Rack server for NAS

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I'm building a NAS server. I have an external 16-bay enclosure and the required RAID card for it. I'm looking at recommendations for the server part. My current idea is to get the following components:

1. Intel Core i3-3250 CPU
2. SuperMicro MBD-X9SCM-IIF Micro ATX mobo
3. Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G (2x4GB unregistered DDR3 1333 ECC RAM)

I'm still looking for good enclosures with reliable PSUs. Since I just moved to Europe I've been looking around European stores. I've seen some reasonable cases here:

http://www.xcase.co.uk/2u-Rackmount-Cases-s/25.htm

The server rack will be sitting in my home office, so I would need a machine that's pretty silent. 1U racks tend to have small noisy fans, so I think a 2U has more potential and at least I can switch the fans to something less noisy.

I would hope to get comments on the following:

1. Mobo choice. Any cheaper good boards out there?
2. If someone knows another store that sells great rack cases in Europe, please tell me.

 

[Dangman]

1) Here in the U.S, the MBD-X9SCM-F-O is a tad cheaper and is far more widely used than the MBD-X9SCM-IIF.
2) N/A

What size case are you looking at? 2U? 3U? 4U?

 

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I would like a case that's fairly silent, so a 1U with high RPM fans is probably out of the question.

 

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Decided on the following:

Case: http://www.xcase.co.uk/product-p/case-316-pro.htm
PSU: F.S.P 2U 600W Single 80+
Mobo: SuperMicro X9SCi-LN4F
CPU: Xeon E3-1220v2
RAM: 32GB DDR3 ECC
SAS card: 2 x LSI SAS 9211-8i HBA

This adds up to a total of 1998 euros with shipping from X-Case. I'll check how much I could reduce the price if I bought the parts myself, but it might not be worth the trouble.

Now I just need some Seagate Constellation ES.3 disks and then let ZFS do its magic...

 

[Dangman]

Looks ok.