February 14, 201313 yr Im building my unRaid Server...finally... Its purpose will be simply to house my movie files for XBMC (BluRay rips, mostly mkv) and to be a storage server for pics and other various files. Will be running SAB/Couchpotato/Sickbearb Would like to look into running additional plugins such as ownClound, Web Server, Plex (maybe), Handbrake, etc. Here is the hardware Ive chosen for price and effeciency MoBo: AsRock http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157331 CPU: AMD A4 Trinity A4-5300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113283&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo RAM: 4 gig PSU: Corsair CX500 Case: ? Empty box i have around HDD: WD Red 3TB x 3(1 Parity, 2 Storage) WD 500GB Cache Thoughts???Im welcome to all comments' Many Thanks!
February 14, 201313 yr Any reason you picked an APU besides price? An APU is worthless in a situation like this. All it's doing is generating heat and using electricity.
February 14, 201313 yr Author its a 65watt CPU....picked it as it has some power, low wattage, and cheap in $$$ Suggestions??
February 14, 201313 yr Looks like the only AMD chips without the GPU in that price are last gen 45nm Athlon X2s so they probably idle using the same amount of power as the one you chose.
February 14, 201313 yr Author Would it be a better design if it were a corei3??? The other reason I really liked the list above was that the MoBo was cheap, and offered 6 SATAIII (6GB/s) But, if there is no real advantage to the 6GB/s in the unraid build, then i have a backup design that invovled a core i3 with a MobO with 6 SATA 3GB/s still plan to use the WD Red Drives 3TB which are 6GB/s, but if theres no real perforamnce loss, then Id be OK with that.. THoughts???
February 14, 201313 yr Would it be a better design if it were a corei3??? The other reason I really liked the list above was that the MoBo was cheap, and offered 6 SATAIII (6GB/s) But, if there is no real advantage to the 6GB/s in the unraid build, then i have a backup design that invovled a core i3 with a MobO with 6 SATA 3GB/s still plan to use the WD Red Drives 3TB which are 6GB/s, but if theres no real perforamnce loss, then Id be OK with that.. THoughts??? Non-SSD hard drives won't even hit SATA 1.5Gb/s speeds let alone SATA 6Gb/s. I would personally go with the i3. It's going to run cooler and it's a hell of a lot faster than the AMD. PassMark CPU score of ~4000 for the i3 vs. ~2000 for the AMD.
February 15, 201313 yr Author Just to confirm.....HDD with Sata 6GB/s interface will work on a MoBo with SATA 3GB/S interface correct? I know this is a YES...just making sure im not crazy.
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