Hi All,
I've got a HP Microserver and absolutely love the machine, however the lack of drive bays is a severe limitation. My ideal plan is to purchase this case Fractal Design Define XL and just jam it full of HDDs as I go along. My initial purchase will consist of case, motherboard, cpu, cooler, ram and 2 3TB hard drives.
I know which hard drives I want but I'm lost on the CPU & motherboard.
The main uses of the machine will be to stream 1080p to 1 Raspberry Pi and 1 Acer Revo. Not transcoding, just straight streaming.
I've not really got a real budget in mind but I want to make sure that it's not drawing a lot of power.
This is an idea of what I thought might be appropriate.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £141.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £89.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £71.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £41.99
Total : £357.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).
Any changes or better ideas?
One of the issues I've got a problem with is that I can only use 6 Sata drives, if I wanted to use 7 or so how would I get around that?
I've got a HP Microserver and absolutely love the machine, however the lack of drive bays is a severe limitation. My ideal plan is to purchase this case Fractal Design Define XL and just jam it full of HDDs as I go along. My initial purchase will consist of case, motherboard, cpu, cooler, ram and 2 3TB hard drives.
I know which hard drives I want but I'm lost on the CPU & motherboard.
The main uses of the machine will be to stream 1080p to 1 Raspberry Pi and 1 Acer Revo. Not transcoding, just straight streaming.
I've not really got a real budget in mind but I want to make sure that it's not drawing a lot of power.
This is an idea of what I thought might be appropriate.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £141.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £89.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £71.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £41.99
Total : £357.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).
Any changes or better ideas?
One of the issues I've got a problem with is that I can only use 6 Sata drives, if I wanted to use 7 or so how would I get around that?
