LimeCrusher
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After weeks of reading and scrapping the web for deals, I finally decided to indulge myself and buy components to assemble a NAS that I will use to learn, test and become familiar with FreeNAS and it's plugins. Here's what I got:
I lack a CPU fan but a colleague has an unused Intel i7-4770 stock fan that I could use. It's a LGA1150 socket CPU but I think the fan should be compatible with the LGA1155 socket of the X9SCM-F.
He's got some Arctic MX-2 thermal paste as well which judging by its specs, has high thermal conductivity.
Five days later EDIT: I realized a local business super close to me actually sells that same stick of RAM for 13€ less (basically the shipping cost that would be free here) so I could actually have brought the total bill down to 310€ or so. Whatever.
- Supermicro X9SCM-F from the US via Ebay, 90€, half of which in taxes and shipping. I may have found a better deal but it was the only available at that moment.
- Intel Pentium G2130 from the UK via Ebay, 25€, I think actually more than half in shipping :D
- 8GB of Kingston Unbuffered ECC DDR3 1600 PC3 12800 from the US via Ebay, 82€ taxes and shipping included.
- Crucial BX500 120GB from some retailer here, 25€ shipping included, the only stuff that's supposed to be brand new. Sorry but buying used was eventually more expensive
- Seasonic G360 from my region via Ebay, 60€ shipping included. I know it is not recommended to use second-hand PSUs in a NAS but this is some learning hardware and I was decided to go full recycling here.
- Zalman R1 case second-hand from my town, 40€.
I lack a CPU fan but a colleague has an unused Intel i7-4770 stock fan that I could use. It's a LGA1150 socket CPU but I think the fan should be compatible with the LGA1155 socket of the X9SCM-F.
He's got some Arctic MX-2 thermal paste as well which judging by its specs, has high thermal conductivity.
Five days later EDIT: I realized a local business super close to me actually sells that same stick of RAM for 13€ less (basically the shipping cost that would be free here) so I could actually have brought the total bill down to 310€ or so. Whatever.
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