Frank1940 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I didn't cross check but make sure your CPU choice has integrated graphics capability. Otherwise, you will need a graphics card. Link to comment
French-Guy Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 Would a FX 8320E make sense? Maybe not efficient in terms of power consumption though..... Link to comment
tdallen Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 It’s a lot more than you need for basic NAS and less power efficient than a modern Intel chip, but it certainly is a competent chip that would run unRAID well. Link to comment
French-Guy Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 For basic use, is it going to draw much more than an Intel? Is it really noticeable on the monthly Bill? Microcenter sells it for $75.... Link to comment
French-Guy Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 Well........$40 after rebate! Link to comment
tdallen Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 You’d need a new motherboard as well... Link to comment
French-Guy Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 Finally......Parity check is completed, with 0 errors It took 2 days 1 hour 5 minutes 20 sec (average speed of 11.3 MB/sec) for a 2 TB hard drive.....................!!! I really need to upgrade I already have the case (got it for half that price) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005KQ66ZC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 And 2 of these cages https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215247 So now I will have to decide - for the same price = $40 - between the FX 8320E or a Celeron G3930 Pentium G4560 is $75.... Link to comment
French-Guy Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, tdallen said: You’d need a new motherboard as well... Yes, I know.......For the FX 8320E, Microcenter has that one, with 6 SATA http://www.microcenter.com/product/465214/M5A78L-M_Plus-USB3_AM3_mATX_AMD_Motherboard I think my main criteria to decide between AMD and modern Intel will be power consumption !!! Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 25 minutes ago, French-Guy said: I think my main criteria to decide between AMD and modern Intel will be power consumption !!! The "E" version is rated at 55W. I doubt if it pulls more than 20W max than the Intel. Since you are in Michigan, I would imagine that your power costs are similar to the rate that I pay in Ohio--- $0.0599/KWH. This is about an additional $10.50 per year! So you can use that number as a basis in your Economical Analysis. I believe it is hardly a factor to really swing the balance one way or the other. Again, make sure that your CPU/MB combination has a video solution so that you can connect a monitor for console access. Also, make sure your PS has a single 12V rail as server usage requires much more power from the 12V buss to power the HD's than a typical PC. (Starting currents for modern HD's are ~2A per drive!) Link to comment
tdallen Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I believe it’s a 95w part. Since your system will rarely be busy, though, what really matters is idle power consumption and the chipset is as much of a factor as the CPU. I’m sure the AMD setup will pull somewhat more power than the Intel setup but as Frank points out it really doesn’t add up much when you do the math, even in the Northeast where I pay more than $.19/kWh. I’d prefer a motherboard with an Intel LAN chip, but I’d think that motherboard would probably be fine. Link to comment
French-Guy Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 From my last bill, I pay $0.158/kWh This FX 8320E build is tempting...............................I will have to find some DDR3 RAM though Link to comment
French-Guy Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 I just realized that an AM3+ board (for the FX 8320E) will only have 3GB/s SATA ports While a more modern board for a Celeron or Pentium will have 6GB/s ports Is this a big difference for Unraid ? Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 22 minutes ago, French-Guy said: Is this a big difference for Unraid ? Not for hard drives, yes for SSDs. Link to comment
French-Guy Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 So not that important actually...... The only SSD I could add might be a cache drive (I don't use one for now) Is the speed difference really noticeable, let's say for a 800 Mb file for example? Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 38 minutes ago, French-Guy said: Is the speed difference really noticeable, let's say for a 800 Mb file for example? If cache is going to be used to cache writes it won't make a difference if you have gigabit, copy to the server will be LAN limited, move from cache to array will be disk limited. Link to comment
French-Guy Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 On 11/24/2017 at 9:52 AM, Squid said: powerdown is technically deprecated and been replaced by poweroff /sbin/poweroff /usr/local/sbin/powerdown Post diagnostics (Tools - Diagnostics) What should I write in the go file to have my server shutdown every night at 12:30am? Thanks Link to comment
Squid Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Personally, I'd schedule it via the user scripts plugin, but via the go file echo "/usr/local/sbin/powerdown" | at 12:30 am > /dev/null 2>&1 Link to comment
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