Hoping to sell the bundle, but feel free to PM me what you're interested in. Have had some others poking around parts, too - I suppose if I can get everything out, I'll be happy. :)
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Picked this set up from msvirtualguy on STH forums, but don't really need it and have not had the time to play with it like it deserves... so testing the waters here.
Asrock x399m Taichi -- runs ~$300 new, seeing similar prices on ebay
AMD Threadripper 1950x -- runs ~$600 new, $500+ on ebay...
You can pick up an IBM M1015 or Dell H200/H310 for $30-40 on ebay and flash it to regular LSI HBA - there are plenty of guides online on how to do this. Combine that with an SFF-8087 to SFF-8482 (should be SAS connectors) breakout cable and you should be golden.
GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING WIFI (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z370 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSRP seems to be ~$150 based on Newegg. It's this one: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145043
Brand new in box. Came with a recently purchased GPU...
New year, new thread! :)
Prices are OBO, so let me know if anything is of interest and maybe we can work something out if you don't like my list price. If you are making an offer, please keep it to PM rather than posting directly in the thread.
The goods:
SSDs:
Samsung 960 Pro 2TB - lightly...
I would be hesitant to implement Raid0 on a NAS, especially given your flagging of data integrity as important. As far as bang/buck goes, 4-8tb drives are probably the sweet spot right now.
What do you need the NAS to do? Just hold the data, or other functions as well? Want to build your own...
Did you ever use the RJ45 ports at 10gbps? If so, which NICs?
Just picked up a couple of X540-t2 based cards so this would've been great, but seems there is a known issue between Intel NICs and this switch. Trying to figure out if there is a better set of affordable NICs that I could sub in...
I've been running my m1015 without a dedicated fan for ~18mo now without issue. NAS case definitely gets a bit warm, especially when all my drives are spinning, but no untimely death yet. Guess I'll need to keep an eye on temps to see if that area of the case needs better airflow.