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[Guest]

Hi, I need a starter server that can just hold 4 drives for RAID 10. The case can be plastic for all I care, which I don't. I just need to keep my files safe for now because my drives are dying. So... 

 

CPU - ? 

Motherboard - ? 

Case - ? 

Power Supply - ? 

RAM - ? 

RAID card - ?

 

EDIT #1 

CPU - Pentium G3220? 

Motherboard (depends on cpu if not a xeon) - ASUS H81M-K 

Power Supply - ? 

RAM - ? 

RAID card - ?

[Vitalius]

Budget?

[tsm]

Yeah budget?

 

i don't think you really need a powerful cpu, just spend a little more money on a reliable motherboard, a reliable power supply

[Guest]

Budget?

Can I get anything decent for like $300? Like it just needs to be something good enough for RAID 10 with only 4 drives, right now there's only like max 2 - 3 people on the network so it doesn't need to be high end stuff, I would use one of my old bad desktops but it's too old to even handle Windows 7 it's only got .5GHZ so that won't work

[Sumsar]

Can I get anything decent for like $300? Like it just needs to be something good enough for RAID 10 with only 4 drives, right now there's only like max 2 - 3 people on the network so it doesn't need to be high end stuff, I would use one of my old bad desktops but it's too old to even handle Windows 7 it's only got .5GHZ so that won't work

I'd go for a Pentium G3220, 4GB ecc-unbuffered ram, a budget c222 motherboard, and pretty much any decent 80+ bronze or better PSU.

[Guest]

I'd go for a Pentium G3220, 4GB ecc-unbuffered ram, a budget c222 motherboard, and pretty much any decent 80+ bronze or better PSU.

Can I get like maybe some kind of low end Xeon or would that just flat out not work

[Sumsar]

Can I get like maybe some kind of low end Xeon or would that just flat out not work

It would work just fine, but it would most likely be overkill.

[Guest]

It would work just fine, but it would most likely be overkill.

okay any kind of xeon you have in mind for this?

[Sumsar]

okay any kind of xeon you have in mind for this?

Nah, all Xeons support ecc ram. You could also get a used server on Ebay, to save money.

[Guest]

Any ideas for a Xeon would be great and appreciated please 

[Guest]

Nah, all Xeons support ecc ram. You could also get a used server on Ebay, to save money.

How many watts do you think it will be pulling

[Sumsar]

How many watts do you think it will be pulling

60w, if you decide to get a Pentium. (I am assuming that the server will be inactive quite a lot).

[Guest]

60w, if you decide to get a Pentium. (I am assuming that the server will be inactive quite a lot).

lol are you sure, that seems insanely small

[Sumsar]

lol are you sure, that seems insanely small

It will not draw a whole lot of power if it is idle 90+% of the time, maybe it's more like 70-80w. But it won' be very power hungry.

[Guest]

It will not draw a whole lot of power if it is idle 90+% of the time, maybe it's more like 70-80w. But it won' be very power hungry.

I had a look at some starter Xeons and they start at about $200+ so I'll try out the Pentium and see how things go, thanks for the idea and saving me money

[Eniqmatic]

If you can extend your budget by a bit ($150) then build this, put FreeNAS on it and be very happy about how safe your data is:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YTwb6h

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YTwb6h/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock E3C226D2I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Mwave) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.79 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $448.71

[dzonidev]

For 4 drives and your budget just get a NAS.

[Guest]

 

If you can extend your budget by a bit ($150) then build this, put FreeNAS on it and be very happy about how safe your data is:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YTwb6h

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YTwb6h/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock E3C226D2I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Mwave) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.79 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $448.71

 

I'm not doing NAS. NAS is disgusting.