Spoilers: Yes it will FreeNAS. I did some analysis planning what I wanted to build, and these forums were very helpful. There were some things I wish I'd known in advance, so hopefully this will help the next person. All of these parts are well-known and have been previously discussed as...

Fresh on the heels of my fiasco with the Norco RPC-431, I am happy to add another build report, this time for a Lian Li A76-PC enclosure. The Lian Li is a much larger enclosure and constructed almost entirely of anodized brushed Aluminum. Thus, it's weight is not that different from the Norco...

Hi everyone, As you may recall, I have been casting about for a replacement to my Mini XL case, which is just a little too restrictive re: air flow for the HGST drives I like using. Using default BIOS settings, the HGSTs hit 50*C during scrubs and even normal operations keep them toasty. A...