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Intellipark should be disabled, yes indeed, I know nothing about the jumper settings, however my guess is that it won't be required...
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2011-08-22, 18:01
(This post was last modified: 2011-08-22, 18:38 by bkastner.)
Given the proliferation of SATA 3 drives on the market is there much value in picking a motherboard that will support these? If I look at the potential incremental costs:
The WD 2TB Green SATA3 drives are $10 more than SATA2
ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard is $95 instead of $80
SYBA SY-PEX40032 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card are $33 instead of $15.
This strikes me as minimal additional investment, but I want to make sure there is enough value to justify.
Also, I don't know if I picked a recommended motherboard (it *looks* similar to the orignial recommendation, but I am not 100%). Lastly, I don't know if there are any compatability issues with this solution.
Any thoughts?
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well, even if budget PSU is 420W, i'd use it and see how things go,,,,
now, trick is to get a unRAID compatible motherboard,,,
be-careful with your LAN chipset...
check on limetech website for a wiki where they list some know compatible motherboards,,,
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one of the advantages of using unRAID is,
it Allows drives to spin down if they are not being accessed,
saving power and possible prolonging their life!!
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The recommended power supply has a $20 mail in rebate that ends today. Just ordered one.
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The recommended case (Antec Three Hundred Illusion) is $45 shipped with coupon code until 9/28. See OP's post for link to item with coupon code listed. Just ordered one.
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2011-09-23, 02:53
(This post was last modified: 2011-09-23, 02:59 by jason.shaffer.)
Wouldn't the Sempron 130 be ok for this build?
edit: nevermind... heatsink and fan included with 145 but not 130.
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well, probably, if you dont use addons such as SICKbeard or COuchPotato & SAB,,,,