kenjo Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hello! After running Windows for several years and using it for my media storage i finally decided it was time to move along. So i been looking around for alternatives and found out about Unraid on the Kodi Forum which lead me here, so started looking around on other peoples builds and asked some of them for advice and they were very helpful!! The Motherboard, CPU and memory are the new parts and the rest are from my old build. I been powering it on and of some times using IPMI View and changing some of the bios settings that was recommended in one of the helpful videos, and i just bought me a copy of Unraid server pro, so now its time to start it for the first time, ill let you know if i get stuck on something. CASE: Fractal Design R4 Motherboard: SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSH-LN4F CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 CFAN: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 RAM: 16GB Samsung ECC Un-Buffer PSU: Fractal Design Newton R3 600W RAIDCARD: IBM Serveraid M1015 (Flashed to it mode) HARDDISK COOLER*2: Scythe SCH-1000 Himuro Hard Disk Cooler CHASI FANS: Fractal Design Venturi High Flow Series 140mm Fan Harddrives: Parity: 3TB WD Red Disk 1-9: 3TB WD Red Cache: 250GB SAMSUNG 850 EVO Cache 2: 250GB SAMSUNG 840 EVO Flash drive: Kingston Digital 16GB DataTraveler 3.0 UPS: CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD Edit: Now i have installed the rest of the HDDs that were missing, and uploaded some new pictures of the server and the cabinet that i´ve made at work for it. It runs very efficient, idle all drives spun down: 18 watts Quote Link to comment
thither Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Nice! I like the cabinet. What is controlling the two fans on the back of it? Quote Link to comment
kenjo Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Thanks thither! It´s one of these http://www.kjell.com/se/sortiment/el-verktyg/stromforsorjning/nataggregat/ac-dc/stallbar-utspanning/stallbar-natadapter-3-12-v-(dc)-7-2-w-p44252 running at 4.5v since they move plenty of air even at low rpm. Quote Link to comment
dj_sim Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hi Total newbie, I've ust joined the forum and looking for info for my first build. Is your system stable and working well? I noticed that the CPU cooler Noctua NH-U9B SE2 is not listed for socket 1151, did it fit ok? I'm looking at getting a E3-1245 v5 on the same mobo as yours so I have the option for HD graphics, is this required for VM's? Do you have any more info on wattage? low usage etc? Thanks Quote Link to comment
petsheep Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Nice clean look with great specs! I'm very surprised you're able to idle at 18 watts with that CPU. Everything working out with onboard NIC's? No driver issues? Quote Link to comment
CrashnBrn Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Can you also comment on the noise level of the box outside of the cabinet? Thanks! Hi I noticed that the CPU cooler Noctua NH-U9B SE2 is not listed for socket 1151, did it fit ok? Thanks On Noctua's website there are a bunch of compatable coolers for that socket: http://noctua.at/en/support/compatibility-lists/socket Quote Link to comment
kenjo Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 @dj_sim Hi, sorry for the late reply. The system is stable, no problems at all. Its been up 23 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes since i restarted it after upgrading to Unraid 6.1.9. The CPU cooler fitted the motherboard fine but i had cut some metal away from the chassi it self since the cpu socket is not placed in the same spot as on other motherboards. Wattage, still 18w all drives spun down and 27 whit 3 drives spining. @petsheep No problems at all whit the Onboard NIC , only use one of them now and the one for ipmi. @CrashnBrn One of the fans on the back of the cabinet makes some noice i noticed think im gonna replace that one. Other then that i can hear the computer a little outside the cabinet so its not completly silent but since its in our kitchen its not that big problem for us. I might get some sound dampening foam and put in the cabinet (http://www.biltema.se/sv/Bil---MC/Bil-tillbehor/Ljudisolering/Ljuddampningsplatta-2000017199/) that might pick up some of the fan noice. Or i could get some other fans since i think those i have now are a bit overkill for the heat the computer and HDs produces. Bye for now! Quote Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I noticed that the CPU cooler Noctua NH-U9B SE2 is not listed for socket 1151, did it fit ok? 1155, 1150 and 1151 all use identical coolers. Quote Link to comment
00b5 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I'm looking at getting a E3-1245 v5 on the same mobo as yours so I have the option for HD graphics, is this required for VM's? Not sure what you are asking here? He has a supermicro mb, it has built in video (which is more than good enough for console access/etc). If you want to do something similar, you don't need a cpu with built in video. Now, if you get a MB what doesn't have video (or more specifically, requires video from the cpu, like most consumer level motherboards), then you'll want to get a cpu with video or supply an extra video card in a slot (a waste of space/etc). If you are just concerned about VMs, the onboard graphics usually cannot be passed to a VM anyway, so it doesn't really matter. get a mb with onboard video get a mb that uses the cpu graphics, and a cpu like you suggested (E3-12x5 v5 for skylake) if you want a VM with passthrough (like a windows gaming VM), then get a GPU to put in a pci-e slot (in addtion to one of the above optoins) Quote Link to comment
00b5 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Nice build, I cheaped out for my upgrade and went haswell instead of skylake. Looks pretty solid, I guess you like the set it up and forget about it that you are probably at now? Are you doing any dockers/vms/etc on this? Seems like you have plenty of resources to do some other stuff? Quote Link to comment
kenjo Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 @00b5 I´m realy satisfied whit the build it works like a charm for what i´m using it for at the moment. (And plenty of horse power for more) Only run dockers: plex media server , sickbeard (gonna change to sickrage or soonar) and SABnzbd. Gonna install Couchpotato and owncloud to. Quote Link to comment
CrashnBrn Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I just build my system with the same CPU and was wondering what kind of CPU temp you're getting. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
kenjo Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 @Crashnbrn Here are my idle temps taken from IPMI View 2.0 Quote Link to comment
james22 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Very similar to my recent build - E3-1245v5 / Asus P10S-WS (C236), 1x16GB ECC, 5x4TB WD Reds, 240GB SSD, Seasonic X-660 PSU in a Fractal Define XL case. Mine idles at 33-34w at the wall with all drives spun down, quite a bit more than your 18w, and I'm not using a RAID card. Wonder if it's the PSU or M/B contributing the difference? Quote Link to comment
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