Chris Pollard Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Here is my build. Originally started out with CM590 but moved to the Lian Li 343 for more capacity. I'm posting this because I'm pretty much done with this build. Next up I will be building a new system as I don't like the idea of a 60 - 80TB array that takes ages to rebuild a failed disk. I have "modded" the 4-in-3's and 5-in-3 with some Arctic F8's connected to the NZXT Fan controller and then stuck the temperature probes on the outside of the enclosure exhaust. OS at time of posting: unRAID 5.0-beta12 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 2650e Motherboard: Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe + Diamond Stealth 2500 PCI RAM: 6gb Hynix DDR2 (2x2gb + 2x1gb) Case: Lian Li 343-B Drive Cage(s): MB455SPF-B x1, MB454SPF-B x4, MB876SK-B x1 Power Supply: Corsair HX650W SATA Expansion Card(s): Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 x2 Fans: Arctic Cooling F8 x5, NZXT Sentry LX Fan Controller, Generic 120mm Rear Exhaust Fan Parity Drive: Hitachi 7K2000 Data Drives: Samsung HD154UI x7, HD203WI, HD204UI/Z4, Seagate ST32000542AS, ST2000DL003 x2, Western Digital WD20EARS x2, WD3200AAJS, WD10EACS x1 Cache Drive: Samsung HD501LJ Total Drive Capacity: 23.5TB (Actual) Primary Use: Media Storage Likes: Looks, Easy to Work on. Dislikes: Noisy & Expensive. Add Ons Used: Slimserver, cache_dirs Future Plans: Fill remaining slots and build another server. Boot (peak): 201W Idle (avg): 105W Active (avg): 180W Light use (avg): 120W Quote Link to comment
tritron Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 That is very interesting case and system. It has growth potential. I wonder why not 24 bay norco case? Quote Link to comment
siamsquare Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 That is very interesting case and system. It has growth potential. I wonder why not 24 bay norco case? That was my innitial thought too, i have a ANtec 1200 case and was planning to put 5-in-1 HDD cases inside...but it's cheaper buying an NORCO RPC-4224 440€ or around 399$ Those 5-in-ones don't come cheap especially from Icy-dock! Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 WOW nice build!! Love the NZXT fan controller too! w00t! I would love to build one of these with 30 drives. But then again, 30 drives is an awful lot and freakin' heavy. My 20 drive build in a cooler master stacker gave me great pain when I had to move it from the basement to the upper floors before hurricane Irene hit. Still always loved these Lian Li cube builds! I was surprised to see this one, I thought they stopped making them a while back. really nice system! Quote Link to comment
Chris Pollard Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 It isn't a new build, its just that its finally "finished" after about 18 months of building. If I was building it today I would definetly use the Norco 4224, when I bought this, you had to import the norco 20 bay yourself and it was very expensive. I'm very satisfied with the end result, just a little buyers remorse about the fact the case and hot swap bays cost me about £600 (950usd?) Quote Link to comment
sacretagent Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 [me=sacretagent]SOOOOOOOOooooooooo jealous[/me] i just love that case ... but too expensive to ship to Thailand Quote Link to comment
ProfQ Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Love the case, and the NZXT looks right at home in there. Quote Link to comment
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