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Well I ended up buying the zotac mobo the black aluminun case , the 80 plus power supply, 2 gigs of kingston hyper ram.
The case houses 2 hard drives and I have 2 I want to use for storage. Should I load ubuntu on a flash drive?
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Have you thought about using an old pc as a server? That would mean you could just have the OS drive in the HTPC so it should be cooler and quieter, and you would be able to easily expand your storage without worrying about the HTPC.
When i first started out, i bought a case that could take several harddrives, as my media collection grew though, i quickly realised that i was going to run out of room, so i bought a DAS and created a spanned windows array. I eventually came to my senses and bought a cheap case with 9 x 5.25 slots and set up an UnRAID server which has the potential to store 12 Harddrives.
This now means i have a HTPC case that is WAY bigger than i'd like, an expensive DAS i'll likely never use again and an UnRAID server that is awesome.
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I like that Corsair PSU for Unraid. Highly recommended on Unraid's forum.
As far as the case, I feel your pain (as in I too have older overpriced hardware that I just want to use). Looking at that case, as long as you use the Cooler MAster 4 in 3 in the top you should have enough airflow for all your drives. Maybe consider getting some Antec Tri-Cools for the front and back, as on their medium setting I can promise you will get enough airflow.
Of course, as you know, that case is before the days of 120mm fans so it will be pretty loud when its full of heat. Personally I would consider the max of that case to be around ten drives (pretty much the max of that PSU too) because I wouldn't put drives in those 3.5inch external slots without some sort of fan.
Looks good though. Way to work the deals.
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I have the original Silverstone Case that you linked too in your first post. I'm plan on selling it as soon as 10.0 comes out.The reason that I want to sell it is because of the size, it's just to big for my taste.
Also I like your unraid build, I have a similar PSU in my unraid server running 5 HD's without any issues. I would highly recommend getting a modular Corsair PSU, as the less cables you have the better the airflow.
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well I just pulled the trigger on the unRaid server.... if i need better fans I'll get them, but for now with the 3 drives I should be good. and when I get enough drive to warrant a better case i'll just have to cough up the cash, but buying pieces at a time is easier on the pocket book then buying a complete ground up build.
im stoked.
I'll have 2x2TB WD greens and 1x1tb WD Green to start things off.
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Looks good. What PCIe SATA card are you gonna get when you move past 6 drives?