August 5, 200817 yr Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H Mainboard AM2+ 6 port SATA QTY 1 $62.99 = $63 newegg.com Syba SD-SA2PEX-2IR PCIe 2 port SATA QTY 5 $14.50 = $87 iwin2win.com AMD LE-1640 Athlon 64 45W 2.6GHz 1MB L2 QTY 1 $42.00 = $42 mwave.com Generic Dual 1GB DDR2 2 sticks 1GB memory QTY 1 $40.00 = $40 yourFavoriteStore $232 before shipping gets you 16 PCIe sata ports. Seems like an okay deal. I'm sure some have done better, but I wanted to share. Of course, make sure you pick a suitable enclosure with proper airflow and most importantly a power supply that has sufficient 12V current for disk spin-up (typically 1.75A - 2.5A per drive - check the drive specs). I happen to have an attraction to the CM Stacker 810 cases that I can't seem to get over, even though they have become quite expensive. The mainboard has built-in video, so get the 2GB so that the shared video memory does not eat into the 1GB range that Unraid uses. I'm not sure if it was necessary, but I did flash the Syba boards with the latest Non-Raid version of the BIOS. Some posts in this forum had suggested it. THIS SETUP WILL NOT WORK WITH A DUAL PROCESSOR - it will reboot on Unraid 4.3.3. See my other post titled " Unraid 4.3.3 kernel + Athlon 64 x2 + Sil3132 = REBOOT on write", if you must, for the details... http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=2310.msg17736#msg17736 HTH
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