BUILD Mini-ITX C226 Haswell build

[underpickled]

Sure... You're right there. I typed hastily, but basically I want to be able to do either, depending on what hardware I have available.

 

[Sir.Robin]

Lian Li PC-Q25. Nice case.. Although i wish 6 hot swappable drives. Can fit 6 though :)

http://www.techspot.com/review/446-lian-li-pc-q25/

 

[underpickled]

Lian Li PC-Q25. Nice case.. Although i wish 6 hot swappable drives. Can fit 6 though :)

http://www.techspot.com/review/446-lian-li-pc-q25/

I was between that case and the Node 304. I decided on the Node partly because of aesthetics, and also because the node is a little smaller. The hot-swap was nice, but I'd rather either have all (6 drives) hot swap or none. Either way, you still have to open the case. I also looked at a few side-by-side reviews of the two cases before deciding. The PC-Q25 is a nice case though... guess it depends on your personal preference.

 

[JimPhreak]

I really like the Xigmatek Gigas. I love the simple yet stylish look of the case but it's so hard to find in stock right now.

 

[underpickled]

I really like the Xigmatek Gigas. I love the simple yet stylish look of the case but it's so hard to find in stock right now.

I hadn't seen those... definitely nice looking. I tried to find a case without 5.25" bays, since that's just wasted space for my application. If I went uATX instead of mITX I probably would have picked a Fractal Design Define Mini or Arc Mini R2.. both have 5.25" but it's hard to find a uATX case without one.

 

[JimPhreak]

Yea I don't need 5.25" bays either but as much as my wallet hates me for saying, I do care about appearance. I don't like the "plastic" look of many cases.

 

[JimPhreak]

Did you ever consider either of these boards before you went with the ASRock? And if so what made you choose the ASRock considering it's close to $100 more?

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X10SLVB#

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X10SLV#

EDIT: Nvmd...I just realized they don't take ECC RAM.

 

[underpickled]

EDIT: Nvmd...I just realized they don't take ECC RAM.

Yep! Also the ASRock takes full sized RAM... so even if those boards did support ECC RAM, it would probably be crazy expensive.

 

[joshkim]

*LONG* time lurker.

Hope you post something happy about the motherboard. After being fully pushed into getting ECC, I'm looking to purchase the E3C224D2I whenever it becomes available... Been waiting for a mini-ITX 6 SATA port motherboard with ECC.

 

[cyberjock]

Yep! Also the ASRock takes full sized RAM... so even if those boards did support ECC RAM, it would probably be crazy expensive.

If you price out 8GB ECC versus non-ECC, they aren't "crazy expensive". I think it was like $20-30 a stick when I bought mine 2 months ago.

 

[underpickled]

If you price out 8GB ECC versus non-ECC, they aren't "crazy expensive". I think it was like $20-30 a stick when I bought mine 2 months ago.

You sure that was 204-pin? Because that's what I was talking about.

 

[underpickled]

*LONG* time lurker.

Hope you post something happy about the motherboard. After being fully pushed into getting ECC, I'm looking to purchase the E3C224D2I whenever it becomes available... Been waiting for a mini-ITX 6 SATA port motherboard with ECC.

I put the system together last night but haven't tried it out yet. Depending on if I go see NIN tonight, I'll either be able to test tonight or tomorrow.

 

[mka]

Yeah... it was definitely tempting to go the G3220 route, but I was concerned about one Samba transfer leaving only one core to handle parity calcs for I/O, DLNA, other users etc.

I just bought the G3220. First of all it was the cheapest way (50€) and should be fast enough for my needs what I've measure with my old Core2Duo Pentium 1.6GHz. And the CPU can be easily upgraded...

The best thing is the idle power consumption of ~18W with Pentium G3220, Intel S1200V3RPS, 16GiB ECC Ram booted up to FreeNAS without any drives. Only problem was I had to flash my mainboard since it didn't support the Pentium ouf of the box... and needed a different CPU for that :-/

 

[underpickled]

I just bought the G3220. First of all it was the cheapest way (50€) and should be fast enough for my needs what I've measure with my old Core2Duo Pentium 1.6GHz. And the CPU can be easily upgraded...

The best thing is the idle power consumption of ~18W with Pentium G3220, Intel S1200V3RPS, 16GiB ECC Ram booted up to FreeNAS without any drives. Only problem was I had to flash my mainboard since it didn't support the Pentium ouf of the box... and needed a different CPU for that :-/

I'm sure it'll work fine.. I'd be interested to know how it performs with Samba though. Let me know. I just went with the i3 to err on the side of "more CPU". I have a feeling the power draws won't be tooo much different between the two.

 

[cyberjock]

You sure that was 204-pin? Because that's what I was talking about.

Now you've confused me. I was talking about the standard desktop/server DDR3 RAM since you had said "Also the ASRock takes full sized RAM... so even if those boards did support ECC RAM, it would probably be crazy expensive." It is less than $15 difference now....

240 pin Non-ECC 8GB(72.99) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239416

240 pinECC 8GB (86.99) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139978

Do not get confused with the 204 pin(woohoo for dyslexia) laptop memory (84.99) -http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148733

 

[underpickled]

Now you've confused me. I was talking about the standard desktop/server DDR3 RAM since you had said "Also the ASRock takes full sized RAM... so even if those boards did support ECC RAM, it would probably be crazy expensive." It is less than $15 difference now....

Right. I was responding to

Did you ever consider either of these boards before you went with the ASRock? And if so what made you choose the ASRock considering it's close to $100 more?

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X10SLVB#

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X10SLV#

EDIT: Nvmd...I just realized they don't take ECC RAM.

And the boards he mentioned took SODIMMS... hence my contrast with the ASRock I bought which takes ECC UDIMMS. My point was that even if those boards supported ECC, you'd have to find ECC SODIMMS, which I expect to be "crazy expensive".

 

[cyberjock]

Right. I was responding to

And the boards he mentioned took SODIMMS... hence my contrast with the ASRock I bought which takes ECC UDIMMS. My point was that even if those boards supported ECC, you'd have to find ECC SODIMMS, which I expect to be "crazy expensive".

Ah! Ok. To be honest I'm not sure I've ever heard of SODIMMs that are ECC.... /shrug

 

[underpickled]

Ah! Ok. To be honest I'm not sure I've ever heard of SODIMMs that are ECC.... /shrug

Exactly ;)

 

[TheSmoker]

There are ECC SODIMMs. Kingston. 8Gb.


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[underpickled]

There are ECC SODIMMs. Kingston. 8Gb.

I didn't doubt that they existed... just that they're so uncommon that they are likely very highly priced.