HP G8 Microserver MOD (28TB)

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Hello and welcome

I'm currently modding my new Microserver to allow for 8 3.5inch hard drives, a new motherboard/CPU, and RAID card. I currently have an HP N40L with 8 drives in it and I'm looking to do the same with the new box.



Objective:
Create a File Server that doubles as a HTPC for streaming of movies.


Build List:
160Watt Pico PSU
i5-4570s
ASUS H87I-PLUS
8 DDR3 RAM 1600 (NON-ECC)
High point RAID card 8 port SAS
4x4TB (reuse 4x3TB)
128 Samsung SSD

Extra plans:
Paint (plasti dip)



Design (old HP n40L)



-Zer0
 
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Parts all ready to be installed
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All put together
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Talk about density. That thing's gonna be dark matter. haha
Will the 160W PSU run that many HDDs and the system?
 
StatutoryApe said:
Talk about density. That thing's gonna be dark matter. haha
Will the 160W PSU run that many HDDs and the system?
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Power won't be a problem, but I'm not sure if there will be enough connectors for 8 HDD's. The max I have seen done is 6.
 
Sorry it's been completed for some time now. Was a pretty easy build, honestly. I'll update with some pictures later today!
 
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