HP G8 Microserver MOD (28TB)

[zer0gravity]

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

 

[zer0gravity]

Parts all ready to be installed

All put together

 

[StatutoryApe]

Talk about density. That thing's gonna be dark matter. haha
Will the 160W PSU run that many HDDs and the system?

 

[Wyluliraven]

Those Pico PSUs absolutely will run the intended goal.

 

[d50man]

Good luck update?

 

[xDezor]

Any updates? I'm really interested to see how this turns out.

 

[Alted4]

Talk about density. That thing's gonna be dark matter. haha
Will the 160W PSU run that many HDDs and the system?

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.

 

[zer0gravity]

Sorry it's been completed for some time now. Was a pretty easy build, honestly. I'll update with some pictures later today!