New to FreeNAS - First stab at a build.

[MHELO]

Hello all,

I'm working on my first build for my home computer backups, file storage, torrenting, and media sharing. I have a budget of $1500-$2000 and I do plan on expanding in the future. If you feel I can improve on this please let me know. Thanks for the help!

CHASIS: Fractal Design Node 804 Black Window Aluminum/Steel MATX Cube Computer Case $109.99
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352047

MB: SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSM-F-O Micro ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1151 Intel C236 $185.24
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813183013

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V6 Kaby Lake 3.0 GHz (3.5 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 72W BX80677E31220V6 Server Processor $195.70
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117790

MEMORY: 2 x Crucial 16GB DDR4-2666 ECC UDIMM Unbuffered $399.98
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/x11ssm-f/CT11003456

PSU: Seasonic FOCUS Plus Series SSR-550PX 550W 80+ Platinum ATX12V & EPS12V Full Modular 120mm FDB Fan 10 Years Warranty Compact 140 mm Size Power Supply $99.99 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817151193

HDD: 4 x WD Red 3TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRX 4 x $89.99 = $359.96 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236344

OS DRIVE: PNY CS900 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSD7CS900-120-RB $47.99
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820177029

UPS: APC BR700G Back-UPS Pro 700VA 6-outlet Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) $100.00 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842101381


Update: All the parts have been ordered and I plan on putting this build together in the next few weeks. Total cost including shipping and tax was approximately $1700 USD. Future expansion will include additional drives, double the memory, and replace stock fans with Noctua fans.

Updated 12-25-2017

 

[Ericloewe]

SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSH-LN4F

That's not a very good choice (unless pricing is massively favorable). Compared to an X11SSM-F, the extra NICs are as good as useless and the M.2 slot is crippled with only two PCIe lanes - the four lanes used for NICs and M.2 on the X11SSH models are routed to a PCIe card slot on the X11SSM-F.

PSU: CORSAIR CX750M V2

You definitely want something better, like a Seasonic Focus Plus/G-Series. If you're sticking to 8 disks, a 450W unit should be plenty, 550W for 11 disks, 650W for 14 disks.

OS DRIVE: 2 x SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33 16GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive- SDCZ33-016G-B35 2 x $6.98 = $13.98 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FYNSZA/

You're better off with a cheap SSD as the boot device. Cheapest you can find from SanDisk, Crucial/Micron, Samsung, Intel or Toshiba.

 

[MHELO]

That's not a very good choice (unless pricing is massively favorable). Compared to an X11SSM-F, the extra NICs are as good as useless and the M.2 slot is crippled with only two PCIe lanes - the four lanes used for NICs and M.2 on the X11SSH models are routed to a PCIe card slot on the X11SSM-F.

You definitely want something better, like a Seasonic Focus Plus/G-Series. If you're sticking to 8 disks, a 450W unit should be plenty, 550W for 11 disks, 650W for 14 disks.

You're better off with a cheap SSD as the boot device. Cheapest you can find from SanDisk, Crucial/Micron, Samsung, Intel or Toshiba.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will switch the MB and PSU.

Regarding the boot device, I'm limited to 8 SATA ports so how do I put 8 HDDs with 1 SSD?

 

[Zredwire]

CHASIS: Silverstone Technology CS380B $131.99 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163366

Make sure to read some reviews on this case. I have seen many people report air flow problems and their drives running hot. Like their hard drives running 50c. Anyway just something to think about.

 

[MHELO]

Make sure to read some reviews on this case. I have seen many people report air flow problems and their drives running hot. Like their hard drives running 50c degrees. Anyway just something to think about.

I liked the fact the hotswap area can be locked up for this case. I will look at some reviews for it. Does anyone have alternative suggestions based on their past experience?

 

[MHELO]

Anyone have suggestions for an 8-drive chassis? It's the last piece of the puzzle.

 

[tvsjr]

Anyone have suggestions for an 8-drive chassis? It's the last piece of the puzzle.

Supermicro 2U rackmount - SQ825-R740LPB. If you're gonna do it, do it right :D

 

[MHELO]

Supermicro 2U rackmount - SQ825-R740LPB. If you're gonna do it, do it right :D

That would be an overkill. I need a tower that I can put under my desk.