Hook's Economy MINI 6Bay unRAID

[chip]

Thanks for the link - Could you put 7 drives in this case - 7th drive where the cd rom drive goes?

[Johnm]

Thanks for the link - Could you put 7 drives in this case - 7th drive where the cd rom drive goes?

Yes, you could even get a single drive hot-swap bay for it. (like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990001 )

 

keep in mind that motherboard combo is limited to 6 drives. (unless i overlooked something)

[chip]

Thanks for the link - Could you put 7 drives in this case - 7th drive where the cd rom drive goes?

Yes, you could even get a single drive hot-swap bay for it. (like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990001 )

 

keep in mind that motherboard combo is limited to 6 drives. (unless i overlooked something)

 

Yes that is true - so I could look for a mb with 5-6 sata and use the add on card.

[trurl]

Thanks for the link - Could you put 7 drives in this case - 7th drive where the cd rom drive goes?

Yes, you could even get a single drive hot-swap bay for it. (like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990001 )

 

keep in mind that motherboard combo is limited to 6 drives. (unless i overlooked something)

 

Yes that is true - so I could look for a mb with 5-6 sata and use the add on card.

There is a place at the bottom of the external bay for a 2.5" drive, so you can put 8 drives in this case (7 x 3.5" + 1 x 2.5").

 

Check out my specs. I have this case with a 4-port mobo and 4-port SATA card. I have hotswap in the external bay to use to backup critical data to another bare drive for offsite storage. I use the 2.5" spot for the cache drive. Currently I only have 4 of the 3.5" internal bays filled.

 

[chip]

FYI if you are looking to build this out today at newegg it is 214.99 for the case/mb/ram/ps/cpu plus take another $40 off for mail in rebates brings it down to 174.99.

[Erick]

Did you pull the trigger on this Chip?  Those of you with this build.....are you happy with it?

[chip]

Not yet.....it is a great price though and I have HDs for it. THough I might opt for a dual core processor.

[g725s]

I'm going down the path of building a system comparable to yours and what Raj's recommends.  I bought the MB and PSU because they are currently heavily discounted at Newegg.  Something I saw after previous poster chip mentioned the current prices above.

 

But now I'd also like to find good deals on the CPU and RAM and the other components.  I know HDD are not going to be real deal these days and I already have a couple to get me up and running.  But what about the other parts I need.  I'm going to use a temp case that I have for the time being.

 

But I need a CPU, DRAM, SATA card (eventually), etc.  Any recommendations?  Are there any good deals out there right now on these additional parts that anyone knows of?

[cpthook]

Sorry I'm late to Ur response..

 

You are right about this build being about one of the most efficient, practical and inexpensive unRAID builds out there for simple XBMC/HTPC users.  You can review this thread http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=109453 if you have not already in order to find the best deals on your specific requests.  This was my choice over the pre-built HP SFF server.. A bit larger in size than the HP Micro, but just as efficient!