i was trying to retrofit an old rig but it has repeatedly failed every unRaid hardware test ive thrown at it.  so i’m just going to use what i can an buy the rest.

first my budget less than $300, and i'll just use the free license in the beginning till i get everything running smooth

also i’d like to expand in the future as i can afford more drives, 5x3s and stuff

 

 

Existing hardware

Case: Alienware Area 51 full tower with fans

 

HDD:

Data drives

(1x)     Seagate ST31000528AS Barracuda 7200.12 Hard Drive - 1TB, 7200 rpm

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4682319

( 2x) WD Caviar GP 1TB Internal Serial ATA-300 7,200 RPM 16MB Hard Drive - WD10EACS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136293'>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136293

 

Parity Drive

(1x) Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB Cache

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136514'>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136514

 

 

New Purchases

 

MB:                     ASUS M4A78LT-M AM3 AMD 760G HDMI Micro ATX AMD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131672

*NOW UNAVAILABLE *

 

a little more expensive but i’ve seen it used for builds on the forums

ASUS M4A785T-M AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131609

 

MB:ASRock 880GM-LE AM3 AMD 880G Micro ATX AMD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157199

save $30, now that's worth it

 

 

PSU:     Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182200

 

CPU:   AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103903

 

RAM:   CORSAIR XMS3 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145252

 

CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145278

anything i left out or not compatible that you guys see?  

Depending on your expected usage..

 

you could replace the x2 Regor for the Sempron 145 and save a few $ and watts, plus up the memory to 2x2GB for almost the same price

Corsair 2x2GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145278

AMD Sempron 145 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103888&Tpk=Sempron%20145

Thanks mbryanr - i will definitely swap out the memory for the 2x2gb, but i want to expand the machine up to 10 or 12 drives not sure if that requires more juice in the cpu.  but it will be used for a media server streaming movies with shares to various rooms as well as possibly adding UnTorrent or others i have yet to discover.  is it worth the extra $20?

Any transcoding? or just serving the files up to a media player or PC?

 

The Sempron has plenty for most add-ons except transcoding.

 

Or for $20...just go with the extra horsepower - never know what you may add.

i think i'll go with the Athlon for the future but after reading this post

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=14406.msg136038#msg136038

 

i'm switching the MB for this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157199

 

that brings it to just about $200.  perfect.

just ordered everything plus a new fan for the old case!

i'm so psyched to get it all set up.