nosro Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I would like to use ECC memory and would like to determine what is a robust but relatively low cost solution. I use my Unraid only as a file server and do not use any dockers or transcoding, so my overall memory and CPU requirements are low. (I run just fine with a single core AMD Sempron and 1GB of memory.) My requirements: 1) ECC memory 2) Integrated graphics 3) 6 SATA ports From what I can see on these forums, two approaches are: Intel Xeon build - Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117612&ignorebbr=1 - SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSM-F-O https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813183013&ignorebbr=1 AMD Ryzen build - AMD RYZEN 5 1400 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113437&ignorebbr=1 - ASUS Prime X370-Pro https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132964&ignorebbr=1 I would appreciate any help or description of any pitfalls in this search. Quote Link to comment
tdallen Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 You can run unbuffered ECC RAM on a Pentium, for instance the G3258 (Haswell), G4400 (Skylake) or G4600 (Kaby Lake). That's more basic NAS territory, a Xeon or Ryzen aren't needed if your your only requirements are a NAS with ECC. You'll need more memory for unRAID 6, btw - I'd go with 4GB as a starting point. Quote Link to comment
nosro Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks for the reply. I did not know those processors also supported ECC. Based on your information, I found the following which seems to work: Intel C236 - MSI C326M motherboard https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130928&cm_re=msi_c236m-_-13-130-928-_-Product - Intel G4400 processor https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117625&cm_re=intel_g4400-_-19-117-625-_-Product I believe the above meet all of my requirements: 1) ECC memory 2) Integrated graphics 3) 6 SATA ports Did I miss anything? Quote Link to comment
tdallen Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I don't have any experience with that motherboard but it ought to work - that said, I prefer an Intel LAN chipset if possible. Quote Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Why MSI put a Realtek NIC on a workstation board with a workstation chipset is beyond belief. Realtek is OK for super-budget boards. There's no excuse on a board like that. Quote Link to comment
nightanole Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Why not go used? $200 for quiet workstations xeon that uses ecc from 2012-2013. Lenovo S30 Dell T3600 HP Z420 Quote Link to comment
TType85 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 On 8/4/2017 at 8:49 AM, nightanole said: Why not go used? $200 for quiet workstations xeon that uses ecc from 2012-2013. Lenovo S30 Dell T3600 HP Z420 This. I just picked up a Lenovo S30 with 32GB DDR3 ECC and a E5-1620V2 and a 2TB HDD for $225. Quote Link to comment
nosro Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 I am interested in the suggestion for older workstations. However, each of those suggestions seems to have fewer than 6 bays for hard drives. How do you add lots of hard drives to one of those workstations? Quote Link to comment
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