The PC Build Thread

[The Voice]

Yes & yes.

Fail. A number of people who don't have a 600C are pretty annoyed by the inverted name and the wrong star pissed off a few Jews/Satanists.

 

[Neoprod]

Fail. A number of people who don't have a 600C are pretty annoyed by the inverted name and the wrong star pissed off a few Jews/Satanists.

Bonus! I have a Satanic card! Woot!

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Pulled the trigger and decided to eventually upgrade my aging NAS solution.

Going with a HP Microserver and 4 x 6TB WD Reds. Only bought 1 drive for now and will get the rest later once my bank balance recovers

FreeNAS ftw!

 

[FoXtroT]

Pulled the trigger and decided to eventually upgrade my aging NAS solution.

Going with a HP Microserver and 4 x 6TB WD Reds. Only bought 1 drive for now and will get the rest later once my bank balance recovers

FreeNAS ftw!

Make sure you break your bank a bit more and get some ECC RAM!

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Make sure you break your bank a bit more and get some ECC RAM!

Yup, 16GB ECC is going in from the start.

 

[Thor]

What does ECC ram do?
Is it better than normal ram?
Is it compatible with any cpu?

 

[FoXtroT]

What does ECC ram do?
Is it better than normal ram?
Is it compatible with any cpu?

It's Error Correcting memory. Typically only used in servers to prevent data corruption; it is a must in a FreeNAS build because of the way ZFS works.

I don't think it works on any CPU.

 

[Cochise]

Went for the Zotac 1070, but stock only arriving on the 12th at Wootware. Cant wait to get it.

 

[The Voice]

Went for the Zotac 1070, but stock only arriving on the 12th at Wootware. Cant wait to get it.

Nice card!

In other news, 1050 specs are doing the rounds: 4GB GDDR5, and decent clock speeds. Oh and it doesn't require a power cable apparently.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

It's Error Correcting memory. Typically only used in servers to prevent data corruption; it is a must in a FreeNAS build because of the way ZFS works.

I don't think it works on any CPU.

It's not a must per se (i.e. it will still work fine without ECC memory) but is highly recommended.

 

[FoXtroT]

It's not a must per se (i.e. it will still work fine without ECC memory) but is highly recommended.

Yeah, I know but if you go on the FReeNAS forums and say you are using normal RAM you will get lynched!

 

[Rouxenator]

Probably not on the same level as some of the monitors being discussed here, but I am surprised at how much technology has improved. I had a 2009 Samsung SW2333 that I replaced with Dell SE2216H and the colour reproduction is incredible. Yes, I can tell in Xonotic that this is VA panel and not a TN, but it is not really noticeable unless you really look of it. Who thought you can get such a good viewing experience for less than R2k.



Excellent LED screen for under R2k if 12ms is something you can live with

 

[Soul Assassin]

For ~R200 more you could've bought the SE2416H which is a IPS panel with 6ms response time.

 

[Rouxenator]

Nice, I like getting a raw deal.

 

[Basil959]

Pulled the trigger and decided to eventually upgrade my aging NAS solution.

Going with a HP Microserver and 4 x 6TB WD Reds. Only bought 1 drive for now and will get the rest later once my bank balance recovers

FreeNAS ftw!

What did you pay for it?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

What did you pay for it?

Firstshop:

Transcend - DDR3 - 8 GB - DIMM 240-pin TS1GLK72V6H R 771.40 2 R 1,542.81
HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 Entry - Celeron G1610T 2.3 GHz - 4 GB - 0 GB 819185-421 R 3,890.00 1 R 3,890.00

R5522 with delivery.

The 6TB WD Red cost me R4300 but now Takealot has them marked down to R4150 - missed out by few days (http://www.takealot.com/wd-red-6tb-sata-6-gb-s-nas-drive/PLID32846912)

 

[Soul Assassin]

Firstshop:

Transcend - DDR3 - 8 GB - DIMM 240-pin TS1GLK72V6H R 771.40 2 R 1,542.81
HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 Entry - Celeron G1610T 2.3 GHz - 4 GB - 0 GB 819185-421 R 3,890.00 1 R 3,890.00

R5522 with delivery.

The 6TB WD Red cost me R4300 but now Takealot has them marked down to R4150 - missed out by few days (http://www.takealot.com/wd-red-6tb-sata-6-gb-s-nas-drive/PLID32846912)

Would it not have been better in the long run to build your own, even if it meant losing out on the MicroServer case.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Would it not have been better in the long run to build your own, even if it meant losing out on the MicroServer case.

Not really, it would have been way too much effort believe me I looked for alternatives.

The things that I needed for this build:

1. Small form factor
2. Price
3. ECC support
4. 4+ drive bays

The biggest challenge was finding a mITX board with ECC support - I can probably get one but at a price. Even without ECC support, building an equivalent box with locally sourced parts was more expensive than the Microserver route.

 

[Basil959]

Firstshop:

Transcend - DDR3 - 8 GB - DIMM 240-pin TS1GLK72V6H R 771.40 2 R 1,542.81
HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 Entry - Celeron G1610T 2.3 GHz - 4 GB - 0 GB 819185-421 R 3,890.00 1 R 3,890.00

R5522 with delivery.

The 6TB WD Red cost me R4300 but now Takealot has them marked down to R4150 - missed out by few days (http://www.takealot.com/wd-red-6tb-sata-6-gb-s-nas-drive/PLID32846912)

So are you tossing the 8gb ram included and changing it to the 16gb ecc..? Are you going to run raid?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

So are you tossing the 8gb ram included and changing it to the 16gb ecc..? Are you going to run raid?

Only 4GB ram included, it'll go with the other memory lying around that I don't use.

Yes, going to be doing a 4 x 6TB raidz2 array.