Trade Up PC build

ZOG98 · November 14, 2022

Budget: $150(2022)USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:

During the start of Co-Vid, I started trading the parts from my first laptop and desktop in order to build a desktop that can run games if needed, but also be somewhat of a NAS. Sometime last month I'd gotten to the point where I own enough compatible parts to build one. The Idea is to keep the hardware circa to the start of this endeavor, hence the "wait". Now my goal is get some SAS drives I acquired to work in my PC. Any suggestions on what to buy to do this? . Should I actually buy the part, or try to trade for it?

Other details

Here are the current specs and the -->planned outcome

i3 8100 --> i5 9600

16Gb 2133 CL16 Corsair RAM -->64GB ECC 2400 RAM?

GTX 660 TI SC --> 2060 TI

500 Gb WD SN750 NVMe

64Gb Optane --> 128Gb Optane

x4 500GB Seagate SATA HDD --> x6 4Tb Seagate ES SAS HDD

x2 4Tb Seagate ES SAS HDD

WoodenMarker · November 20, 2022

The i5-9600 doesn't support ecc memory. What would you need more than 16gb ram for?

You'll probably need an 8-port HBA and 2x SFF-8087 Host to 4 SFF-8482 Target Cables to connect the drives.

SAS 9210-8i: https://www.newegg.com/p/14G-0006-00132

https://www.newegg.com/p/238-009C-00017

ZOG98 · April 23, 2023

On 11/19/2022 at 7:31 PM, WoodenMarker said:

The i5-9600 doesn't support ecc memory. What would you need more than 16gb ram for?

You'll probably need an 8-port HBA and 2x SFF-8087 Host to 4 SFF-8482 Target Cables to connect the drives.

SAS 9210-8i: https://www.newegg.com/p/14G-0006-00132

https://www.newegg.com/p/238-009C-00017

The original idea was to have the ECC if I upgraded later as they didn't have as much of a price difference, but once I got my tax return in I just got a normal desktop and a cheap NAS lol.