BUILD Need help build my home/company server

[9C1 Newbee]

What list? By car, d you mean an HBA? I don't recall any recommendations for HBAs not based on LSI 2008/2308 controllers. If so, must've been an ancient list. All current stickies were up to date, last time I checked.

A SASUC8I used to be on an approved list. I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the card based on the fact it was on an "approved list". While the card was in transit, I did a bit more digging around. Seems the card had a 2TB cap due to 32bit. While the card is fully supported and would work, the M1015 is a MUCH better solution. Here is my post on that.

https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...er-selection-or-motherboard.12079/#post-56133

If such a list existed, it would need to be reviewed each month or more I would think. Ain't nobody got time for that.

 

[Fraoch]

If the OP really does want a parts list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V3 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($97.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($97.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($97.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($97.99 @ Adorama)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 660W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($141.97 @ OutletPC)
Other: Supermicro X10SLM-F
Other: StarTech.com HSB430SATBK 4-bay SATA hotswap rack
Other: FreeNAS 9.2.1.8
Other: Crucial CT2KIT102472BD160B 2 X 8 GB DDR3-1600 ECC
Total: $633.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 13:42 EDT-0400

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/QWr7YJ

Having built all this and doing dry runs with what I intend to use the server for, I'd say I overspent on the CPU and underspent on the drives. The CPU idles along at less than 10% load, often less than 5%, for several simultaneous transfers. I haven't tried transcoding yet but it should have more than enough power for several streams. I could easily have gotten away with a Core i3 or even a Pentium. But I "only" have 3.6 TB capacity in my array. That's plenty for now but it might not be in the future.

As explained in this thread though, this hardware might not be relevant in the future. Who knows what Broadwell or Skylake (Intel future processors) will bring?