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I currently have a few external hard-drives for back up and stuff stored across a few computers.

Thinking of using freenas/zfs, raid cards are pricey and for personal use I really don't think I need one.

 

Possibly set up VM ware so I can use this as a workstation as well.

 

 

Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D  - Looking at this case for the option to add extra hard-drive cages as I need them.



 

Couldn't find many options for a case that fits more than 10 drives that isn't a rack mount. 

I live in an apartment so I don't really want anything too loud.

 

Power Supply: Corsair AX860I 860W      - Just put this down because I have one in my gaming rig. Can be different.

Motherboard: ASUS X99-E WS LGA2011-3

Processor: Intel CPU BX80644E52620V3 Xeon E5-2620 v3 15MB 6Core 2.40GHz 

Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H100I 

Memory: Kingston KVR21R15S4K4/32 32GB 4X8GB ECC

SSD boot drive: Intel or Samsung? don't think it needs to be huge.

Hard drives: WD 4TB Red - Going to start with 6 and add more as i need them.

 

 

Any suggestions would be great thanks.

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I currently have a few external hard-drives for back up and stuff stored across a few computers.
Thinking of using freenas/zfs, raid cards are pricey and for personal use I really don't think I need one.
 
Possibly set up VM ware so I can use this as a workstation as well.
 
 
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D  - Looking at this case for the option to add extra hard-drive cages as I need them.
 
Couldn't find many options for a case that fits more than 10 drives that isn't a rack mount. 
I live in an apartment so I don't really want anything too loud.
 
Power Supply: Corsair AX860I 860W      - Just put this down because I have one in my gaming rig. Can be different.
Motherboard: ASUS X99-E WS LGA2011-3
Processor: Intel CPU BX80644E52620V3 Xeon E5-2620 v3 15MB 6Core 2.40GHz 
Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H100I 
Memory: Kingston KVR21R15S4K4/32 32GB 4X8GB ECC
SSD boot drive: Intel or Samsung? don't think it needs to be huge.
Hard drives: WD 4TB Red - Going to start with 6 and add more as i need them.
 
 
Any suggestions would be great thanks.

 

Okay, from someone that has one. The x99E-ws is complete overkill.

It's a nas, so I'd probably be looking h85, and the xeon that is best price to performance (there was one people were using in gaming rigs because it slapped around the consumer grade chips, yet was cheaper), stick a very cheap raid card in, and an old 260 graphics card.....spend the rest on hard drives. you'll still get away cheaper than a x99 setup with that WS board.

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I currently have a few external hard-drives for back up and stuff stored across a few computers.
Thinking of using freenas/zfs, raid cards are pricey and for personal use I really don't think I need one.
 
Possibly set up VM ware so I can use this as a workstation as well.
 
 
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D  - Looking at this case for the option to add extra hard-drive cages as I need them.
 
Couldn't find many options for a case that fits more than 10 drives that isn't a rack mount. 
I live in an apartment so I don't really want anything too loud.
 
Power Supply: Corsair AX860I 860W      - Just put this down because I have one in my gaming rig. Can be different.
Motherboard: ASUS X99-E WS LGA2011-3
Processor: Intel CPU BX80644E52620V3 Xeon E5-2620 v3 15MB 6Core 2.40GHz 
Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H100I 
Memory: Kingston KVR21R15S4K4/32 32GB 4X8GB ECC
SSD boot drive: Intel or Samsung? don't think it needs to be huge.
Hard drives: WD 4TB Red - Going to start with 6 and add more as i need them.
 
 
Any suggestions would be great thanks.

 

I suggest that you use a xeon e3 1246 v3 with a basic server mobo like the SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SLM-F-O. This cpu preforms about the same is much cheaper and has a igpu so you don't need a gpu every time you want to see the bios or plug a monitor in. I suggest for the case you get something much cheaper like the 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119297&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-KB%20Networks,%20Inc.-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10440897&PID=3891137&SID=rewrite,

and just fill all 9 of the drive bays with 5 in 3 hot swap bays, like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405. 

