I'm looking to replace my WHS with something that has more capacity, and am thinking of building my own UnRaid (or something) machine. The thing will be sitting in a basement, so noise isn't a very big factor.
for the HDD's I'd likely get a bunch of 1TB WD Greens for data and a 1TB WD Black for parity. These are the core components I'm thinking about (prices are in Canadian $, and I don't have any brand loyalty):
CPU - AMD Athlon II X3 400E 45W - $112.99
MB - Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P ATX - $114.59
RAM - G.SKILL PC2-8000 2X2GB DDR2-1000 - $99.99
GPU - Powercolor Radeon HD 3650 - $27.99
Case - Silverstone Temjin TJ01-B - $94.99
PSU - OCZ Z-SERIES 550W 80+ Silver - $94.99
I picked that mobo because it has 8xSATA, though I'm curious if there might be a better choice.
I picked the video card because it was the cheapest and appears to be the lowest power thing I can find. The mobo + gpu are cheaper than the integrated solutions I could find which have that many SATA connectors.
The case has 6x5.25 external bays, which lets me use 2 3x5.25 --> 5x3.5 converters
The PSU was the lowest I could find rated at 80+ Silver.
for the HDD's I'd likely get a bunch of 1TB WD Greens for data and a 1TB WD Black for parity. These are the core components I'm thinking about (prices are in Canadian $, and I don't have any brand loyalty):
CPU - AMD Athlon II X3 400E 45W - $112.99
MB - Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P ATX - $114.59
RAM - G.SKILL PC2-8000 2X2GB DDR2-1000 - $99.99
GPU - Powercolor Radeon HD 3650 - $27.99
Case - Silverstone Temjin TJ01-B - $94.99
PSU - OCZ Z-SERIES 550W 80+ Silver - $94.99
I picked that mobo because it has 8xSATA, though I'm curious if there might be a better choice.
I picked the video card because it was the cheapest and appears to be the lowest power thing I can find. The mobo + gpu are cheaper than the integrated solutions I could find which have that many SATA connectors.
The case has 6x5.25 external bays, which lets me use 2 3x5.25 --> 5x3.5 converters
The PSU was the lowest I could find rated at 80+ Silver.