Tim P. Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Having run unRaid for a few years off an old computer I was just going to throw away, it was time to update. I like the Lian Li case because the cooling is via front and top. It also looks like you could put 2 side-by-side on a rack shelf. Pricing wasn't too bad as I got most of the stuff on sale or managed to pair it with a rebate. The exception was the memory because I wanted memory off the mobo's approved list; I didn't want to mess around with memory that may cause issues. Case: Lian Li PC-Q25B - $80 Mobo: Asus H87I-PLUS - $117 CPU: G3220 - $65 AMEX Statement credit on mobo+cpu - ($30) HDD: 2x WD Red 3TB - $280 Rebate on 2x 3TB [Nov] ($60) HDD: 2x WD Red 3TB - $280 Rebate on 2x 3TB Red [Dec] ($60) Addl rebate for buying .99 bandages with HDDs - ($25) BOA Statement credit on above ($42) Cable: Startech USB header adapter - $4 Cable: Startech SATA power x4 - $7 Cable: SATA right angle x5 - $3 Card: Syba SATA 2-port - $20 PSU: ST45SF - $70 Memory: GSKILL 4Gx2 - $85 HHDs: 3x WDEARS 1TB recycled from last server - $0 Total: $764 Quote Link to comment
Tim P. Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 I'd also like to add that I initially had trouble booting from USB using a genuine LimeTech USB stick with unRaid on it. It would just continually reboot and syslinux would give a machine error. I reformatted it and updated the BIOS on the motherboard and the problem was resolved. I'm not sure which one was the issue, but the BIOS is my guess. Tim Quote Link to comment
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