Newbie find his way

[jungario]

Good day,

 

what would be the least expensive list of  components recommended to built an unraid server ( 6 HDD to be stacked in ) that will be in the storage room. I am shelling whatever i can save on a nice HTPC.

Already have the case , hard drives and flash thumb.

 

Best,

 

Michael

 

[beckp]

Take a look at Raj's 6 Drive miniTower for the remaining components.

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=7998.0

[Fred]

My build (signature) was pretty cheap, around 110$ for MB/CPU/Ram.  For PSU a Corsair Builder 430W would be nice.

[jungario]

Thanks beckp and Fred,

 

Like your build Fred:

Norco RPC-470,

ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus,

SEMPRON 145,

4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600,

Monoprice Syba SIL3132  $12.04

Corsair Builder 430W

[jungario]

So far, I am about to buy these components ( sale ends tomorrow), hesitating on the power supply I have 3 choices, I know I got to get this one right!

I will buy the Antec one price is just 38.88$ and it is well ventilated certainly better than my very old case.

 

Antec Basiq VP450 450W Power Supply ATX12V V2.3 Dual +12V Rail 120MM Fan 80% Efficiency $28.88

or

Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-500CXV2 500W ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan *3 Year Wrty*

Price:  $44.99 CAD

 

Antec One Mid-Tower Gaming ATX Case Black 3X5.25 5X3.5 2X2.5 Front USB3.0 Top Rear 120MM Fans No PSU $38.88 cad

 

Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-430CXV2 430W ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan *3 Year Warranty*

Price:  $39.99  CAD

 

Monoprice Syba SIL3132  $12.04

 

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9AD3K2/4G $24.99

 

Hesitating about the cpu-mobo combination any newer components ( might move to another build down the road) not far from this price range (ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus $56.98 SEMPRON 145 $40.99 )

 

Thanks

 

 

[Johnm]

I would avoid the Antec power supply.

 

It is a dual 12v rail. not ideal for a storage system.

[Fred]

Try to get a single rail PSU, I have a Corsair Builder 430W in another system and would use it for a 6 disk array.  Good luck!

[jungario]

Great input , thanks for sharing your experience

 

World of servers here I come

 

Cheers