November 17, 201213 yr Been lurking here for a while so much info here but I want a second opinion on this. So basically I have a few extra computers in the house and looking to put one together as an unRaid machine. I was thinking of just using the second one and keeping the first as is, basically I just wanted to know if there were any compatibility issues I should avoid with either one of these... Since I couldn't find any info on the second motherboard except for an old Biostar page which has no info at all... My old gaming PC has the following: MoBo: M4A79 Deluxe CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 940 RAM: 4gb GeIL RAM (DDR2-800) GPU: GTX280 PSU: Corsair TX750 Case: HAF-932 That one has a little too much power for me to run 24/7 which I don't have to but if I can I would like to. and on the other hand I have a really old PC that's kind of been frankensteined together over the past 5-6 years adding/taking out as needed... It's current state... MoBo: Biostar TA770+ A2 (Detected as A78XA-A2T so I'm not even sure..) CPU: AMD 4200+ 64 X2 RAM: 2GB g-skill 1066 GPU: Zotac 8800GT PSU: Rosewill Stallion Series RD500-2SB (500W) Case: Thermaltake SViking VA4000BWS If I have to buy some parts as well I wouldn't mind, although I'm trying to keep this as cheap/free as possible (for now... I do have plans for building a NAS specific PC down the road). As of right now I don't have too much storage (2x2TB WD red's, 2xTB and 1x750gb not sure on brands atm) but I am thinking I may expand that down the road.
November 17, 201213 yr KCola, Your Frankenstein PC probably is more than sufficient to run unRAID from a horsepower viewpoint. The motherboard appears to have a Marvell 88E8056 ethernet chip and that one shows up as having a few issues on some of the tested boards http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility You have the kit on hand though so why not try it out? You can put unRAID on a thumb drive and test it out for network functionality without even hooking up your HDD. By the way, here's a few resources for that mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138102 http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=310#spec
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