Ok, I'll be the first to say it.. I would change the Operating System. I would also consider moving up to 1 Tb Drives as you get 50% more space for a small price increase.
Andy On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:25 AM, eljefemus <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am currently looking to build a NAS. This would be a pc that I > build from scratch and would appreciate any help on this project. I > currently put together a list of parts to buy and I was wondering what > you all thought and what changes you would make. > > COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC > Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail (I'm choosing the case > due to 4 3.5" internal drive spaces) > > SUPERMICRO MBD-C2SBC-Q-O LGA 775 Intel Q35 ATX Intel Motherboard - > Retail (I'm not sure if this is a good mobo, but I like it's > features: supports 6 SATA drives, PS2 ports, Video, Raid 0/1/5/10) > > COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-650-ACAA-A1 650W ATX Form Factor 12V > V2.3 / SSI Standard EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 > PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail (Not sure about > this. This has 8 SATA connects) > > Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor > Model BX80571E5200 - Retail (Go all purpose dual core processor) > > Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 > (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC22G6400ELK - > Retail (I would purchase 4GB for this box) > > Western Digital Caviar SE WD800AAJS 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard > Drive - OEM (system only drive. I might consider upping the size of > this for certain windows based apps, like tagging music and possibly > using winamp remote to stream to my xbox 360 and PS3) > > 3x Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s > Hard Drive - OEM > (These would be my storage drives setup in a RAID 5) > > LITE-ON Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 - OEM (not much to > say about this) > > Is there anything that you guys would change? > > This computer would probably be using Windows XP Pro as I already have > a Windows Server 2003 that's running as a DC, DNS and DHCP > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
