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Would love your guys input on this. Going to be running XEN with 1-2 VMs running the following apps: plex, sickbeard, coachpotato, utorrent, and headphones.

 

Case: U-NAS NSC-800 225.00

http://www.u-nas.com/xcart/product.php?productid=17617

MB: ASUS H87I-PLUS LGA 1150 109.49

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132032

CPU: Intel Core i5-4330 194.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116942

Memory: DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) 3x4GB = 8GB Total 64.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104262

Exp Card: 4 Port SATA Serial ATA PCI RAID Controller Card - Silicon Image8 17.74

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=104&cp_id=10407&cs_id=1040702&p_id=2667&seq=1&format=2

PWR: Athena Power AP-U1ATX40P8 20+4Pin 400W Single 1U 74.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817338059

 

Total: $687.2

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http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=104&cp_id=10407&cs_id=1040702&p_id=2667&seq=1&format=2

 

4 ports assuming just as good? I think this is the one ill pull the trigger on. TY!

 

That card is PCI, and only SATA 1. I don't think you want that one?

That MB doesn't have a PCI slot. You need an PCI-E card, and since that is all you'll ever put in there, might as well get one with as many ports as you'll ever need.

 

Something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124050

 

Not sure if there are cheaper ones out there, also not sure of that chipsets support in unRAID (didn't look it up)

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Two problems in your parts list -- one a minor detail; the other an incompatibility ...

 

=>  The SATA expansion card you listed will NOT work in that motherboard.  The motherboard only has one expansion slot -- a PCIe x16 slot.  The card you listed in PCI.

 

=>  Since you want to use this for virtualization, I'd go with 16GB of memory (2 x 8GB modules) instead of half of that, which you're currently planning on.    Not a necessity, but this would give you a lot more "headroom" for VMs.

 

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Good advice. But please correct me if I'm wrong any pci X card will work in a 16 slot.  The only difference is the number of lanes available to push data.

 

I.E.

1x

2x

4x

8x

16X

All work in a 16x slot

 

Your terminology is wrong.  A PCI X card will NOT work in a PCI Express (i.e. PCIe) slot.  But it's true that PCIe cards will work in any slot that has AT LEAST the number of lanes it needs.    e.g. a PCIe x16 slot will work for any PCIe card, whether it's 1 lane, 2 lanes, 4 lanes, 8 lanes or 16 lanes.

 

In fact, if you have open-ended slots on the motherboards (some do), you can do that in reverse -- i.e. use a PCIe x8 card in an x4 slot => the card will just run slower because it doesn't have as many lanes as it was designed for [but it will only physically fit if the slot is open at the back].

 

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Gotca this is the final list of parts that i ordered. I will post a full build log with photos. Thank you for the input guys!

 

CASE: NSC-800

MB: ASUS|H87I-PLUS LGA 1150

RAID CARD: SYBA| SI-PEX40057 R

SERVER_PSU: ATHENA|AP-U1ATX50 R

CPU: INTEL|CORE I7 4770 3.4G 8M R

MEM: 4Gx2|TEAM TLAD38G1600HC9DC01

CPU COOLING NOCTUA | NH-L9i

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