Build check

[Rusty]

I have just ordered my unraid Pro license and been lurking here for ages.

But now it is finally time to build my first unraid server. As everyone I would appreciate a quick check on my shopping list to see if it includes any stupidities.

 

First the standard information:

What is your budget?

I am looking for bang for my buck, currently I am looking at spending around 600 Euro's (incl 2 new drives)

 

How many drives?

I will start off with 6 excisting drives, adding 2 newly bought ones. Maximum I expect to reach is 15.

 

unRAID Add Ons?

Yes, sickbeard, Couchpotato and SABNzb. Those are must haves, might add others once my server is running smoothly and I feel I am missing something.

 

green/low power drives or faster 7200 rpm drives?

a combination of excisting drives, but any new drives will be green.

 

Spare parts?

Yes 6 drives which are now all in USB enclosers attached to my Asrock ION running XMBC in the living room.

 

My current shopping list:

 

Case: Fractal Design Define XL http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&category=2∏=69

MoBo: Asus F1A75-V PRO http://www.asus.nl/Motherboards/AMD_Socket_FM1/F1A75V_PRO/

CPU: AMD A6-3650 Boxed http://products.amd.com/en-gb/DesktopAPUDetail.aspx?id=16&f1=&f2=&f3=&f4=&f5=&f6=&

Memory: Kingston ValueRAM KVR1066D3S8N7/4Ghttp://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/partsinfo.asp?ktcpartno=KVR1066D3S8N7/4G

PSU: Corsair Builder CX600 V2 http://www.corsair.com/power-supplies/non-modular-psus/builder-series/builder-series-cx600-v2-80plus-certified-power-supply.html

PSU: FSP Aurum 500 http://www.fsplifestyle.com/psu/aurum-series/aurum-500/

 

Controller: Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-SASLP-MV8.cfm

Controller: IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0740.html

 

 

Reasonings:The case will hold 10 drives inside, once I reach more I will add a 5in3 to get to my maximum 15.

Between the MoBo's 7 SATA ports and the controllers 8 I will get a maximum of 15.

 

Any comments, concerns, obvious mistakes or general good luck wishes. Please do leave a message.

 

[Edit]After some feedback on GoT (a dutch computer forum) I made some changes.