Hello, long-time browser, first-time poster.
Unfortunately, I didn't see this hardware section prior to purchasing my setup, but thought I'd get some input on what I've selected thus-far:
Build Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y9DC
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor (Purchased For $133.49)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $169.99)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $149.15)
Storage: Sandisk 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (Purchased For $75.98)
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $119.50)
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $134.99)
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $134.99)
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $134.99)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $99.99)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12G 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $89.99)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $49.99)
Other: ADS Instant HDTV PCI Tv Tuner (PTV-382-EF) (Purchased For $24.75)
Other: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Purchased)
Other: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Purchased)
Other: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Purchased)
Other: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Purchased)
Other: Amphenol Mini SAS SFF-8087 to 4x 7-Pin SATA Fanout Cable 70cm +SGPIO (Purchased For $20.00)
Other: Amphenol Mini SAS SFF-8087 to 4x 7-Pin SATA Fanout Cable 70cm +SGPIO (Purchased For $20.00)
Other: LSI MegaRAID 9240-8i 8-port PCI-E 6Gb RAID Controller (Purchased For $107.00)
Total: $1464.80
Note: I bought the LSI MegaRAID controller prior to finding the ASRock MB. I'll probably just use the 10 SATA slot on the MB and hold onto the MegaRAID for a later project.
I attempted to carefully choose components to maximize efficiency, minimize heat and sound for a 24/7 system, while maintaining better-than-required performance. (Also good enough to change to Windows as a fall-back for my noobish Linux tendencies).
I had the Seagate Greens from a NAS I'm looking to replace with this build, and added the WD Reds, hoping for better efficiency.
As far as OS, I'm planning on going with a Linux distro (probably Debian *maybe* CentOS), adding Plex Server and XBMC for the HTPC portion and installing Samba and the ZFS filesystem with RAIDZ for the 3TB drives and RAIDZ2 for the 2TB drives for better redundancy (more crucial files). Haven't tried XBMCbuntu, but figured for the custom stuff I want my server to do, I may as well start with a base kernel and build-up myself.
I did not add a stand-alone GPU because I believed that the integrated GPU in the i3 would be capable of 1080p playback. I'm hoping I'm correct, but more of a question is if my setup would work as a PVR as well. I added the tuner card more just to enable live-play through the HTPC, but if it's possible and not too much of a burden on my system, I'd like to add PVR capabilities as well.
Also, I've seen some concerns regarding Linux and BluRay play-back. Was buying the BR drive a waste?
I welcome to any thoughts, suggestions, concerns, rants or raves. I've currently got most of my system put together, but waiting for my last WD Red (or moving everything off my current NAS and transferring the Seagate drives) before I get this puppy booted up and configured.
Unfortunately, I didn't see this hardware section prior to purchasing my setup, but thought I'd get some input on what I've selected thus-far:
Build Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y9DC
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor (Purchased For $133.49)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $169.99)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $149.15)
Storage: Sandisk 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (Purchased For $75.98)
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $119.50)
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $134.99)
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $134.99)
Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $134.99)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $99.99)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12G 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $89.99)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $49.99)
Other: ADS Instant HDTV PCI Tv Tuner (PTV-382-EF) (Purchased For $24.75)
Other: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Purchased)
Other: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Purchased)
Other: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Purchased)
Other: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Purchased)
Other: Amphenol Mini SAS SFF-8087 to 4x 7-Pin SATA Fanout Cable 70cm +SGPIO (Purchased For $20.00)
Other: Amphenol Mini SAS SFF-8087 to 4x 7-Pin SATA Fanout Cable 70cm +SGPIO (Purchased For $20.00)
Other: LSI MegaRAID 9240-8i 8-port PCI-E 6Gb RAID Controller (Purchased For $107.00)
Total: $1464.80
Note: I bought the LSI MegaRAID controller prior to finding the ASRock MB. I'll probably just use the 10 SATA slot on the MB and hold onto the MegaRAID for a later project.
I attempted to carefully choose components to maximize efficiency, minimize heat and sound for a 24/7 system, while maintaining better-than-required performance. (Also good enough to change to Windows as a fall-back for my noobish Linux tendencies).
I had the Seagate Greens from a NAS I'm looking to replace with this build, and added the WD Reds, hoping for better efficiency.
As far as OS, I'm planning on going with a Linux distro (probably Debian *maybe* CentOS), adding Plex Server and XBMC for the HTPC portion and installing Samba and the ZFS filesystem with RAIDZ for the 3TB drives and RAIDZ2 for the 2TB drives for better redundancy (more crucial files). Haven't tried XBMCbuntu, but figured for the custom stuff I want my server to do, I may as well start with a base kernel and build-up myself.
I did not add a stand-alone GPU because I believed that the integrated GPU in the i3 would be capable of 1080p playback. I'm hoping I'm correct, but more of a question is if my setup would work as a PVR as well. I added the tuner card more just to enable live-play through the HTPC, but if it's possible and not too much of a burden on my system, I'd like to add PVR capabilities as well.
Also, I've seen some concerns regarding Linux and BluRay play-back. Was buying the BR drive a waste?
I welcome to any thoughts, suggestions, concerns, rants or raves. I've currently got most of my system put together, but waiting for my last WD Red (or moving everything off my current NAS and transferring the Seagate drives) before I get this puppy booted up and configured.
