SK360 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 This is my first unRAID build. I have been thinking of buying or building some kind of home NAS for a while but never got around to it. Then I lost a 500GB drive with photos and videos, Thankfully I had them mostly backed up but it still was not a good situation. Researching a network media streamer for my new 50" Plasma home theater setup I stumbled upon unRAID. After reading about it for a good week or so, I started ordering parts. I had the motherboard, CPU and RAM laying around, bought the case, powersupply and drives. OS at time of building: unRAID 4.6 CPU: Pentium D 820 Motherboard: Intel DG965RY RAM: 2x1GB PC5300 DDR2 Case: CoolerMaster 690 II Advanced Power Supply: Corsair CX500 Parity Drive: 2TB WD20EARS Data Drives: 2x 2TB WD20EARS Cache Drive: None... yet. Total Drive Capacity: 6TB Primary Use: Streaming 1080p Bluray and TV rips to my PS3 for now, soon to be a standalone media player. Storing personal photos/videos. Likes: Ease of setup, hardware compatibility Dislikes: None yet. Add Ons Used: unMenu Future Plans: Buy a Plus license, Add more 2TB data drives and setup a cache drive. Quote Link to comment
opentoe Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Wait a minute. Are those hard drives at the bottom in sideways? Quote Link to comment
SK360 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Wait a minute. Are those hard drives at the bottom in sideways? Yes... Quote Link to comment
S80_UK Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Nice veneer on the table top too. Quote Link to comment
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