TK2702

A couple of months ago I started to look into building an unRaid server to replace a FreeNAS box that was nearing capacity, but never moved forward with it due to some indecision on my part and a busy period at work so I didn't give it a whole lot of thought until recently. After finding a recommendation for a good case on here earlier this week I've been able to completely revamp the build I originally had planned. My new build is here: Case: Fractal Design Node 804 (For its 8x 3.5" drives plus the possibility of two more, not including the dedicated SSD mounts) PSU: Corsair HX750i (For it's 12x SATA connectors, when it's eventually filled to capacity) MOBO: Intel S1200SPL (Server grade board with 8x SATA ports) CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1245 (Xeon processor with onboard video) RAM: Kingston ValueRAM ECC 2133 16GB (2x 8GB) SSD: Samsung EVO 250GB (Cache drive) HDD: Western Digital Red 8TB x3 The main purpose of the build is for Media Storage and a few Dockers (Plex, SABnzbd, etc) The plan of moving the contents of the FreeNAS to the unRAID, decommissioning the FreeNAS and adding the drives (4x 3TB Reds) to Unraid is still the same, which will take up all 8 SATA ports on the Motherboard once complete. It also allows for some (limited) expansion down the line, allowing for up to 3 more hard drives, with the only parts I'd need to buy being two 2-Port expansion cards. After taking the feedback from earlier and looking at some other builds, I think I've come up with something that should work really nicely. I'm pretty sure I haven't missed anything, but figured I should run it by here just in case. Any additional feedback is greatly appreciated

A little over 3 years ago I was bitten by the NAS bug and built myself a Mini-ITX FreeNAS box that was 4x 3TB WD Reds. More recently, that space has been running out so I've been looking at unRAID for its expandability. I've put together a rough build & plan, and was looking to run it by the forums to make sure that I haven't missed anything obvious before pulling the trigger. This is what I have so far in terms of parts (I'm relatively restricted in terms of selection of parts given I live in Australia, our ranges pale in comparison to the likes of US Newegg and so on): CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ ATX LGA1151 RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2666 Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 Power Supply: Seasonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Fully Modular (For it's 8x SATA Ports more than anything) The main purpose of the build is for Storage and a few Dockers (Plex, SABnzbd, etc) The case should allow me to have 14 total drives (8x 3.5 + 6x 3.5 through the 4x 5.25 using a 5-in-3 drive cage) I'm not 100% certain on the drives that I'll buy straight up, but I'll likely stick with WD Reds, hopefully getting at least one 8TB to use as parity plus a SSD to use as a Cache drive. What I plan to do is set up unRAID with enough initial storage to move everything off of the FreeNAS box and onto unRAID. Once all of that is transferred over, decommission the FreeNAS box and add the 4x 3TB to unRAID. I went with the ASRock board for its 10 SATA Ports, which means that when I do eventually go past 10 drives, all I should need is 2 2x SATA PCIe cards, 1 5-in-3 Drive cage and 2 SATA Power Splitters depending on the cage The only real issue that I can see looking at it is the i5 and 16GB of RAM potentially being overkill but I figured it would be better to overshoot than undershoot I think that covers off everything I wanted to say. Any feedback/pointers if you think I've missed anything would be greatly appreciated