oconnellc Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 So, I decided that in order to circumvent the expected massive failure of my hardware (my current build is about 10 years old), I'm just going to upgrade a bunch of stuff at once. I have the Cooler Master Centurion case and I'm going to re-use that. I'm replacing my CPU, Mobo, RAM and power supply. Also buying a HotSwap drive bay, as I don't want to mess with the hassle of taking everything apart in order to replace drives/etc. My array is currently 4 disks, 1 parity and 3 X 3TB drives and I don't foresee needing any more disks (I have about 5TB of stuff and I figure that drives are getting bigger faster than my need for storage) So, if anyone could let me know if they see a problem with any of my components, let me know... CPU Intel Core i3-7100 7th Gen Core Desktop Processor 3M Cache,3.90 GHz (BX80677I37100) $119 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NCESRJX/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER MOBO MSI Pro Series Intel B250 LGA 1151 DDR4 HDMI USB 3.1 ATX Motherboard (B250 PC MATE) $89.90 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4LCX2D/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER RAM Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DIMM 288-Pin - BLS2K4G4D240FSE (Red) $60 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F4Z4OPW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Power Supply EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W Power Supply( 100-W1-0500-KR) $40 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H33SFJU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Hot Swap Drive Bay ICY DOCK Black Vortex MB074SP-1B 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Backplane Cooler Cage with 120mm Front LED Fan in 3x 5.25" Bay $70 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LICRE8A/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1GQQIQD0YQTUY Thanks in advance for any help! Chris Quote Link to comment
tdallen Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Looks good from the specs, though I have not used that motherboard. Is it safe to assume that your use case is NAS plus perhaps a few Dockers? Quote Link to comment
oconnellc Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 @tdallen Thanks. Yes, NAS plus I'm going to start looking at setting up some Dockers. I'm probably overkill on RAM and CPU if I just decide to stick with using it as a NAS. As far as the hardware goes, I can afford to spend a few bucks on 'reliability'. I've got three little kids and just don't have the time to tinker, so I kinda want to just set this up and forget about it for the next 3-4 years. Quote Link to comment
tdallen Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I don't consider 8GB overkill, the Core i3 maybe just a little but in a good way :). If you ever get into Plex you'll need it. Speaking of which, you'll want an SSD for a cache drive, which is the de facto "application" drive in unRAID 6+. From a hardware perspective you should be good for a while, but the pace of software updates has been quite frequent recently so you'll want to keep up there. Quote Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Consider the new G46xx Pentiums - they've got 2 cores with Hyperthreading, so are basically an i3 only cheaper. Quote Link to comment
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