Hello!
I've searched through the forums and I'm pretty sure the stuff I'm planning on buying will build a pretty good system and most of the parts are being used by other people. My only concern is if I'm building too much of a system for what I need, because it's a little more expensive than I had hoped. If it's what's needed, then it is what it is, but I wanted to hear some suggestions. I want it to be stable, cheap, and quiet. In that order... but cheap and stable are neck-and-neck. :P
Mostly, I want a system for torrenting, automated backups for a couple computers/desktops/mobile phones, maybe FTP, hosting videos, and saving pictures/videos from family vacations/etc. I'll probably want to create a Plex server that will probably be transcoding 2-3 streams at most, usually just one at 1080p. I'm not really a tweaker, so I want something that will hopefully last. I've currently got two 1.5TB drives (older Seagate, not identical) that I want to include. I'm nowhere near capacity for 3TB yet, but I don't know enough about system backups to know how much space I would need.
Motherboard - SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SLM+-F-O
Seems like these are pretty popular and well recommended. My only concern is the CPU and the BIOS upgrade. In one of the other threads, someone suggested that it was only a matter of time before the old BIOSes would be sold out and the new one would be pre-installed. How long do we expect the wait to be?
Also, it comes with this: Koutech IO-PESA220 PCI Express x 1 Low Profile Ready SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card
Would I even need this? I'm new to NAS, so I'm not 100% sure what RAID I want to do, but I want to do whatever is the most safe (I know nothing is 100% safe, but whatever is most likely to be safe)
CPU - Intel Core i3-4150
I was thinking about a Intel Intel Xeon E3-1220V3, but thought it might be too much and I'm trying to keep costs down. This is one of the newer chips, so see concerns about the Mobo.
Heatsink/Fan - ARCTIC Freezer i11
It seems like a lot of people are staying with stock cooling, or a fan-less solution. I'm used to building desktops, so I don't really know if this is necessary for a NAS.
PSU - SeaSonic G Series 550-Watt
Was going to go with the 450, but on Amazon this was only $2 more, so what the heck.
HDD - 2x HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 3TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive
I don't know much about NAS HDDs and these were pretty highly rated on Newegg (well, the 4TB were really highly rated). Again, I'm not sure how much space I'll really need since I haven't even filled 3TB, so going up to 9TB total seems a little much to me, but I know some of you guys are using a lot more. Should I just ditch the 2 1.5TB drives I currently have? Am I adding unnecessary risk using them?
Case - Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 Mini Tower Case
I know a couple people are using this, I wanted something smaller. I plan on tucking this away in a corner with my Router/Modem and running it headless.
RAM - I want to go with 2 x 8GB DDR3 1600 ECC RAM, but it seems like it's becoming increasingly tough to find compatible RAM for SuperMicro. Anyone have any suggestions? Would I be better off with another Motherboard?
Flash Drives - SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive
Is a USB 3.0 necessary/useful? I'm only getting 8GB because on Amazon it's cheaper than the 4GB.
I wouldn't be surprised if I missed something important, so please let me know and I'll update. Also, does anybody know of a good UPS to use with FreeNAS? Maybe something that will automatically shutdown the NAS if there's a power issue?
TIA!
I've searched through the forums and I'm pretty sure the stuff I'm planning on buying will build a pretty good system and most of the parts are being used by other people. My only concern is if I'm building too much of a system for what I need, because it's a little more expensive than I had hoped. If it's what's needed, then it is what it is, but I wanted to hear some suggestions. I want it to be stable, cheap, and quiet. In that order... but cheap and stable are neck-and-neck. :P
Mostly, I want a system for torrenting, automated backups for a couple computers/desktops/mobile phones, maybe FTP, hosting videos, and saving pictures/videos from family vacations/etc. I'll probably want to create a Plex server that will probably be transcoding 2-3 streams at most, usually just one at 1080p. I'm not really a tweaker, so I want something that will hopefully last. I've currently got two 1.5TB drives (older Seagate, not identical) that I want to include. I'm nowhere near capacity for 3TB yet, but I don't know enough about system backups to know how much space I would need.
Motherboard - SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SLM+-F-O
Seems like these are pretty popular and well recommended. My only concern is the CPU and the BIOS upgrade. In one of the other threads, someone suggested that it was only a matter of time before the old BIOSes would be sold out and the new one would be pre-installed. How long do we expect the wait to be?
Also, it comes with this: Koutech IO-PESA220 PCI Express x 1 Low Profile Ready SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card
Would I even need this? I'm new to NAS, so I'm not 100% sure what RAID I want to do, but I want to do whatever is the most safe (I know nothing is 100% safe, but whatever is most likely to be safe)
CPU - Intel Core i3-4150
I was thinking about a Intel Intel Xeon E3-1220V3, but thought it might be too much and I'm trying to keep costs down. This is one of the newer chips, so see concerns about the Mobo.
Heatsink/Fan - ARCTIC Freezer i11
It seems like a lot of people are staying with stock cooling, or a fan-less solution. I'm used to building desktops, so I don't really know if this is necessary for a NAS.
PSU - SeaSonic G Series 550-Watt
Was going to go with the 450, but on Amazon this was only $2 more, so what the heck.
HDD - 2x HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 3TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive
I don't know much about NAS HDDs and these were pretty highly rated on Newegg (well, the 4TB were really highly rated). Again, I'm not sure how much space I'll really need since I haven't even filled 3TB, so going up to 9TB total seems a little much to me, but I know some of you guys are using a lot more. Should I just ditch the 2 1.5TB drives I currently have? Am I adding unnecessary risk using them?
Case - Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 Mini Tower Case
I know a couple people are using this, I wanted something smaller. I plan on tucking this away in a corner with my Router/Modem and running it headless.
RAM - I want to go with 2 x 8GB DDR3 1600 ECC RAM, but it seems like it's becoming increasingly tough to find compatible RAM for SuperMicro. Anyone have any suggestions? Would I be better off with another Motherboard?
Flash Drives - SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive
Is a USB 3.0 necessary/useful? I'm only getting 8GB because on Amazon it's cheaper than the 4GB.
I wouldn't be surprised if I missed something important, so please let me know and I'll update. Also, does anybody know of a good UPS to use with FreeNAS? Maybe something that will automatically shutdown the NAS if there's a power issue?
TIA!