hardware for home use large storage

[Gót András]

On Hét, Február 15, 2010 9:39 pm, Dan Naumov wrote:
> 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

Hi,

Do have test about this? I'm not really impressed with the i5 series.

Regards,
Andras