(2013-03-21, 15:13)Yukonhijack Wrote: Just getting into the unRAID server system for my XBMC setup, and am looking for some help with a MOBO. All the suggested MOBOs appear to be discontinued. Can someone point me to a descent mid range selection? I am really new to this and would appreciate any good pointers in this regard.

(2013-03-23, 17:25)BLKMGK Wrote:

(2013-03-21, 15:13)Yukonhijack Wrote: Just getting into the unRAID server system for my XBMC setup, and am looking for some help with a MOBO. All the suggested MOBOs appear to be discontinued. Can someone point me to a descent mid range selection? I am really new to this and would appreciate any good pointers in this regard.

Suggest you hit the unRAID hardware forum to get advice on this, that's the best place to go for up to date hardware information for unRAID.

(2013-03-23, 21:17)Yukonhijack Wrote:

(2013-03-23, 17:25)BLKMGK Wrote:

(2013-03-21, 15:13)Yukonhijack Wrote: Just getting into the unRAID server system for my XBMC setup, and am looking for some help with a MOBO. All the suggested MOBOs appear to be discontinued. Can someone point me to a descent mid range selection? I am really new to this and would appreciate any good pointers in this regard.

Suggest you hit the unRAID hardware forum to get advice on this, that's the best place to go for up to date hardware information for unRAID.

Sorry to go to thenoob level here, but where is that forum?

(2013-03-23, 21:38)ICDeadPpl Wrote:

(2013-03-23, 21:17)Yukonhijack Wrote:

(2013-03-23, 17:25)BLKMGK Wrote: Suggest you hit the unRAID hardware forum to get advice on this, that's the best place to go for up to date hardware information for unRAID.

Sorry to go to thenoob level here, but where is that forum?

Literally the first result on Google on the query "unraid forum" gave this:
http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php

There is a "Hardware" subforum there...

(2013-05-07, 19:38)punking Wrote: Not sure if this is the right place , but I'd thought I'd pick the brains of the experts here.

I have an HTPC that I'm retiring, but I was thinking of using the parts, changing the case, adding more drives, and making a media server because it would save some money. My worry is that the parts are an overkill, and will suck to much power. These are the components:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
GIGABYTE GA-E7AUM-DS2H LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 9400 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
ADATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model


Any advice would be appreciated (on whether it would cost too much to run, or even on what case to get that isn't too big). Thanks.

• The onboard Realtek NIC will give terrible performance in unRaid, add an Intel PCIe Gigabit NIC and you'll be much happier
  
• The JMicron IDE controller is not supported. This is too bad becuase you likely have an old IDE drive kicking around that you could have used as a cache drive
  
• Make sure you're not using the onboard RAID functions on the board
  
• Make sure you set the SATA controller to AHCI mode, otherwise not all the controllers will be visible to unRAID (chipset limitation)
  
• Turn off all the bell and whistles on that board in the BIOS (Firewire, audio, onboard NIC, IDE controller, etc)
  

(2014-01-01, 01:39)Lake Camelot Wrote: Any suggestions for a cheap motherboard to use for NAS? I am in the US. I was hoping to find something I could get for $80.00 or less to at least be able to start with two 2TB drives. I would like 6 drives eventually. But can live with space for four drives.

(2014-01-01, 14:21)leepenny Wrote:

(2014-01-01, 01:39)Lake Camelot Wrote: Any suggestions for a cheap motherboard to use for NAS? I am in the US. I was hoping to find something I could get for $80.00 or less to at least be able to start with two 2TB drives. I would like 6 drives eventually. But can live with space for four drives.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157302
at the 80 dollar mark - I have one of these along with a sas card giving me 15 drive spaces (still building)

(2014-01-04, 21:26)Lake Camelot Wrote:

(2014-01-01, 14:21)leepenny Wrote: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157302
at the 80 dollar mark - I have one of these along with a sas card giving me 15 drive spaces (still building)

Thank you for the answer it looks good. I may go with it. The CPU's are more thn I wanted to spend though. I realize this is nowhere near as good. But could this be used to run a NAS? It is 127.00 for CPU and motherboard. I could get by really cheap if that is the case.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1519906