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So since this is really my first venture into server hardware figured I should get feedback here. Gathered information from the various threads, stickies, and what other people here are using in their builds and came up with this:
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X10SLM-F-O: $164.99
CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 Haswell: $69.99
RAM: Kingston 8GB DDR3 1333 ECC KVR1333D3E9S/8G: $84.99
Case: Antec 300: $0 ($0 used from here on to indicate already owned hardware)
HDDs: 2x 1TB 7200RPM in RAID1: $0 (a WD Caviar Black and a SpinPoint F3)
PSU: Silverstone Strider 700W
UPS: Tripp-Lite SMART1500
USB: Don't remember the exact make and model I'm using, but it's 8GB and works fine in my current build.
So my main question is, for the RAM, if I want to have 8GB, is that one stick fine or do I have to do 2x4GB to get 8GB? ie, will it boot with just one?
With the HDDs I intend to eventually upgrade to 2x2TB WD Red, but that's a bit off.
This would be to upgrade from a Pentium D SL88T based build.
Oh, and I'm not running encryption, so don't need AES-NI, and I'm only running compression on a very small section of the pool (<4GB and rarely accessed) so performance loss from that isn't a concern to me.
Would this be the most cost effective upgrade to ECC/server hardware, or might it be a bit overkill still?
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X10SLM-F-O: $164.99
CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 Haswell: $69.99
RAM: Kingston 8GB DDR3 1333 ECC KVR1333D3E9S/8G: $84.99
Case: Antec 300: $0 ($0 used from here on to indicate already owned hardware)
HDDs: 2x 1TB 7200RPM in RAID1: $0 (a WD Caviar Black and a SpinPoint F3)
PSU: Silverstone Strider 700W
UPS: Tripp-Lite SMART1500
USB: Don't remember the exact make and model I'm using, but it's 8GB and works fine in my current build.
So my main question is, for the RAM, if I want to have 8GB, is that one stick fine or do I have to do 2x4GB to get 8GB? ie, will it boot with just one?
With the HDDs I intend to eventually upgrade to 2x2TB WD Red, but that's a bit off.
This would be to upgrade from a Pentium D SL88T based build.
Oh, and I'm not running encryption, so don't need AES-NI, and I'm only running compression on a very small section of the pool (<4GB and rarely accessed) so performance loss from that isn't a concern to me.
Would this be the most cost effective upgrade to ECC/server hardware, or might it be a bit overkill still?