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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
File server. I'll host a fairly large amount of data. ~10tb for consumption by other devices in my house. TVs, laptops, tablets etc. I would like a solution which doesn't force me to manually recopy data onto spare disks when a drive fails and I replace it. I feel like this usually means raid, but other people might have other solutions for this.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Don't want to spend more than $1000 altogether, but less is better. I feel like the main place where I could adjust cost is how much storage I start with. Maybe only start with 2tb and upgrade to 10 or 20 over the next few months to spread out that cost. Going this route, perhaps I could do a 2tb build in the 300-500 range? I realize raid controllers can be expensive, so maybe I can get some suggestions for those and add one in later when I have more data, i.e. break the 10tb barrier or something.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Bay Area, SF.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU, RAM, case, mobo, hard drives, PSU, RAID controller?
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
None.
6) Will you be overclocking?
No.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
1080P 24in. I don't really intend to use the server for anything graphical. I probably won't even have a monitor hooked up to it most of the time--will just interact with it over SSH.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Depends on where the price ends up. If I can do something simple for 250-300 maybe this month. If closer to 500 I may wait a couple of months. I'm not in a huge hurry so I might even wait for one of these:
http://www.ncases.com/
Although I imagine they will be expensive. I didn't see the price on the website though.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Um... lots of SATA ports? OK. So I would like some sort of solution (probably RAID) which doesn't require me to manually recopy data on to a new disk when I do a replacement because a drive failed. Are there any suggestions besides going the RAID route?
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
I will not use windows. This will be a linux machine.
File server. I'll host a fairly large amount of data. ~10tb for consumption by other devices in my house. TVs, laptops, tablets etc. I would like a solution which doesn't force me to manually recopy data onto spare disks when a drive fails and I replace it. I feel like this usually means raid, but other people might have other solutions for this.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Don't want to spend more than $1000 altogether, but less is better. I feel like the main place where I could adjust cost is how much storage I start with. Maybe only start with 2tb and upgrade to 10 or 20 over the next few months to spread out that cost. Going this route, perhaps I could do a 2tb build in the 300-500 range? I realize raid controllers can be expensive, so maybe I can get some suggestions for those and add one in later when I have more data, i.e. break the 10tb barrier or something.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Bay Area, SF.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU, RAM, case, mobo, hard drives, PSU, RAID controller?
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
None.
6) Will you be overclocking?
No.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
1080P 24in. I don't really intend to use the server for anything graphical. I probably won't even have a monitor hooked up to it most of the time--will just interact with it over SSH.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Depends on where the price ends up. If I can do something simple for 250-300 maybe this month. If closer to 500 I may wait a couple of months. I'm not in a huge hurry so I might even wait for one of these:
http://www.ncases.com/
Although I imagine they will be expensive. I didn't see the price on the website though.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Um... lots of SATA ports? OK. So I would like some sort of solution (probably RAID) which doesn't require me to manually recopy data on to a new disk when I do a replacement because a drive failed. Are there any suggestions besides going the RAID route?
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
I will not use windows. This will be a linux machine.
