Will be running unRAID 6. No VMs atm, but probably later

 

- motherboard: SuperMicro X10SL7-F

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182821&cm_re=X10SL7-F-_-13-182-821-_-Product

 

- CPU: intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116906&cm_re=xeon_e3_1230_v3-_-19-116-906-_-Product

 

is it worth it to spend more for the E-1231 v3 ?

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117316

 

- memory: Crucial CT4484985 (8GBx2)

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/x10sl7-f/CT4484985

 

- SATA controller: SuperMicro AOC-SASLP-MV8

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101358&cm_re=AOC-SASLP-MV8-_-16-101-358-_-Product

 

- Breakout cables: NORCO C-SFF8087-4S (x2)

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133033

 

I quoted the wrong part... correcting in case someone reads this post later. To go from the controller to the 4 discrete SATA on the back of my Norco enclosures I needed two forward (not reverse) breakout cables. Like these, for instance:

 

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132039&cm_re=forward_breakout_cable-_-16-132-039-_-Product

 

- Case: existing Antec 1200

- PSU: existing (brand new) Corsair TX750

- 16 existing hard drives, including parity and cache drives

Looks good.  That'll make a VERY nice system.

 

is it worth it to spend more for the E-1231 v3 ?

 

Probably not ... but for $24 I'd probably do it anyway 

 

The only difference in a side-by-side comparison of them on Intel's processor spec site is the clock speed ... the 1231 is marginally faster (3.4GHz vs. 3.3GHz at normal clock; 3.8GHz vs. 3.7GHz at turbo).    That translates to a PassMark difference of 9743 for the 1231 vs. 9440 for the 1230.  All other characteristics are identical -- same memory bandwidth, same PCIe bus support, same advanced technologies, etc.

 

Thanks a lot. Loading shopping cart... 

One last question.  I cannot find the memory I quoted earlier...  Would this one work?

 

Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BA160B

 

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148669&cm_re=8GB_DDR3_Unbuffered_ECC_1.5V-_-20-148-669-_-Product

 

 

That memory should work fine.  DDR3, 1.5v, unbuffered, with ECC -- just what you need for that motherboard.