TheOneWhoKnocks

Ah sweet. And I'm guessing you can do all this without actually using a RAID setup? I don't really want to be messing with that...

Yeah maybe! I do have a spare M.2 drive so that could work. Are there any plain PCIE SSDs out there though? I don't are about speed or size or anything, NVME or not :)

Funny enough in Australia the prices are really backwards... I just bought a second WD Red 6tb for 200 AUD since 10tb / 12tb never go on sale and are always at 550+.

You Guys and Gals ready for a stupid forum post? I've been running a budget home NAS server in my house for the last few months and everything has been going fine thankfully. But recently I've ran into a problem with running out of space. Currently, the system is an old Dell 990 (i5 2500, 10gb Ram) with a cheap 120gb SSD for boot and a WD Red 6tb for storage. I was looking at buying two extra 6tb drives but the only probably with that is that the motherboard only has three SATA connections (two currently being used). Basically, I'm just wondering if it'll be an alright idea to get a small PCIE SSD boot drive and fill all three SATA connections for the storage drives. Is that a safe idea and if it is would there be any issues with it being a a headless Ubuntu (18.04) server? And also, I can't seem to find any small (like 60gb -120gb) PCIE SSD's, any recommendations? BTW I would just go buy a new motherboard and chip (since there's nothing out there in 1155 anymore) but this whole project was suppose to be cheaper then buying a prebuilt NAS and that would cost ~500 AUD, then another ~300 AUD for a new case and PSU. Oh and I don't really want to get some dodgy PCIE to SATA connector. Thanks peeps.

Ok Ok Ok.... How the f**k this has happened I don't know but the second I installed CAM it switched back to the default perfect operation. So thanks for telling me to install it! Everything is fine now. I even uninstalled it just for the lols and the cpu fan speed jumped up to the max 3000+ rpm. Thanks.

I'm doing nothing but chrome with the PC right now, it's not the CPU temp. Even if it was ramping up due to heat, the CPU fan should've gone down in the last 30 minutes of it running. I'll download it anyway though...

Nah I don't think those things could cause it. Both the mobo and fan are brand new. The cpu cooler is the included one with 2700X. And it correctly ramps up fan speed due to heat build up as it is set to do as default in the bios.

Hey everyone! So I just swapped out and upgraded my system with a new CPU (AMD R7 2700X) and motherboard (MSI MATX Mortar). In the bios (which I just flashed) the CPU fan speed is controlled by it's settings and it's running at a normal speed. It's only when I boot into a fresh version of Windows 10 that the CPU fan ramps up to max for no reason. No major processes are running and the temps are at a stable 37 degrees as reported in the bios and in Speedfan, which I uninstalled after it could not read and change the CPU fan speed. Is there anything in Windows 10 that could be causing the CPU fan to max out? What can I do to fix it? Thanks!

Thoughts on this setup? https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/d4Tv4q

Can someone find a motherboard that won't have to require a BIOS flash?

Yeah I think you might be right with the Fractal case. The one existing is quite old and has no USB 3 headers...

Would a Fractal Design Define series case be in budget? I've always liked how they look.

I think it's gotter have an SSD instead mate but good build all the same... I'll be looking into that CPU.

'Future-proofed'... Sounds like the bull I pulled to get a 1070 instead of a 1050 for my own build... Ahahaha

Even though I know it's properly overkill, but can I get a decent current gen quad core in my budget? And what's better anyway... Intel or AMD?