That would be cheaper and allow you to not have to take off the side panel to switch drives.

For cooling just use the stock cpu cooler as these xeons make very little heat and water coolers are anouther point of failure. 

 

 

 
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I currently have a few external hard-drives for back up and stuff stored across a few computers.
Thinking of using freenas/zfs, raid cards are pricey and for personal use I really don't think I need one.
 
Possibly set up VM ware so I can use this as a workstation as well.
 
 
Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D  - Looking at this case for the option to add extra hard-drive cages as I need them.
 
Couldn't find many options for a case that fits more than 10 drives that isn't a rack mount. 
I live in an apartment so I don't really want anything too loud.
 
Power Supply: Corsair AX860I 860W      - Just put this down because I have one in my gaming rig. Can be different.
Motherboard: ASUS X99-E WS LGA2011-3
Processor: Intel CPU BX80644E52620V3 Xeon E5-2620 v3 15MB 6Core 2.40GHz 
Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H100I 
Memory: Kingston KVR21R15S4K4/32 32GB 4X8GB ECC
SSD boot drive: Intel or Samsung? don't think it needs to be huge.
Hard drives: WD 4TB Red - Going to start with 6 and add more as i need them.
 
 
Any suggestions would be great thanks.

 

 

The Corsair AX860i, EVGA G2 series, Cooler Master V series are all good choices. Though, 860 watts is kind of overkill if you don't plan to have any GPU in it at all.

 

That ASUS board has a X99 chipset on it. You need a Intel C (C216 being the newest) series chipset to run ECC memory.

 

As the others have stated, I would step down from LGA 2011-3 to LGA 1150. It's simply way too much power for what you plan to use it for. Unless you plan to render a lot.

 

I would say get a Hyper 212 Evo for the cooler. The water cooler is complete overkill. My Xeon E5-2965V3 (14 core, 28 thread) with a Hyper D92 (Only cooler that would fit the chassis / was cheap) barely gets to 63C on Intel Burn Test. The Vcore is a crazy low 0.86volts. Xeons do not run hot at all.

 

I would recommend looking at 32 GB (2 x 16GB) kits as they might be cheaper (It was for me when I bought my DDR4 RAM a month ago). Keep in mind if you stay on LGA 2011-3, you need DDR4. If you go the LGA 1150 route, you need DDR3.

 

As for the SSD...if you are planning to run FreeNAS, then you should get a flash drive instead and run FreeNAS off of that. FreeNas on a SSD drive is overkill.

 

The Red Drives are pretty solid. I have four 4TB in RAID 10 and get 350MB/s on my RAID card. I will break the array soon and build a six drive Red 4TB RAID 10 array.

 

You're right on the RAID card though, mine cost $400 on a fire sale (Original price was $800 something). It works fine, but it is complete overkill for home use. ZFS is a better choice.

 

As for SuperMicro Boards, keep in mind that all fans on the board are hard coded in the BIOS to run at 50% fan speed and up (Fan modes: Balanced - 50% min, Heavy IO - 75% min, and Full speed). I learned this the hard way on my own SuperMicro board. If you do shop SuperMicro, get a board with IPMI support. You can then modify using the IPMI to lower the fan min speed down. As for me, I'm stuck buying a Zalman PWM fan controller to run the case fans in my SuperMicro Chassis because 50% fan speed is like 3000RPM and not remotely quiet / is blowing air all over my room.

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Hey there Oswald and welcome to the community :) 
 
Just a small note regarding the storage:
WD Reds are good NAS/RAID-class drives, but are designed for pools of up to 8 drives. For larger pools I would recommend looking at WD Red Pro drives as they can handle denser and larger arrays, can sustain more vibrations and heat and perform better. Here's a link: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=d85CgJ
 
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