hardware for home use large storage

[Dan Naumov]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org> wrote:
> Dan Naumov wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dan Naumov wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After creating three different system configurations (Athena,
>>>>>> Supermicro, and HP), my configuration of choice is this Supermicro
>>>>>> setup:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   1. Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burner $20 (+ $8 shipping)
>>>>>>   2. SuperMicro 5046A $750 (+$43 shipping)
>>>>>>   3. LSI SAS 3081E-R $235
>>>>>>   4. SATA cables $60
>>>>>>   5. Crucial 3×2G ECC DDR3-1333 $191 (+ $6 shipping)
>>>>>>   6. Xeon W3520 $310
>>>>
>>>> You do realise how much of a massive overkill this is and how much you
>>>> are overspending?
>>>
>>> I appreciate the comments and feedback.  I'd also appreciate alternative
>>> suggestions in addition to what you have contributed so far.  Spec out
>>> the
>>> box you would build.
>>
>> ======================
>> Case: Fractal Design Define R2 - 89 euro:
>> http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&prod=32
>>
>> Mobo/CPU: Supermicro X7SPA-H / Atom D510 - 180-220 euro:
>> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H
>>
>> PSU: Corsair 400CX 80+ - 59 euro:
>> http://www.corsair.com/products/cx/default.aspx
>>
>> RAM: Corsair 2x2GB, DDR2 800MHz SO-DIMM, CL5 - 85 euro
>> ======================
>> Total: ~435 euro
>>
>> The motherboard has 6 native AHCI-capable ports on ICH9R controller
>> and you have a PCI-E slot free if you want to add an additional
>> controller card. Feel free to blow the money you've saved on crazy
>> fast SATA disks and if your system workload is going to have a lot of
>> random reads, then spend 200 euro on a 80gb Intel X25-M for use as a
>> dedicated L2ARC device for your pool.
>
> Based on the Fractal Design case mentioned above, I was told about Lian Lia
> cases, which I think are great.  As a result, I've gone with a tower  case
> without hot-swap.  The parts are listed at and reproduced below:
>
>  http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/15/a-full-tower-case/
>
>   1. LIAN LI PC-A71F Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case $240 (from
> mwave)
>   2. Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W PSU $80
>   3. Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burner $20 (+ $8 shipping)
>   4. Intel S3200SHV LGA 775 Intel 3200 m/b $200
>   5. Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 CPU $190
>   6. SATA cables $22
>   7. Supermicro LSI MegaRAID 8 Port SAS RAID Controller $118
>   8. Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM ECC $97
>
> Total cost is about $1020 with shipping.  Plus HDD.
>
> No purchases yet, but the above is what appeals to me now.

A C2Q CPU makes little sense right now from a performance POV. For the
price of that C2Q CPU + LGA775 board you can get an i5 750 CPU and a
1156 socket motherboard that will run circles around that C2Q. You
would lose the ECC though, since that requires the more expensive 1366
socket CPUs and boards.

- Sincerely,
Dan Naumov