Hi Guys,
My dad would me to build him an XBMC server but he would prefer to have all the media stored locally rather than stream it of an unRAID server (50+ year old house - not wired).
So this is what I have come up with so far based on various posts:
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ($50 at NewEgg)
PSU: CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 (CMPSU-430CXV2) 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply ($45 = NewEgg)
Mobo: ECS A75F-M2 FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard ($73 - NewEgg) OR ASRock A75M FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS ($75 - NewEgg)
CPU: AMD A6-3500 Llano 2.1GHz (2.4GHz Max Turbo) Socket FM1 65W Triple-Core Desktop APU with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6530D AD3500OJGXBOX ($80 at NewEgg)
CPU Heatsink: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R1 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+ ($35 @ NewEgg)
SSD: Patriot Torqx 2 PT232GS25SSDR 2.5" 32GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - ($69 - NewEgg)
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B -- still trying to find out if this memory will work with ECS board
Hard Drive: Western Digital AV-GP WD20EURS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive --> already have 1 sitting around. Plan is add additional 3 Tb hard drives as prices come down again. With ECS mobo having 6 SATA ports, that will allow me to add 4 (12 TB) drives in the future.
That brings the grand total to $352 + S&H.
Question time:
1. As far as Motherboards are concerned, any preferences?
2. This machine is going next to the TV (long rectangular room so doubt noise is going to an issue). Do I need CoolerMaster 212 Evo heat sink or can i get away with stock cooler?
3. Is the power supply powerful enough? I used the power supply post from unRAID forums for sizing info.
4. Anything else I have left out?
As far as OS is concerned, it will be running Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
My dad would me to build him an XBMC server but he would prefer to have all the media stored locally rather than stream it of an unRAID server (50+ year old house - not wired).
So this is what I have come up with so far based on various posts:
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ($50 at NewEgg)
PSU: CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 (CMPSU-430CXV2) 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply ($45 = NewEgg)
Mobo: ECS A75F-M2 FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard ($73 - NewEgg) OR ASRock A75M FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS ($75 - NewEgg)
CPU: AMD A6-3500 Llano 2.1GHz (2.4GHz Max Turbo) Socket FM1 65W Triple-Core Desktop APU with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6530D AD3500OJGXBOX ($80 at NewEgg)
CPU Heatsink: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R1 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+ ($35 @ NewEgg)
SSD: Patriot Torqx 2 PT232GS25SSDR 2.5" 32GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - ($69 - NewEgg)
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B -- still trying to find out if this memory will work with ECS board
Hard Drive: Western Digital AV-GP WD20EURS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive --> already have 1 sitting around. Plan is add additional 3 Tb hard drives as prices come down again. With ECS mobo having 6 SATA ports, that will allow me to add 4 (12 TB) drives in the future.
That brings the grand total to $352 + S&H.
Question time:
1. As far as Motherboards are concerned, any preferences?
2. This machine is going next to the TV (long rectangular room so doubt noise is going to an issue). Do I need CoolerMaster 212 Evo heat sink or can i get away with stock cooler?
3. Is the power supply powerful enough? I used the power supply post from unRAID forums for sizing info.
4. Anything else I have left out?
As far as OS is concerned, it will be running Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
