May 12, 201115 yr Hi, Tired of burning dvd's, I decided to get a NAS but when I saw the price and the non evolutivity of them, I searched for others solutions... and unraid was the winner ! Do you think this build will run ok ? OS at time of building: don't know yet CPU: Intel Core i3 540 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115221&cm_re=Intel_Core_i3_540-_-19-115-221-_-Product CPU: Intel Core i3 2100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078&cm_re=Intel_Core_i3_2100-_-19-115-078-_-Product Motherboard: ASUS P7H55-M/USB3 http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1156/P7H55MUSB3/ Motherboard: MSI H67MA-E45 http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H67MA-E45.html#?div=Detail RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 2 Go DDR3-SDRAM PC10600 CL9 - KVR1333D3N9/2G http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134812&Tpk=KVR1333D3N9%2f2G Case: Lian Li PC-A04B http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112316&Tpk=Lian%20Li%20PC-A04B Drive Cage(s): none Power Supply: Corsair CX430 - 430W ATX 12V 2.3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139017&cm_re=Corsair_CX430-_-17-139-017-_-Product SATA Expansion Card(s): None Cables: ? Fans: none Data Drives: 3 x 2 To Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145475&cm_re=5k3000-_-22-145-475-_-Product Data Drives: 1 x 1.5 To samsung hd154ui green power http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152175&cm_re=hd154UI-_-22-152-175-_-Product Data Drives: 1 x 500Go old maxtor diamondmax 23 My main usages will be multimedia stocking and streaming, download/repair/extract with newsgroups. It should contain 6 drives max. Should I get additionnal cables ? or does the 430CX PSU have enough sata connections with default configuration ? Dont' hesitate to give advices/comments/suggestions Thanks for your time !
May 13, 201115 yr Just did a quick check - that mobo is ATX but the case is Micro-ATX/Mini-ITX. Not sure the board will fit in the case... Shawn
May 13, 201115 yr Author Thanks for your answer. Are you sure that the mobo is only ATX ? On asus website, on specifications, it is marked as "uATX Form Factor"...
May 13, 201115 yr Thanks for your answer. Are you sure that the mobo is only ATX ? On asus website, on specifications, it is marked as "uATX Form Factor"... "uATX" should be µATX; however, many (if not all, myself included) use the non-high ascii "u" for ease. I see Newegg is doing it as well, shame on them. µATX / "uATX" / MicroATX --- all the same thing.
May 13, 201115 yr µATX / "uATX" / MicroATX --- all the same thing. Thanks for the clarification Grandprix. But looking at a pic of the board, sure doesn't look Micro. Shawn
May 13, 201115 yr it is a microATX board. At that price, I might look at a socket 1155 with an i3-2100. The cost should be about the same? It would be tad faster and tad less electricity.
May 13, 201115 yr it is a microATX board. At that price, I might look at a socket 1155 with an i3-2100. The cost should be about the same? It would be tad faster and tad less electricity. I would stay away from 1155 for now - few reports of no support in the current distro for the new controller for the onboard SATA ports. Shawn
May 13, 201115 yr it is a microATX board. At that price, I might look at a socket 1155 with an i3-2100. The cost should be about the same? It would be tad faster and tad less electricity. I would stay away from 1155 for now - few reports of no support in the current distro for the new controller for the onboard SATA ports. Shawn Interesting, got a link to that data? I'm running a 1155 myself and at least one board is level1 I'm using all 6 on-board sata ports with no errors yet. But i am running 5 beta6a, that might make a difference?
May 13, 201115 yr There was some discussion around it here. Looks like it was a specific chipset error: That helps narrow things down a little bit. You have an H67 board, whereas mine is an H61. Any chance you could take a peek at your user manual to see what chipset your SATA controller uses? It must just be the H61 LGA 1155s. So something to that H61 chipset, although the OP did get the drives finally working by running them in IDE Compatibilty mode, not sure how that effects performance versus AHCI mode and such... So, I guess try and stick with the H67, and possibly, P67 chipsets... Shawn
May 13, 201115 yr Ah, I'm running a C204 chipset. the C202 also appears to work. the 204 has SATA3 and the C202 has only SATA2. Thanks for the info
May 13, 201115 yr Author I've followed your advices and went to a i3 2100 solution. My first post has been adapted. Once again, thanks for your input and don't hesitate to comment
May 13, 201115 yr Oh, hold on 1 second. I think that was the board someone said did not work! It looks like the one that was free from microcenter a month back. Speaking of microcenter, If you have one near you, I3-2100 are $99. it might be in store only. check the web site i'll check that board. EDIT: Ok It was the MSI H61M-E33 LGA 1155 H61 mATX Intel Motherboard that didnt work with unRAID4.7, just 5.0 beta. So that looks good for your needs. It would also make a nice compact desktop or HTPC in a smaller case. I wonder how fast unRAID would boot if you had a USB3 thumbdrive...? (not that you should be rebooting it!) EDIT2: I just checked. it is $99.99 pick up only. That will be a very clean looking and quiet unRAID box with a bit of horsepower under its hood if you run any add-ons.
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