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Hello Fellas,
I've been creeping around here for a few weeks and I finally summoned up the courage to post. Anyhow, I'm interested in building a WHS. I have some hardware lying around already and I basically wanted to get some feedback. Times are hard, so I am looking at spending the least amount of money, and if I have to drop money, getting the most bang for my buck. Aren't we all.
What I have
Gygabite P35-DS3P This board has the following:
2 pci expresss slots. 1(16x) & 1(4x)
8 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x IDE connector
Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
I originally got this chip to OC the hell out of it. Once the OC novelty wore out, a day or two later, I ran this at its stock speed.
Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W ATX 12V 2.0 Power Supply
2 gigs or Ram
1 x 500 gb HD (IDE)
1 x 250 bg HD (IDE)
1 x 1.5 TB HD (SATA)
An old ass Mid tower ATX case with 3 x 5.25 bays
Here are my 2 scenario builds:
Option 1: (Old non sexy case with 3 x 5.25 bays)
1 x ICY DOCK MB454SPF-B Mulit-Bay Backplane Module
this would at least get me started with 4 hot swap bays for now, and if my media libray keeps growing, then I would later buy a case with 9 or 10 5.25 bays and drop 2 or 3 more of these modules into it. Also, the reason why I chose this 4 slot intead of 5 slot was because if i needed to buy another module, I wouldn't need to buy a controller card. I would be using one of the IDE hard drives as the OS drive.
This solution would cost:
$208 for 2 of those hard drive modules
$100 for an okay computer case.
Grand total $308 approx.
Option 2: (sexy Norco 4020 build)
NORCO RPC-4020 4U Rackmount Server Case
basically, this is the most bang for your buck, but that means I have to spend upfront. For the price of buying 2 or 3 more of the above mentioned hot swap modules and a case with 9 or 10 5.25 bays, I could buy this and save. I still plan on using the above mentioned hardware and use the 500GB HD as the OS drive. All I would have to do to is buy 2 sata controller cards and stick them in the pci express slots and I could easily expand this to 20 hard drives if needed. But for now, I would have be able to use 8 sata drives because thats how many are on my motherboard before I need to start adding controller cards.
This solution would cost:
Grand total $300 for norco case , but with this I have an extra 12 how swap bays available.
Questions:
1. Does SUPERMICRO CSE-M35T-1B support 3Gb/sec transfer rates?
2. If not, am I better off buying a module that does support 3Gb/sec transfer rates?
3. Does the norco hot swap bays support 3Gb/sec transfer rates?
4. Does it really matter if 3Gb/sec transfer rates is supported at all?
5. Which option would you go with? and why?
Anyhow, any comments, suggestions, or rips are welcomed and encourged. Thanks in advance.
I've been creeping around here for a few weeks and I finally summoned up the courage to post. Anyhow, I'm interested in building a WHS. I have some hardware lying around already and I basically wanted to get some feedback. Times are hard, so I am looking at spending the least amount of money, and if I have to drop money, getting the most bang for my buck. Aren't we all.
What I have
Gygabite P35-DS3P This board has the following:
2 pci expresss slots. 1(16x) & 1(4x)
8 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x IDE connector
Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
I originally got this chip to OC the hell out of it. Once the OC novelty wore out, a day or two later, I ran this at its stock speed.
Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W ATX 12V 2.0 Power Supply
2 gigs or Ram
1 x 500 gb HD (IDE)
1 x 250 bg HD (IDE)
1 x 1.5 TB HD (SATA)
An old ass Mid tower ATX case with 3 x 5.25 bays
Here are my 2 scenario builds:
Option 1: (Old non sexy case with 3 x 5.25 bays)
1 x ICY DOCK MB454SPF-B Mulit-Bay Backplane Module
this would at least get me started with 4 hot swap bays for now, and if my media libray keeps growing, then I would later buy a case with 9 or 10 5.25 bays and drop 2 or 3 more of these modules into it. Also, the reason why I chose this 4 slot intead of 5 slot was because if i needed to buy another module, I wouldn't need to buy a controller card. I would be using one of the IDE hard drives as the OS drive.
This solution would cost:
$208 for 2 of those hard drive modules
$100 for an okay computer case.
Grand total $308 approx.
Option 2: (sexy Norco 4020 build)
NORCO RPC-4020 4U Rackmount Server Case
basically, this is the most bang for your buck, but that means I have to spend upfront. For the price of buying 2 or 3 more of the above mentioned hot swap modules and a case with 9 or 10 5.25 bays, I could buy this and save. I still plan on using the above mentioned hardware and use the 500GB HD as the OS drive. All I would have to do to is buy 2 sata controller cards and stick them in the pci express slots and I could easily expand this to 20 hard drives if needed. But for now, I would have be able to use 8 sata drives because thats how many are on my motherboard before I need to start adding controller cards.
This solution would cost:
Grand total $300 for norco case , but with this I have an extra 12 how swap bays available.
Questions:
1. Does SUPERMICRO CSE-M35T-1B support 3Gb/sec transfer rates?
2. If not, am I better off buying a module that does support 3Gb/sec transfer rates?
3. Does the norco hot swap bays support 3Gb/sec transfer rates?
4. Does it really matter if 3Gb/sec transfer rates is supported at all?
5. Which option would you go with? and why?
Anyhow, any comments, suggestions, or rips are welcomed and encourged. Thanks in advance.