Buy HBA Lsi9750-8i or not

[pomkon]

Im in the process of gathering parts for my future nas build. I plan to have 8 bay. I see a limited time deal (in a few hours) of Lsi9750-8i w/ BBU deal for about $64usd. Should i get it?

I am thinking i can get used cheap motherboard with 4 ports like b75m, cheap CPU, then it all fits together. Is this ldea good?

Or get a 8 sata good motherboard with ECC ram? but I plan to keep the budget small.

In terms of upgrade path, stability and others... So what should i do??

I will have yet to decide which nas to use, freenas, unraid or others.


Thanks alot

 

[Ericloewe]

I see a limited time deal (in a few hours) of Lsi9750-8i w/ BBU deal for about $64usd. Should i get it?

Not for FreeNAS, no.

Is this ldea good?

Not if you want something reliable.

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/hardware-recommendations-guide.12/