My First unRaid

[vl1969]

OS at time of building: 5.0  beta 13

CPU: PHENOM II X4 840 Boxed Processor HDX840WFGMBOX ($59.99)(http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0371961)

Motherboard:  M5A87 Socket AM3+ 870 ATX AMD Motherboard ($94.99) (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0365861)

RAM: HyperX blu 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit ($39.99)(Two 4GB Memory Modules)(http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0360527)

Case:   NO CASE STATS :-),  I am using an old full tower case that I am trying to mode to make it nice

some paint here, some tweaks there, nothing serious but to make all my things fit and make sure I have room for future modes.(pictures will be provide later)

Drive Cage(s):  N/A

Power Supply:  Silencer 760 Watt ATX Power Supply (89.99)(http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0358411)

SATA Expansion Card(s): N/A

Cables:  Assortment of SATA cables  and cable ties from monoprice ($10.00)

Fans: 2x80mm + 1x120mm

 

Parity Drive: 1x2TB Barracuda LP 2TB 5,900 RPM SATA 3Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ST320005N4A1AS-RK (4)x($74.99 bought it before the price hike :-P )(http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0334239)

Data Drives:  2x2TB Barracuda LP 2TB 5,900 RPM SATA 3Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ST320005N4A1AS-RK (4)x($74.99 bought it before the price hike :-P )(http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0334239)

Cache Drive: N/A

Total Drive Capacity: 3

Flash Drive: Kingstone MobileLite G2 Reader + 8GB microSD ($6.99 + $4.99)

Primary Use: Home Media server

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Future Plans:

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      uTorent

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      FTP server

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will go for the license as soon as I am sure I have everything setup and configured as I like it.

I only have about 2TB of Data anyway at this moment so no rush

 

I am  sure this is a good build but any comments are welcome

 

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Mod edit: Fixed a few errant BBcode tags

- Raj

[chickensoup]

Sounds good! Love modding old cases Have you bought the parts yet or are you just getting an idea?

 

The motherboard you listed doesn't have onboard video so you'll also need a video card. Also being RTL8111E you may have LAN issues with 5.0b13 (unless this has been sorted?)

 

760W is a very large PSU for this unit as well and probably wouldn't be the most efficient choice but will give you heaps of head room to expand. 8GB Ram is also a bit overkill but a lot of people are going that way now purely because of the price, so not really any point in changing that anyway.

 

Personally I love Seagate LP's, I've got 6 at the moment (5 installed) and they're quick, quiet and cool. They're a little slow to spin up but most green drives are.

 

Do you have any future plans for this build?

 

Pics! Kgo.

[vl1969]

well chickensoup, the future plan for this build is to have a good centralized file server.

I have an HTPC that I want to stream movies etc. to,

I also have 2 other PC in the house that I would like to have a single point of data store from.

I got tired of copy this/ copy that  to new drive every time  my PC goes on strike and I need to rebuild

(happens more often then you would think)

 

I also like the ability to rip my videos and CDs from any machine I have available and have all of that show up on my HTPC with no efforts :-)

 

as for modding  cases, well don't get too excited, nothing extraordinary will happen  here.

I only plan to paint it to make it nice and clean (very old case, spent few years in my garage, lots of dirt and rust on it.) and maybe if I find the materials add custom drive cage for more future drive capability. or maybe I will just cave-in and buy a new case later 

 

MB was chosen because it have 6 x SATA 6Gb/s on board

and good number of expansion slots for me.

network chip set is OK now with 5.0 beta 13, I already run it and it working very nicely

 

CPU and RAM is a bit overkill but they were on sale

$60 for Phenon II quad core retail pack (with coller) is good deal I think

$40 for kingston 8GB PC1600 RAM is good aswell.

 

 

PSU - well yeah, it is a bit too much but if I want to expand it is better overall to have the capacity

this PSU seams to be a very good deal though. 760W 60A single rail,  80 Silver certified for $70 (after I get my rebate)  or $90 if I don't

comes with 8 SATA connectors (2 strand of 4) + 7 molex

 

the only gripe is it is not modular  and the wires are very stiff. not sure what I will do if I need to put a drive cage into one of the 5.25 cage space.