January 6, 20179 yr All: Here goes my first post on the forum. I have almost finalized my first NAS build, and I decided on UnRaid over FreeNAS after a lot of reading. Here is the configuration I've planned for, from pcpartpicker.com. And now retailers have released Kaby Lake processors and Motherboards with Intel z270 chipset, for roughly the same combo (MB+CPU) cost as what I've configured below for their Skylake counterparts. The newer z270-based motherboards don't explicitly state Linux support at this time. So, is it advisable to upgrade to Kaby Lake CPU + z270-based MB at this time if they don't officially support Linux-based OS? Please advise. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $189.99) CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $34.99) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($154.95 @ B&H) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($115.00 @ B&H) Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $140.00) Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $140.00) Storage: Hitachi Deskstar NAS 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $140.00) Case: Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $99.99) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $114.99) Wired Network Adapter: Intel EXPI9402PT PCI-Express x4 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Adapter ($47.00) Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I REV 4.2 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter Other: unRAID 6 Basic ($59.00) Total: $1235.91 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-05 21:45 EST-0500
January 6, 20179 yr Since unraid is linux based, it will need the board to be supported in linux. If this is in the Kernel already I'm not sure of, but unraid have to use the Kernel that supports the motherboard so it might take some time.
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