Where are you getting these prices from? Are they used and off ebay?
Are you referring to the guide or his prices specifically?
@dize815_US the E3 1270 v1 on that mb will (may?) be stuck at 1333 mhzā¦ youād need to update the bios on the mb to move up to v2 cpus, pcie3, and 1600mhz etc ddr3.
From the manual: Four (4) SDRAM DIMM slots support up to 32 GB of DDR3 Unbuffered, ECC 1600/1333/1066 MHz memory. Note: For memory speed 1600 MHz support, an E3- 1200 v2 CPU is required.
Just FYI, for 99% of what people do, 1333 vs. 1600 will not matter.
Also, 1600 should downclock to 1333 even if itās not updated.
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How many SAS drives can I use from one of these? LSI 9201-8i 6Gbps SAS/SATA controller IT Mode ZFS FreeNAS unRAID + SATA Cable | eBay
These are fairly expensive, wow.
I have bought this so far:
CM Elite 350
Acer Q77H2-AM
i5 3570S
16GB DDR3
Thermaltake Gravity i2
6 pack of sata cables.
It looks like the SAS drives are much cheaper than SATA? Which is why I was wondering it would be cheaper to use SAS with a connector compared to just a SATA drive.
Thanks!
Whatās wrong with the LSI cards that are linked above? They are quite a bit cheaper.
You can connect 8 drives natively to the SAS HBA, 32 if you add a HP SAS expander.
His prices specifically.
In the āOther parts to considerā section the āFansā link goes to a cable, not fans.
I always wanted to do the NSFW build but then I got a free HP ML310e gen8 with an e3-1230 v2. Will I get significantly better transcoding performance if i switch to a processor with iGPU like the 1260L/1265L?
I know the general rule is 2000 passmark per transcode, but how does iGPU factor into this?
Edit - plus I was hoping the iGPU was going to help when I roll out an IP camera NVR system like Zoneminder or BlueIris.
Fixed, thank you!
If youāre going to use the iGPU for Zoneminder or BlueIris, I would not recommend using it at the same time for Plex. I wouldnāt even recommend using it for Plex in the first place, because the transcoded streams look really bad.
Thanks so much for this! Iāve been lurking for awhile but think Iām finally gonna build the exact mini ITX you have here. Iām wanting to keep it as quiet as possible and was wondering what your thoughts are on using the Arctic Alpine 12 Passive (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CZZZ4DQ) with the Xeon 1260L. Otherwise Iāll probably go with a Freezer 12 for its āsemi-passiveā feature. Thanks in advance.
If you want it to be as quiet as possible, typically the bigger ones are quieter. Iād recommend a Freezer 12 or even the Hyper 212, if itāll fit.
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@JDM_WAAAT for sure, thanks! The one I shared is actually passive though, I was wondering whether you think itāll be okay for a Xeon in a mini-ITX case. The passive cooler is rated up to 47W (the 1260L is 45), but Iām curious how well you think itāll work in practice.
EDIT: This will be pretty much exclusively used as a Plex server which primarily streams locally but pretty regularly has 2-3 remote streams going concurrently.
Working on a build with the DQ77KB mobo. Will the E3-1270 work with this board? Any help would be appreciated.
No, the 1270 will not work in that motherboard.
Referring to the supported CPU list (origin here):
i7-3770S and E3-1265L V2 are the highest supported processors.
Thank you that was my thought. I got a little trigger happy and ordered one before checking the full list of supported CPUs. Between the 2 do you have a recommendation? I plan to use this as an additional build next to my NSFW server.
No spare parts, only unfinished builds! Make two boxes, one for a dedicated NAS, and one for a dedicated serverā¦ 
You could always turn the DQ77KB into a pfSense box, thatās what I and many others have done.