How much power does it pull?
I may not have time to measure power output until Friday
Asrock rack C236 WSI is a pretty pricey motherboard (~$200) - but it does have 8 sata ports, so you free up the slot for 10gbe. Nice find on that for those that really want 10Gbe
That’s a shame that the C236 WSI is 6th/7th gen only as well. There are C246 versions that support 8th/9th gen, but they are even more expensive.
For those interested in 10Gb networking, there are a few options out there. These options below have 8 or more SATA ports onboard, leaving the PCIe slot free for a 10Gb card.
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ASRock C246 WSI
- Supports 8th/9th gen Intel CPUs
- 8 SATA onboard
- 4 from OCuLink connector
(use this cable)
- 4 from OCuLink connector
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ASRock C236 WSI
- Supports 6th/7th gen Intel CPUs
- 8 SATA onboard
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ASRock C3557D4I-4L
- Intel Atom C3558 CPU built in
- 13 SATA onboard
- 8 from mini SAS HD connectors
(use this cable)
- 8 from mini SAS HD connectors
Ugh, out of stock again… Hopefully the seller has more.
Make sure to inspect your U-NAS right away when you get it. Looks like someone dropped mine or it was damaged before being shipped:
Oh no. That stinks
Thanks for the build guide, I grabbed one of the cases yesterday.
I’m guessing a i5-9600K @ 95w is going to be too much heat for this case right?
No, that should be fine. But that would be the maximum. Keep in mind the 95w is the max for the chip and you probably won’t be gaming on it.
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Question about the DAS build route -
Is there a reason to go for the HP SAS expander instead of an 8e LSI card in the host and a sff-8088 to sff-8087 passthrough on the U-nas case to the backplane? The passthrough just seems much simpler.
The cost mainly, the price of one of those dual port 8087-8088 adapters plus two cables is a bit more than the HP card and a single cable.
Okay, can confirm the backplane in my U-NAS NSC-800 is molex powered, but the drives still do not power up without tape over that 3.3v pin. Weird. Just did a test, removing the tape from a drive - it doesn’t power up. Never put much thought into it myself, as taping the pin is a very easy process, considering you can just tape over the last three pins, so don’t need to be very careful.
My build as posted above, with
- 6x 14TB WD white label WD140EDFZ drives
- 2x 10TB WD white label WD100EZAZ drives
- 1x WD 120GB Sata M.2 SSD in a USB enclosure (Using one of these cables to keep the drive hidden inside.)
I measured power usage through my Cyberpower UPS - Spikes at 165VA on boot, and idles at 60VA. Power facter of 0.9 so I believe that’s a 148.5w spike and a 54w idle based on this calculator.
Here’s some photos - excuse the mess inside, tidied up a little, but gave up making it look too nice, when the case would rarely be opened 
Any more pics of the BLU-NAS?
What did the seller have to say?
I can take more tomorrow when the lighting is better, but here’s the one so far:
I sent a message yesterday asking for an exchange or refund, but I haven’t heard anything back yet. The listing says they don’t accept returns, but further down it says they do have a 14-day DOA warranty. However, the buyer is responsible for shipping so if I do get a refund, I’ll still be out $40-$50 (assuming they don’t refund the shipping charges). I could try to bend it back into place with some tools, but I’ll see if I hear back from them first.
I just purchased the U-NAS 800 chassis. I was looking to utilize the SSD bays but noticed the 9207-8i has back-facing mounts that seem to somewhat obstruct the 2.5" SSD mounting points especially with the thick cables.
Is it okay to purchase any of the below (I believe they are all SAS2008 aka PCI-e 2.0) to get vertical / side-mounted SAS ports to route the cables like below picture? How should I pick out which one of the below?
- LSI 9240-8i
- LSI 9220-8i on the IBM ServeRaid M1015
- LSI 9210-8i, which i believe is the vertical mounted version of the popular 9211-8i?
- LSI-9200-8i
The cables at the end of the card will not interfere with the 2.5" drive.
Here are the recommended LSI SAS HBAs…
Mine just arrived - got the black one, although after seeing it in person, I’d consider the cover more gunmetal than just plain black. It’s clearly much lighter than the front and coated steel parts of the chassis.
Sadly, won’t get to build in it until the new year; moving in a couple weeks!
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. No damage thankfully.
