Originally, I was going to use my previous PC (gigabyte board with AMD Phenom II cpu) for this, but the more I read, the more I decided it would be best to stick a crowbar in my wallet, bit the bullet, stop mixing metaphors, and just go with the recommended hardware.
So I read through the fantastic hardware sticky written by cyberjock and here's what I came up with:
MB: Supermicro Motherboard Micro ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboards X10SLL-F-O
CPU: Intel Core I3-4160 Processor 3.60 GHz, 2-Core LGA1150 Socket, Hyper-Threading (BX80646I34160)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LV8U0VE/?tag=ozlp-20
RAM: Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3/DDR3L-1600MT/s (PC3-12800) DR x8 ECC UDIMM Server Memory
According to the ARK page, intel says that CPU supports ECC. cyberjock mentions in his hardware guide "The *only* i3s that support ECC and are reasonably priced are Haswell i3 CPUs" and that some of the I3 entries on ark about supporting/using ECC were actually in error!
On the Amazon description it indicates as being a "Haswell" However, when I look it up on the ARK site, it says nothing about Haswell but does list it as supporting/using ECC.
So, am I safe with the components I've chosen?
For the rest of it, I've already got a good power supply, several WD Red 3 tb drives, and my trusty old chieftec (depleted uranium? lead?) case that weighs about a million pounds.
I'm new here, so if I'm committing any forum sins, I apologize.
Thanks
eta: Primary purpose of this machine will be to backup old movies and plex stream to the family room TV.
So I read through the fantastic hardware sticky written by cyberjock and here's what I came up with:
MB: Supermicro Motherboard Micro ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboards X10SLL-F-O
CPU: Intel Core I3-4160 Processor 3.60 GHz, 2-Core LGA1150 Socket, Hyper-Threading (BX80646I34160)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LV8U0VE/?tag=ozlp-20
RAM: Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3/DDR3L-1600MT/s (PC3-12800) DR x8 ECC UDIMM Server Memory
According to the ARK page, intel says that CPU supports ECC. cyberjock mentions in his hardware guide "The *only* i3s that support ECC and are reasonably priced are Haswell i3 CPUs" and that some of the I3 entries on ark about supporting/using ECC were actually in error!
On the Amazon description it indicates as being a "Haswell" However, when I look it up on the ARK site, it says nothing about Haswell but does list it as supporting/using ECC.
So, am I safe with the components I've chosen?
For the rest of it, I've already got a good power supply, several WD Red 3 tb drives, and my trusty old chieftec (depleted uranium? lead?) case that weighs about a million pounds.
I'm new here, so if I'm committing any forum sins, I apologize.
Thanks
eta: Primary purpose of this machine will be to backup old movies and plex stream to the family room TV.