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Maybe, a video building a Storinator but with Aliexpress parts for the cheap. I mean, old Xeon X79 or X99 with refubised chipsets in HuanaZhi MoBo, second hand LSI controller, Cheap server memory...

Yes, but Xeon hasnt got iGPU, some server board yes (Gamers Nexus & Level1Tech, ASRockRack Motherboard is an example), but they are too much expensive compared to the chinese MoBo as HUANANZHI

Only because MoBo from brands as ASUS, Gigabyte, Supermicro, are more expensive for the same platform and all components are 2nd hand, in this chinese MoBo only the chipset apparently. I never saw any MoBo that allow me to do it ? (I edit the first post) It's fine, the two A1000 NVMe in RAID1 are only theorical, with a SATA SSD by MoBo SATA ports is fine. The big storage array, its need to go by SAS Cards.

This is a joke, true? I'm thinking of chinese MoBo because are cheap platforms and in 2-3 years probably I wil update it with a ZEN based MoBo with high core count. This GPU has a TDP of 31W, so... the power that it can drain is insignificant. If I remove it, the MoBo doesnt POST and will beep. The RAID was a mistake, I mean RAID 1 (mirror), I know that RAID0 with NVMe is an error for my porpouse. For the OS, FreeNAS is already to use and start from a basic debian server is too advanced for me. Maybe if not FreeNAS, OMV (OpenMediaVault), NAS4Free, FlexRAID, unRAID or TrueNAS.

I'm thinking to build a Home Server NAS similar to Storinator, but with the X79 or X99 from Huanazhi, Atermiter, PLEX HD or anyone of this chinese brands that revives old chipset server stuff. I need some help, because I dont know what case choose (I like expandibility but a case under 100€ is my target). This MoBos allow me to use Xeon with high core/thread count on the cheap and 64GB of RAM for 80€. Also they have 2 or 3 x16 PCIe ports and other conectivity. Also i'm looking at LSI SAS cards from aliexpress too, not the expensive ones, only the models from 10€ to 30€ but I dont know what specs choose or what is better at the same price. For OS drive, this chinese motherboard have one or two m.2 NVMe, so maybe one A1000 (250GB) or two in RAID 1 could be enough For the main OS, I'm thinking in FreeNAS for the flexibility (I want to host a few game servers, Minecraft, Space Engineers, Medieval Engineers...) For Data drives, for start, no more than 5TB of usable space in ZFS of Toshiba, Hitachi or Seagate. How much drives I need for 5TB usable in ZFS? This is another cuestion. For the Graphics Card, I have a NVIDIA GeForce 210 GT 1GB DDR3 with passive cooling from ASUS. Is this suficient for the server? I'm not planning to use as a media center, only Storage and Games servers Hosting. Anyone can help my or have an idea for this? If finally I build this server, it will be for February even March. Now, I have all my data across several external drives and computers and for hosting single one MCserver, I'm using an old Q9450 with 8GB DDR2 800MHz... so there is a lot of room for upgrades. (I'm from Spain so, MicroCenter is imposible, Newegg too. We have pccomponentes.com (It's like MicroCenter but at spanish forms), Amazon, and good transport with Aliexpress and other chinese webs. Any comment is well received

I cant remove the serial port... Its the same as cutting DVI Port of the GPU, but when I can, I will test a GPU with dual slot, for test

Really??? I have seen test with the latest BIOS of my Model, that after 10min at 35w of power consumption, it power off, so... Posiblely, in HP MoBos, the power limit is false and is only for buy the recommended HP GPU

No, there isn't space for DVI port even if I only use the LP bracket for HDMI, The metal case for the serial port is in that space

But the Case doesn't have a second slot for the PCIe, see the images and you will understand it

Yes, as Linus did, I have the tools and the experience for do it, but in case of warranties and troubleshooting it's horrible.

Not, the AMD RX 560 has a power consumtion of 75W, as a normal PCIe can handle, but my PCIe is limited to 25W, and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 has already 30w... Should I wait for AMD to see if they launch a low end GPU with a low power consumtion with more performance that GT1030????

This is valid for my other Dell Optiplex 745 Desktop that I have in my living room, but it has a NVIDIA GeForce 210 with 1GB from my Dad's old PC, and for HBO, Prime Video, youtube and torrents, its fine But for the Dell Optiplex 755 SFF of my room, it doesn't fit, because the DVI port and the cooler use a second slot that I haven't in this case, because the MoBo is BTX and not ATX so the cooler is at the side of the drive bay It's posible, that the drive bay go out and use an adapter from laptop ODD Caddy for the SSD, lossing the BluRay that I have at this time. But if I need more storage I'm limited

This is valid, but I need the SidePanel closed, So it needs to be a Single Slot, Low profile yes or yes The PC is in a bookshelf and fits just the case and the cableling Thanks for your response

Hi, I have a Dell Optiplex 755 SFF, with the following specs: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2'4GHz 4 Sticks of Kingston 2GB DDR2 800MHz SSD Kingston A400 120GB or 240GB (its pending as the GPU) Logitech K400+ for HTPC use 2x Bluetooth Dualshock3 (Pending to renew) And the cuestion is, what GPU should I buy??? I have the SFF case, that allow me to put GPU with 25w TDP, Low Profile and Single socket, so I'm too much limitated I have seen various Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 (GDDR5 obviously) ASUS GT1030-2G-BRK (I'm from Spain, in ASUS USA it doesnt appear) GIGABYTE GV-N1030D5-2GL MSI GT-1030-2G-LP-OC MSI GT-1030-2G-LP-OCV1 MSI GT-1030-2G-LP-OCV2 The Models from MSI, I dont know if they are available in Spain Any one knows other model, with better performance that fits in that case as the models from GT 1030??? LTT has two videos that use a Dell Optiplex 380, that is the same model but with DDR3 and in Desktop case that is a bit bigger than SFF case: And the upgrade: