help with budget build

[hachling]

Hi,

I want to create a NAS for video streaming and wanted to know if you can verify or better my current build:

Athlon II x2 Dual Core 255 3.1Ghz Socket AM3 Box

Asus M5A78L-M LX AM3+, 760G, DDR3 1333, VGA, ATI HD3000, PCI-E

DDR3 1333Mhz 2x4GB G.Skill

Fractal Design ARC Mid-Tower Atx Black Case (No PSU)

SeaSonic 430W 80+ Bronze Active PFC 12cm Fan S12II-430 (Retail)

SanDisk Cruzer Fit 4GB

 

if some part is incompatible, not recommended or if you have a better suggestion, please tell me since it is my first attempt ever.

Thanks,

[ubuntuaddicted]

If the motherboard comes with a built in graphics card, personally "I" wouldn't waste money on the ATI card. You also don't say how many HDD's u r thinking bout using. Try to think about exandabilty in the future as well. Speaking in terms of SATA controllers on the MB of course.

 

 

Tapatalk is tha shizzle

[vl1969]

looks good to me, but keep in mind that this MB has a "Realtek RTL8111E"  network chip set

which is not compatible with any build below 5.0

so either you will need to get a different network card and disable onboard network

or use a beta build.

 

don't know what your needs are and /or budget constraints

 

but as this board have only 1 PCI-e > 4 slot

you might be stuck with 14 drives at most

 

also your PSU is multi-rail which is not that good for unRaid as I have found out

can be used, but highly discouraged ( )

for the same price or better you can get a single rail (check out my signature for details my PSU is still on sale @ Microcenter for $99.00 and after MFG rebate should be like $79.99)

 

 

maybe some one can chime in on the FlashDrive...

 

 

PS> you can checkout mu build here http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=16653.msg152572#msg152572

~~ $300 sans the Hard drives

 

 

[hachling]

the ATI is onboard and not in addition to the MOBO so i guess that is ok.

I will be using this server only for home use so i guess currently even 6 HDDs are more than enough for me in the near future.

any idea when build 5.0 is supposed to be released? how stable are the current beta builds? i really don't want to disable the onboard network card.

how about the following PSU:

CX 500W Active PFC 12cm Fan

 

[vl1969]

the CX 500W Active PFC 12cm Fan looks OK.

 

I do not know when we will have a stable 5.0 build, maybe someone form limetech will shed some light on this.

but i am running 5.0b13 for almost 2 weeks  now and it looks OK so far