Mini ITX Server Build

[dross_199]

Hi all,

 

Just looking for some advise and to see what peoples thoughts are with the below build that i have put together.

 

What i am trying to accomplish with this server is to make a small form factor NAS/server that will be used for Plex media server, high capacity file storage and at minimum 3 VM's. Below is listed all the parts that i have picked out and yes the motherboard isn't really well suited but it was within my budget. 

 

Budget: £850 Around (UK)

 

Case: Fractal Design node 804

CPU: Xeon E3-1230V5

Motherboard: Gigabyte X150m-Pro ECC

RAM: Kingston KVR21R15D4  16gb

PSU: Corsair CXM430

Hard Drives: 4x 3TB WD Reds, 2x Toshiba 7200rpm drive and 1x250g ssd (Some of these drives i already own, i will only be bying another 2 wd reds)

 

If anyone has any pointers or advise please let me know.

[Jurrunio]

This Xeon doesnt have onboard graphics, so you will need a graphics card as video output when you set it up.

[Guest]

Instead of xeon you could put a ryzen 1700 in there.

[dross_199]

14 minutes ago, Almostbauws said:

Instead of xeon you could put a ryzen 1700 in there.

I looked at this possibility but decided against it as AMD processors don't support EEC Memory.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, dross_199 said:

I looked at this possibility but decided against it as AMD processors don't support EEC Memory.

Yes they do!

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, dross_199 said:

I looked at this possibility but decided against it as AMD processors don't support EEC Memory.

Where did you get that info?

[dross_199]

4 minutes ago, Almostbauws said:

Yes they do!

 

3 minutes ago, Almostbauws said:

Where did you get that info?

Hmm upon a single google i seem to missed something when doing my research, it does have a lower TDP so would theoretically cost less to run 24/7, do you have any experiences using this cpu for 24/7 operation? also what mini atx board would you suggest ?

[dross_199]

33 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

This Xeon doesnt have onboard graphics, so you will need a graphics card as video output when you set it up.

Yeah i have one or 2 old card that i can use to set this up with and probably just leave in ans a just in case.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, dross_199 said:

 

Hmm upon a single google i seem to missed something when doing my research, it does have a lower TDP so would theoretically cost less to run 24/7, do you have any experiences using this cpu for 24/7 operation? also what mini atx board would you suggest ?

Sorry for being a bit rude, I am a bit tired. The problem with ryzen right now is taht there are no good itx boards. Asus should release some this month, I am waiting for one too. Right now I have asrock itx board, but people say that it has bad VRM's, so thats why im planning to change it. As for 24/7 operation, my longest operation was 24, hours, no crashes or problems.

[dross_199]

1 hour ago, Almostbauws said:

Sorry for being a bit rude, I am a bit tired. The problem with ryzen right now is taht there are no good itx boards. Asus should release some this month, I am waiting for one too. Right now I have asrock itx board, but people say that it has bad VRM's, so thats why im planning to change it. As for 24/7 operation, my longest operation was 24, hours, no crashes or problems.

This is partly my issue if I go down that route, was thinking that possibly going down the inte line I would be fairly safe as it’s tried and tested if that makes sense. ?  don't know whether to wait or not but getting fairly desperate for storage. 

[KenjiUmino]

3 hours ago, Almostbauws said:

Yes they do!

then wich mainboards support ECC?

[GDRRiley]

7 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

then wich mainboards support ECC?

which? which or witch? some asrock and asus boards partially due but I think we will likely have to wait for suppermicro to make a board that full does. 

[Dark]

The build looks great.

 

My only suggestion would be to consider cheaper spinning disks (perhaps even in the 7200rpm flavor).  You'll save some good cash going with something like a Toshiba P300 3TB and losing TLER isn't going to make a noticeable difference.  If anything, the low drive count will benefit from the faster spindle speed.  

 

Lastly, if you keep all the spinning disks identical then you would only need a single spare on hand.

 

Regardless, looks like a solid setup.

[dross_199]

3 hours ago, Dark said:

The build looks great.

 

My only suggestion would be to consider cheaper spinning disks (perhaps even in the 7200rpm flavor).  You'll save some good cash going with something like a Toshiba P300 3TB and losing TLER isn't going to make a noticeable difference.  If anything, the low drive count will benefit from the faster spindle speed.  

 

Lastly, if you keep all the spinning disks identical then you would only need a single spare on hand.

 

Regardless, looks like a solid setup.

Thanks for the reply, i actually already have 2x Toshiba p300's in my current server, but wanted to keep all of the media on the reds as i also already have two of them as well. personally if i didn't already have 2x WD reds i would of went with all Toshiba p300's as they have been great for myself. 

[orangecat]

On 10/1/2017 at 3:23 PM, dross_199 said:

I looked at this possibility but decided against it as AMD processors don't support EEC Memory.

The Ryzen Pro CPUs do I think but I'm pretty sure they aren't out yet.

[DJ Nuck Chorris]

I would recommend trying to pick up a few of the WD Easystore 8TB external drives from Best Buy and shucking them. They regularly go on sale for $159-$189 and contain WD red SATA drives with 256MB cache. 

[Pixel5]

+1 for going with a ryzen build, especially if you want to run VM´s you will want a high count of physical cores that you can assign to them.

 

beside this consider not going for an ITX form factor as the added cost are just not worth saving a tiny little bit of space, you will need a rather big case anyways to fit all these drives.