Looking to Build Your Very First unRAID Server?
Desisuperman
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2014-01-08, 20:13
I noticed that no recommendations were made to purchase "server" type hardware (supermicro, Intel Xeon etc..). So is it fair to say that this type of hardware is not necessary to build a media server and would just be overkill? IS there any advantages of going with a micro motherboard or is it just cost effective? Is there any performance loss going this route?

I'm building a media server either from what I have or building one from scratch. It would be great if can make due with what I have to save me some cash. Just a side note, my house is wired for CAT 6.

My current PC is this;

CASE Antec Nine Hundred Case
http://products.ncix.com/detail/antec-ni...-21123.htm

MOTHERBOARD MSI DKA790GX Platinum
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/DKA790GX-Platinum.html

PROCESSOR AMD Phenom II x4 3.0 OC to 3.5
http://www.amazon.com/AMD-HDZ940XCGIBOX-...B001NFT2RI

RAM 8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 PC2-8500 / 1066 MHz
http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-ddr2-pc...c-eol.html

HDD WD Green 2TB x 5 (only 2 installed. The other 3 are in my HTPC which i will pull and put into this system)
Seagate 2TB x 1

PSU Corsair TX650W
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CMPSU-650T...B000X24ISU

OS Windows 7 Pro X64



To get the additional SATA ports I would need something like this
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=222213...cture=SYBA


Before I start buying and reconfiguring my existing hardware, would what I have above be sufficient as a media server? It's main purpose will be to strictly stream HD movies, pictures to various platforms throughout the house running XBMC
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RE: Looking to Build Your Very First unRAID Server? - by Desisuperman - 2014-01-08, 20:13
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