I have ordered the following parts: PicoPSU-120 + adapter @ €69.95 Fractal Design Node 304 Black @ €64.99 Super Micro MBD-X9SBAA-F-O @ €219.72 Kingston 4GB ECC SODIMM DDR3L-1333 (KVR13LSE9S8/4) @ €39.78 Hard drives: 2x Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4000GB (H3IKNAS40003272SE) @ €147,91 1x Seagate NAS HDD 4TB ...

Thank you for your replies, HFat. You prevented me from making at least one crucial mistake :-) I am considering adding a UPS Unless the reliability of your electricity supply is remarkable for a home environment and considering that you're spending 1000 euros on a pico-powered server... yes, it wou...

Thanks, Abula, boost and matt_garman, for the feedback! Again dont see raid a true backup, as its not, its just an uptime, no matter how many parity drives you have, it can still fail, what raid is meant for is for sustaining a hdd failures and still continue to have access to your data, but one or ...

Thank you, Abula and HFat, for your replies! That said, on fully fanless idk, i used to have an acer ah342 whsv1 with an Intel Atom D510 (dual core 1.66ghz, and it idle close to 50s and load around 65-70C depending on ambient temp, and this pre build server had a 120mm fan on it, so fully fanless mi...

I am looking to build or buy a NAS. It would be my first NAS, so I have been researching this for quite a while now. If you just want to see the part list, scroll down. If you want to read what I'd like it to be and do, continue on! :) My priorities for this system are (in order): maximize data safe...

If you choose the Fortress, no need for extra fans ! Good to know, thanks! I don't get your logic here. You could go for the i7-860 (more than adequate for your needs) option now and save around $800 - $900 dollars which you could put in the bank. If you wanted to upgrade in say 3 years you could e...

Hi and welcome to SPCR :D Thanks! And thanks everyone for the quick and insightful comments. Exactly what I was looking for! I can't imagine spending $1540 US on a cpu+mobo+RAM for casual use when you can buy an i7-860+similar mobo+RAM for $550-700. Is there some application that drives the need fo...

Hello everyone, I have spent the last two weeks reading this site, this forum, Anandtech, Tom's Hardware, Tweakers dot net and plenty of other hardware reviewing/benchmarking sites. Finally I've picked my components and decided to put my work to the surveying eye of more experienced system builders....

Hello all, I would like to post a new topic on the System Advice subforum, but I keep getting the message "You must have 3 posts before you can post URL's/Links.". However, I removed all the links and I keep getting this message. Can anyone tell me any word or character combination the system sees a...