AT0MAC Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I have a Z77 MSI motherboard with a G2030 CPU, 8GB Kingston DDR3 RAM, a 128 GB Toshiba SSD Cache, 2+2+3+4TB Hitachi drives an old ATX case, lots of noise fans and a X400 passive 400Watt Seasonic PSU. Build from parts I have scrapped from other computers in the house. Problem with it is its very noise, most likely to the bad chassis of the case and all the loud fans. I have many times considering taking care of that, but then again, its always nice to try new hardware too. The CPU is very low in performance, but this is only a dumb storage server not doing anything fancy at the moment, have another rig for that. I was looking up cases, witch lead me to think of new hardware too.... How do this system sound to you, could it be a good low noise unraid build? :: CPUIntel i3 7100T CPU Cooler Be Quiet Advanced C1 Motherboard Asus Prime B250M-C RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB Case Nanoxia Deep Silence 2 Fans 120x4 + 140x2 Corsair ML120/140 PSU Seasonic X400 Gold 400Watt Because I already have the PSU and drives, this build will not end up being very costly, when I look around the best alternative would be a 4 bay NAS from one of the big box names, unraid just lets me do so many more things and its way more expandable as I already have 4 drives+ cache Quote Link to comment
tdallen Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I don't have experience with the components you've linked, but some general comments. The CPU cooler can handle a 180w chip, and you're putting it on a 35w TDP part. If it's worthwhile because it's quiet, that's great - otherwise it's overkill. I'm not generally a fan of the low power "T" chips, but they do run cooler... Also the RAM you've selected is high end overclocking RAM, I hope you aren't planning on overclocking your server. The general thing about low noise is that you have a well designed case and good fans, as well as a hard drive mounting system that provides some isolation. Fans include case fans, CPU fan, and PSU fan. Check the reviews and specialty sites like Silent PC Review. Quote Link to comment
AT0MAC Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 I don't have experience with the components you've linked, but some general comments. The CPU cooler can handle a 180w chip, and you're putting it on a 35w TDP part. If it's worthwhile because it's quiet, that's great - otherwise it's overkill. I'm not generally a fan of the low power "T" chips, but they do run cooler... Also the RAM you've selected is high end overclocking RAM, I hope you aren't planning on overclocking your server. The general thing about low noise is that you have a well designed case and good fans, as well as a hard drive mounting system that provides some isolation. Fans include case fans, CPU fan, and PSU fan. Check the reviews and specialty sites like Silent PC Review. I do actually already have a CPU cooler fit for low TDP CPUs, so can skip that off the list. Also, I am thinking of modifying my Silverstone DS380 which I originally put on stock, because it was heating up my drives too much. If I re-use that case I need new hardware, because I don't have a ITX board available. No I dont plan on OC the build, but at my favorite store these are actually the cheapest DDR4 RAM available right now I am using normal hardware and not servergrade, because I dont have high requirements, right now Im thinking of an ASRock H110M-ITX motherboard, already own 2 other ASrock based machines and they are reliable like a rock Quote Link to comment
tdallen Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Search the hardware and Complusive Design forums, there are some DS380 threads including a cooling mod. Quote Link to comment
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