Hardware check on first build

[Brice]

Hello all, I’ve look at the hardware guide and tried by best to follow it. My usage will be home network file storage, plex with some transcodings and possablity a few jails. Hopefully everything looks good. Please feel free to correct me on this or share any ideas. Thanks.

Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Black Aluminum/Steel Mini-ITX Small Form Factor Computer Case https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352027

Motherboard: ASRock C236 WSI Mini ITX Server Motherboard LGA 1151 Intel C236 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813599009
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813599009

CPU: Intel Core i3-6300 Skylake Dual-Core 3.8 GHz LGA 1151 65W BX80662I36300 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117622
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117622

Memory: Crucial CT16G4WFD8213 16Gb Ddr4 2133 Mt/S Pc4-2133 Dr X8 Ecc Unbuff Dimm 288Pin Cl15 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAD6H5ES5785

This I’m a little concerned that I got the right memory for my motherboard.

Boot drive: SanDisk 16GB Cruzer x2

HDD: 2-4 Western Digital Reds not quite sure on the size or number

PSU: CORSAIR SF Series SF450 450W 80 PLUS GOLD Active PFC Haswell Ready SFX SFX12V Micro ATX Full Modular Power Supplyhttps://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139156
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139156

Thanks for all your help.

 

[Jailer]

One of the selling points of Skylake is the ability to run 64GB of memory. The motherboard you selected only has 2 memory slots and limits you to 32GB max. That would likely be enough for the use case and number of drives you have specified but why limit yourself if you don't have to?

 

[Spearfoot]

That motherboard specifies the Xeon E3-1200 v5 series CPUs -- have you verified that it works with the Core i3?

Even if an i3 would work, a Xeon w/o built-in graphics would be a better choice for FreeNAS.

Good luck!