WHS replacement hardware

Gunda

Gunda

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Anyone see any issues with the following:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V+200 Drive SATA 6Gb/s - (SVP200S3/120G) £59.99
1 x MSI A75MA-P35 AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £43.99
1 x AMD A4-3300 2.50GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3300OJGXBOX) £41.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Apache II CD903 CPU-Cooler - 92mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £10.99
Total : £186.95 (includes shipping : FREE).




This is to replace old e2200 socket 775 setup that i've a) run out of sata ports on, and b) doesn't like anything above a 2tb disk.
re-using current 1.5tb drives, (1 new 3tb) 500w psu and case. will be installing Win8 via usb so no need for optical drive.

The machine is currently just used to store photo's, ripped dvds (which stream to clients) and important docs, it also backs my main pc, laptops etc...
My current plan is to use this going forward with Win8 storage pools to replace the WHS buggy drive extender.
 
How many HDD's do you need? If it's not over 4-5 then I'd suggest HP microserver, see the massive thread in the server section, can be had for £130~ after rebate.
 
problem with HP microserver is: Maximum internal storage: TB (4 x 2 TB 3.5” SATA drives)

And i already have a 3tb, 2tb, 1.5tb, 1.5tb and a 500gb... intending to replace the 500gb with another 3tb at some point.
 
The HP Microserver can use 3TB+ drives and you can fit a 5th drive with an adaptor and even a 6th drive like i have with a bit of fiddling. The only limitation would be that you can not use anything over 2TB as a boot drive.
 
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awesome, overclockers need to update the spec that shows on the links before you click into that board i thought it only had 6.
 
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