Douglerful9 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 So I've realized how much better my life would be with some Network Attached Storage. I'm looking to build myself a server, mostly for raw storage but occasionally it will have to be able to do two 1080p streams (so passmark score on the cpu > 4000?) and run some other programs. I have to keep it in my room though at the moment so I need it to run very quiet. The Fractal Design Node 804 looks pretty much perfect for this build so I'm probably going to use that. Can anyone recommend a good cpu/motherboard combo for this? Link to comment
mr-hexen Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 .... it will have to be able to do two 1080p streams (so passmark score on the cpu > 4000?) will it have to transcode or just serve up the files for this? Link to comment
tdallen Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 How many drives do you want to support? Do you want ECC RAM or just regular? Link to comment
Douglerful9 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 It will have to transcode that media.My case will fit 10 drives so eventually that many. I plan to just add drives as I come across deals though so initially it will only have 3. Also I'm fine going without ECC Ram Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 You've two choices, really. i3-4350 or similar, that's dual core 3.6GHz with HT. Stick it on a B85 board, and you'll end up with something that idles around the 22-24W mark. You'll need to add a HBA for 10 drives. AMD FX8320E, 8 core 3.2GHz turboed to 4GHz. Stick that on a decent 760G board (I like the Asus M5A78L-M/USB3). You can have ECC if you want then. Idles around the 45W mark. Again, you'll need a HBA. The AMD uses more power, but it's fast. Also a little cheaper, the board is about £33, the chip is around £100. That's board and CPU for the price of the Intel chip alone. Link to comment
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