Rackmounted UnRaid Build (VM+Nas)

[tom k.]

Ok, when I went to purchase the parts I realised something - the CPU is an engineering sample ("if the price is too good to be true - it probably is" springs to mind) so back to the drawing board. Retail the CPU is wayyyyyy to expensive (£1000).

 

For the motherboard I'm looking at this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FREE-SHIP-Supermicro-X9SRL-F-O-LGA2011-Intel-C602-DDR3-SATA3-V-2GbE-ATX-/191731287879?hash=item2ca4134747:g:QSIAAOSw~bFWOXre

And then CPU: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/INTEL-XEON-E5-2660-2-2GHz-20M-OCT-CORE-SR0KK-CPU-PROCESSOR-12-AVAILABE-/161925390301?hash=item25b3815fdd:g:mhgAAOSw5ZBWHOHy

 

Now, I lose out on about 4000 passmark score, and lose 2 physical (4 virtual) cores. However, the processor still stands up pretty well. Its 32nm, so a bit of extra heat, but its the best config I can come up with for around £500. I looked at things like the Opteron 6380, but tis expensive. I also looked at other E5-2600 V2 series on ebay and they're either a) engineering samples, or b) $$$$.

 

If anyone can think of a better config for around £500/$700 with shipping to the UK I'm all ears!