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vandros
October 15, 2012 8:54:00 PM
Its been years since I built a computer, eg ATA 133 was new......
Looking to put together a Media storage / Server for home, for a few laptops & HTPCs (XBMC) + VPN
Looking to consolidate data from all the PCs around the house.
Been playing with Win 2012 Server Essentials lately so will give that a try for a start.
Need about 4TB+ of space and would like redundancy as backing up 4TB of non critical data is costly (thinking RAID5)
Would like to get thoughts on the below (cost vs performance)
Already have left over from work
i5-3570k CPU
Intel 520 SDD - 240G
miTX case http://www.playtech.co.nz/afawcs0139235/CATID=183/ID=18...
So what can i build around these parts and requirements for say $700USD
Having a look around this is what I came up with
Asrock Z77 iTX Mobo http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77E-ITX/index.us.asp
3 x 3T Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 http://www.seagate.com/files/staticfiles/docs/pdf/en-GB...
2 x 4G RAM 1600 - Kingston
A reasonable 500W PSU & UPS which i'm sure i can dig out of the back room
70% of the cost is the HDD hence why i would like to put them in RAID5 (looks like I can run 2 on SATA2 & 1 on SATA3 from the Z77 bridge)
Looking to put together a Media storage / Server for home, for a few laptops & HTPCs (XBMC) + VPN
Looking to consolidate data from all the PCs around the house.
Been playing with Win 2012 Server Essentials lately so will give that a try for a start.
Need about 4TB+ of space and would like redundancy as backing up 4TB of non critical data is costly (thinking RAID5)
Would like to get thoughts on the below (cost vs performance)
Already have left over from work
i5-3570k CPU
Intel 520 SDD - 240G
miTX case http://www.playtech.co.nz/afawcs0139235/CATID=183/ID=18...
So what can i build around these parts and requirements for say $700USD
Having a look around this is what I came up with
Asrock Z77 iTX Mobo http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77E-ITX/index.us.asp
3 x 3T Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 http://www.seagate.com/files/staticfiles/docs/pdf/en-GB...
2 x 4G RAM 1600 - Kingston
A reasonable 500W PSU & UPS which i'm sure i can dig out of the back room
70% of the cost is the HDD hence why i would like to put them in RAID5 (looks like I can run 2 on SATA2 & 1 on SATA3 from the Z77 bridge)
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vandros
October 15, 2012 8:58:25 PM
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I'd suggest one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
You can never have too many SATA ports.
The 3570K is more than powerful enough.
There's no mSATA port on the board you linked, and if you have a 520 you might as well use it.
I wouldn't suggest most Kingston RAM as it's 1.65V - this is 1.35V http://pcpartpicker.com/nz/part/kingston-memory-khx1600...
You can never have too many SATA ports.
The 3570K is more than powerful enough.
There's no mSATA port on the board you linked, and if you have a 520 you might as well use it.
I wouldn't suggest most Kingston RAM as it's 1.65V - this is 1.35V http://pcpartpicker.com/nz/part/kingston-memory-khx1600...
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vandros
October 16, 2012 8:12:05 AM
vandros
October 16, 2012 8:12:37 AM
Just realised I had the wrong page on the clipboard - I meant to have this mobo instead of the Ares: http://pcpartpicker.com/nz/part/asus-motherboard-p8h77i
It has all six sata ports on the board.
It has all six sata ports on the board.
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vandros
October 18, 2012 1:18:10 AM
Ah that makes more sense, good call, H77 is fine and extra SATA ports will help.
Doesn't even have that stupid vertical power board the other Asus iTX boards have.
The Asrock iTX definitely has a mSATA (though only SATA2) on the bottom of the board, which is a nice feature to stick your OS on. http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77E-ITX/index.us.asp?ca...
Doesn't even have that stupid vertical power board the other Asus iTX boards have.
The Asrock iTX definitely has a mSATA (though only SATA2) on the bottom of the board, which is a nice feature to stick your OS on. http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77E-ITX/index.us.asp?ca...
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vandros
October 18, 2012 2:25:14 AM
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