unRAID mini ITX build

stimpson

I bricked my HP Microserver today after giving it a spring clean. Looks like my SATA card wasn't seated correctly when I powered it on. So now I need to build a replacement. I can salvage some parts so hopefully I can keep the cost down.


1. What is your budget? I hope to keep it under couple of hundred.

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? NAS/Plex. My old n54l sucked at transcoding so I want to sort that out once and for all.

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Nope. UnRAID

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer?

Fan
5 WD red 3tb
1 Samsong SSD
PicoPSU 160w (only a 120w power brick, brand new, could return for a bigger one)
2 port SATA III CARD
G-Skill 8GB DDR3 1333 CL9.0 Dual Kit

Hopefully I'll have a Lian-Li PC-Q08 case.

5. Do you need a monitor? no

5a. If yes, what size do you need

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? no

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? I may underclock. Lol.

8. How can you pay? Credit card/bank transfer/paypal

9. When are you purchasing? ASAP

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? No help needed


Basically I think I'll need a mini ITX board with 6x SATA 6GB ports. Preference is for an 1150 or 1151 socket and I may be able to source a CPU handy enough. I'm assuming my RAM will be usable, but is there likely to be any point in upgrading to DDR4?

I'll need some SATA cables. If anyone knows where I could pick up half a dozen cheap that would help.

Serephucus

Looked at Lian-Li's PC-Q26? Dunno the price compared to the 08, but something to consider maybe.

As for the motherboard... 6 SATA ports, and dual LAN!

Another board option is to go with this. I have a board with a similar feature-set, and I have to say, I'm never getting a server board that doesn't have IPMI ever again. It's an absolute god-send. You would need need RAM for it though.

CPU depends on your budget and uses. Depends on how many Plex streams you want going at once (assuming all transcodes).

I can't really see a point in going with DDR4, especially when you have DDR3 already.

stimpson

Thanks Serephucus. I like the look of the Gigabyte board. Probably a bit more than I had intended to spend, but it seems that you pay for the shrinkage compared to a full size ATX.

3 simultaneous Plex streams would be the absolute max, but I may end up running a couple of VM's. I'm hoping to get a Xeon - just waiting to hear what CPU's are available. I guess running from a 160W psu, power consumption is my biggest concern.

stimpson

OK, so I have a few options for a CPU:

This has a TDP of 80W - should I be concerned if I have a 160W PSU?
http://ark.intel.com/products/88174/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1270-v5-8M-Cache-3_60-GHz


These 2 have configurable TDP's. Would they be a better option for a low power setup?
http://ark.intel.com/products/88095/Intel-Core-i5-5675C-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/88040/Intel-Core-i7-5775C-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz


This is also in budget:
http://ark.intel.com/products/88196/Intel-Core-i7-6700-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

Which would be best for low power use?