Hey friends,
Finally got around to ordering all the parts for my build a couple weeks ago and got it together over the weekend. Looks like I did it at the right time since the board is OOS now.
| Part | Model | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Motherboard | Gigabyte 7PESH2 + io shield | $185 |
| CPU | Dual Xeon E5-2667 v1 | $76 |
| RAM | 2 x 8GB Samsung PC3-12800R DDR3-1600 ECC | $23.98 |
| Case | Rosewill L4500 | $119 |
| PSU | EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G+, 80 Plus Gold 750W | $65 |
| etc. | Ultrafit 16GB | $6.48 |
| 2 x Arctic 33 CPU Cooler | $29 | |
| 5 pack Arctic P12 Fans | $28 | |
| 5 pack Arctic F8 Fans | $22.99 | |
| Base Total | $584.45 | |
| Storage | 2 x Shucked 8TB WD Elements | $272.23 |
| Cable | SAS to SATA (SFF-8087) | $7.99 |
| OS | Unraid | $129.99 |
| Grand Total | $993.67 |
This is my first time doing any networking more than plugging ethernet cables into my Netgear R6400 so I’m excited. I’ve already transferred about a TB of media to it, and I’ll be getting a media server docker set up soon. Currently leaning towards jellyfin, but haven’t decided yet. Also looking into setting up either a reverse proxy or a VPN server to access it off my local network.
I got incredibly lucky, and one of my shelves next to my desk is about the same width as a rack. Once I get the media server up I’ll see how loud it gets, but so far it’s been silent.
This is the ‘server’ that’s getting replaced. Old HP Ultrabook (i5 3317U, 8GB RAM) with a 4TB external drive running Windows 8.
Things I plan to do in the future in no particular order:
- way more HDDs
- SSDs for cache
- graphics card for Rocket League
- more dockers, possibly a dropbox equivalent, pi-hole, the usual
Thank you to all the people who answered my questions on discord, it’s incredible how willing to help out you all are.