I have decided that I am going to go for a FreeNAS storage solution, for torrents, streaming, NFS and backup.
The components I have chosen is:
Norco 4220 4U case.
Either an Asus P8C WS motherboard and Xeon E3-1225v2 CPU or the i5-3350 CPU, or an Asus P8B-E/4L motherboard and a Xeon E3-1240v2 CPU or an i3-2100 CPU
Corsair TX750M PSU
Kingston 1600MHz 8GB ECC x4
Corsair F80 as boot drive
If I am using the Asus P8Z77-V motherboard, then Intel Pro/1000CT NIC
LSI 9207 8i HBA, if the SAS expander isn't good, then I'll be using only an LSI 9201 16i controller.
INTEL RES2CV240 24-port SAS expander
6x 3TB WD Red harddrives for now.
Cooler Master Seidon 120m CPU cooler
Does the list look fine? I am a bit worried what components I choose. Also because I have seen people who dislikes SAS expanders, but should I be okey with the expander and the components overall?
The components I have chosen is:
Norco 4220 4U case.
Either an Asus P8C WS motherboard and Xeon E3-1225v2 CPU or the i5-3350 CPU, or an Asus P8B-E/4L motherboard and a Xeon E3-1240v2 CPU or an i3-2100 CPU
Corsair TX750M PSU
Kingston 1600MHz 8GB ECC x4
Corsair F80 as boot drive
If I am using the Asus P8Z77-V motherboard, then Intel Pro/1000CT NIC
LSI 9207 8i HBA, if the SAS expander isn't good, then I'll be using only an LSI 9201 16i controller.
INTEL RES2CV240 24-port SAS expander
6x 3TB WD Red harddrives for now.
Cooler Master Seidon 120m CPU cooler
Does the list look fine? I am a bit worried what components I choose. Also because I have seen people who dislikes SAS expanders, but should I be okey with the expander and the components overall?