So this will be my first unraid build. It will be used as a media machine.  Will be running dockers for openvpn, Pi-hole, rtorrent, plex (will be transcending most streams) no plans for VMs at the moment.

 

I'm looking for feedback on the hardware I'm looking at getting, I'm going to low cost Motherboard CPU in favor of larger drives. I have looked over the Ryzen thread.

 

Case:

 

NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B015401JQY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_TYkrzbW0PTF9R

Motherboard:

MSI B350 TOMAHAWK https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06WVFFXXL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_gZkrzb0ECGGX1

CPU:

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06WP5YCX6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_d0krzbYM9TT2D

CPU Cooler: I have this unopened including AM4 mounting bracket

Hydro Series H100i v2 http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-series-h100i-v2-extreme-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler

HDD:

Seagate 8TB Ironwolf NAS (x4 1 parity to start) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01M1BUBSO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_z0krzbZ3R0YYF

RAM:

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0143UM4TC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_y1krzb9PGSJ5F

Cache:

Samsung 240g 840 EVO x1

PSU: Will this be big enough to power 11 8tb drives + 2 cache?

Corsair  550W https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B015YEICJ2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_O-krzbC0WM6NP

Raid card: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00DZIUY6Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_O3krzb6YZVV2Z

 

I will be building around the end of the year.

 

I plan on doing a similar upgrade to my build sometime soon (next few months)

 

My current build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($79.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($108.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston - SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($56.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($120.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
Other: unRAID Basic ($59.00)
Total: $946.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-20 02:24 EDT-0400

 

 

I plan on upgrading to (will only buy 1 of the 4TB drives for parity for now and the other later to add to my data array)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($296.71 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($96.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($133.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($133.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $761.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-20 02:27 EDT-0400

 

I really wish I saw the NZXT H440 case when I built my server last year...would be a BEAST for storage

 

Edited June 20, 20179 yr by Caedis