buck09 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I'm hoping to start building ASAP. this will run unraid and a few plugins. i hope to eventually populate the entire case. i will do this probably at the rate of a drive a month. i know this is not an exhaustive parts list, but i want to know if this is a solid foundation and what is recommended that i don't have, but need. case: norco rps-4224 http://www.ipcdirect.net/servlet/Detail?no=252 motherboard: supermicro MBD-X9SCM-F-O http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182253 CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117286&cm_re=xeon-_-19-117-286-_-Product RAM: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) CT2KIT102472BD160B http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148770 PSU: SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 860W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151111 Quote Link to comment
pkn Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The only thing(s) I can see missing are the SATA cables... and the drives themselves, of course. You will need a SATA card after adding first 6 drives, but that surely wouldn't be a problem with this motherboard. Other than that the build looks very solid to me. Even if your are going to Plex-transcode multiple streams. Some might say that the PSU is a little bit overkill, but not me. Not for potential 24-disks server. Quote Link to comment
buck09 Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 is there an ideal expansion card? i know best/ideal/perfect is wildly subjective, but i'm really just looking for something that is going to give me zero headaches and a good balance of price/performance. Quote Link to comment
pkn Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 is there an ideal expansion card? Is there an ideal car? i know best/ideal/perfect is wildly subjective, but i'm really just looking for something that is going to give me zero headaches and a good balance of price/performance. As one of the most knowledgeable unraiders recently put it - there is no ideal card, but there are two leaders I personally am very happy with my Supermicro cards. Quote Link to comment
brian89gp Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 A reflashed IBM M1015 is fairly popular. My only comment would be to buy RAM that is listed on the HCL on the Supermicro website. Quote Link to comment
Amerzel Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Is there a reason to use the older Ivy Bridge Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 over the newer Haswell Intel Xeon E3-1231V3? Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Is there a reason to use the older Ivy Bridge Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 over the newer Haswell Intel Xeon E3-1231V3? I had a problem in ESXi with pass through on a TV Tuner card if I went past a Sandy Bridge processor and bios version. But personally I would get the Haswell if I didn't have a problem like I mentioned. Quote Link to comment
mr-hexen Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Seems very overkill for unraid plus a few plugins in my opinion. You could half the ram, get a Pentium class CPU. this will allow you to upgrade later if need be, but why spend double when you dont need the power? Quote Link to comment
buck09 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Is there a reason to use the older Ivy Bridge Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 over the newer Haswell Intel Xeon E3-1231V3? no specific reason, just trying to keep the cost down so i started looking at capable but slightly older hardware. i'm fully open to suggestions though, and would gladly use newer hardware as long as cost didn't jump noticeably. what would you suggest i get instead? Quote Link to comment
Amerzel Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I was asking more for my own curiosity for a future build. I'm sure both would be fine. Quote Link to comment
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