Gonna do a Skylake refresh on my storage server

[unijab]

Gonna finally retire some of my old sandy bridge hardware.

Going to just move the HBA card over into the new setup, and keep the same PSU.

 

Going with the following:

 

Intel Core i3-6100 3.7 GHz

32GB - G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 

ASRock H170M Mini-ITX

 

 

 

Current Setup:

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/21948-ltt-10tb-storage-show-off-topic/page-50#entry3691169

 

Hardware

CASE: Rosewill Blackbone

PSU: Corsair CX600

MB: EVGA Z68 SLI

CPU: Core i3-2105

HS: Zalman 92mm 

RAM: GSkill 16GB DDR3 1067

GPU: EVGA 01G-P3-1302-LR GeForce 8400 GS 

RAID CARD: LSI 9211-8i, Flashed with "IT" firmware

HDD 1: 1x 500G WD Blue 2.5"

HDD 2: 6x 1TB  WD Red 2.5"

HDD 3: 4x 3TB WD Green 3.5"

 

 

 

 

[PlayStation 2]

Please, no.

Just get a better PSU.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371083 Overkill as fuck but it's a server PSU pretty much.

[unijab]

Please, no.

Just get a better PSU.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371083 Overkill as fuck but it's a server PSU pretty much.

 

Have been using that PSU for a year+.

No issues.

[PlayStation 2]

Have been using that PSU for a year+.

No issues.

Now when it shuts off permanently and you lose a bunch of data? Worst case scenario but it's definitely possible.

[unijab]

Now when it shuts off permanently and you lose a bunch of data? Worst case scenario but it's definitely possible.

 

Nothing lasts forever, but if it dies before warranty is out... I'll get another for free.

[PlayStation 2]

Nothing lasts forever, but if it dies before warranty is out... I'll get another for free.

It's your funeral.

also that's a badass deal on the PSU i showed you

[BLCT]

Been using the same PSU for years! However it was the 600w version. was using 2 770 in sli. Not a single problem, never thought I the only one! Cheers mate! 

[manikyath]

Please, no.

Just get a better PSU.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371083 Overkill as fuck but it's a server PSU pretty much.

It's your funeral.

also that's a badass deal on the PSU i showed you

my pretty similar setup storage server pulls 50 watts from the wall.

 

i doubt its gonna be a problem...

[unijab]

It's your funeral.

also that's a badass deal on the PSU i showed you

 

Yeah it looks pretty nice.

I prefer having a single 12v rail though.

[Belgarathian]

Q: Why 32GB of RAM? 

 

Also that's a bucket load of HDDs...

[unijab]

Q: Why 32GB of RAM? 

 

Also that's a bucket load of HDDs...

 

Better deal to buy the 2x16GB kit than 1x16GB

[Belgarathian]

Better deal to buy the 2x16GB kit than 1x16GB

 

Are you using it as a HTPC, or anything else? I'm not criticizing your decision, just thinking that as a storage server (even with FreeNAS) 8GB should be more than sufficient (mine uses 2GB at about 50% utilisation over aggregated 4x1Gbps wtih 4-6 concurrent users). 

[unijab]

Are you using it as a HTPC, or anything else? I'm not criticizing your decision, just thinking that as a storage server (even with FreeNAS) 8GB should be more than sufficient (mine uses 2GB at about 50% utilisation over aggregated 4x1Gbps wtih 4-6 concurrent users). 

 

It is a storage server mainly for iSCSI targets and it runs CentOS 6.7 currently.

I also use it to save backup copies. 

[unijab]