 19, 2011

Whew! thank you!!!

Here's what I ended up doing:

Amazon:

Case:

AZZA Helios 910 CSAZ-910 Mid-Tower Case (Black)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RS4HVQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

$77.99 + no tax + free prime 2 day shipping (bonus, I had $40 on gift card)

Newegg:

2 HDs

Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148681

$159.98 + $10 off w/ promo EMCKFJA25

Power Supply:

CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 (CMPSU-500CX) 500W ATX12V v2.3 Active PFC Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139018

$69.99 + $10 mail in rebate + $7 off with promo EMCKFJE34

Memory:

Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KVR800D2/2GR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134797

$29.99 I probably could have found a better deal here....

CPU:

AMD Sempron 140 Sargas 2.7GHz Socket AM3 45W Single-Core Processor SDX140HBGQBOX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103698

$38.99

Drive Cage:

NORCO SS-500 5 Bay SATA / SAS Hot Swap Rack Module

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133030

$89.99

SD Card

SanDisk 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive 128bit AES Encryption Model SDCZ51-004G-B35

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171520

$10.99 ... could have used a random one laying around... but figured I'd play it safe.

Free 2 day shipping with ShopRunner

Newegg Total: $382.93

eBay:

Motherboard

BIOSTAR A760G M2+ SOCKET AM2+/AM3 MOTHERBOARD AMD CHIPSET

http://cgi.ebay.com/BIOSTAR-A760G-M2-SOCKET-AM2-AM3-MOTHERBOARD-AMD-CHIPS-/370478094229?pt=Motherboards&

hash=item5642371795#ht_2593wt_1139

55.99 + 5.95 Shipping

$61.94

Total with shipping and tax = $522.86

Now I just need to pick up some SATA cables and I think I'll have everything.

Thanks Again for your help!

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