[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[Tokthree]

It's going to be used by just me most of the time, I just want a NAS for media. I'm also going to have them in RaidZ-1, I've never heard anyone talk about needing a raid card for a NAS using software raid. My router only goes to 1000Mb throughput so I don't see why I would need anything above 1000Mb, some people suggest getting an intel NIC to just not have any hassle with FreeNAS detecting it.

I dunno what RAID cards do, I'd imagine that they take some of the burden off the CPU and RAM allowing you to have a cheaper CPU and less RAM in your NAS. My point about the NIC still stands; there's little point in a NAS if the local transfer speeds don't match the R/W speeds of the drives. Obviously I don't know much about NAS's but based on what little I have heard about them I would imagine that a 1Gbit NIC would prove quite useful, especially if you're planning on putting very high quality media on the NAS for streaming, that being said I have no idea how much good NIC's cost.

age: 14

Name: Bisjac

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[Deve]

For some reason my PC went through a disk check but when I rebooted it the BIOS wouldn't load or Windows.
Any help?

leavin this here.
i tried to reinstall the ram and nothin

[Tokthree]

leavin this here.
i tried to reinstall the ram and nothin

Turn off the PC completely, flip the switch on the back of the PSU, press the power button a few times until it does literally nothing, wait about 30 seconds to a minute and then turn the PC back on. This clears the CMOS (I think) and in my experience clearing the CMOS can fix all sorts of problems because it's magic or some stuff, I dunno. There's no guarantee that it'll do anything but it's worth a try.
Someone will probably come in with a more scientific solution than this but trying it out won't do any harm.

[Deve]

Turn off the PC completely, flip the switch on the back of the PSU, press the power button a few times until it does literally nothing, wait about 30 seconds to a minute and then turn the PC back on. This clears the CMOS (I think) and in my experience clearing the CMOS can fix all sorts of problems because it's magic or some stuff, I dunno. There's no guarantee that it'll do anything but it's worth a try.
Someone will probably come in with a more scientific solution than this but trying it out won't do any harm.

well uh. will try. thank ye.

[devildogelite]

Maybe; devildog never said which drive config he's going to use, though thinking about it RAID 1 or RAID 5 seems most likely. The chipset natively supports the former but not the latter. He might need an NIC though since the board only has gigabit ethernet.

RaidZ-1, so software raid since I'll be running FreeNAS. If I remember correctly RaidZ-1 is pretty much the same as Raid 5, it's single stripe parity.

I dunno what RAID cards do, I'd imagine that they take some of the burden off the CPU and RAM allowing you to have a cheaper CPU and less RAM in your NAS. My point about the NIC still stands; there's little point in a NAS if the local transfer speeds don't match the R/W speeds of the drives. Obviously I don't know much about NAS's but based on what little I have heard about them I would imagine that a 1Gbit NIC would prove quite useful, especially if you're planning on putting very high quality media on the NAS for streaming, that being said I have no idea how much good NIC's cost.

That mobo already has a 1000Mbps LAN chipset. That's the only reason I don't think it's really needed at all, though Intel NICs are supposed to be pretty reliable and are setup really easily with FreeNAS so I might just get one for $30.

I'm pretty sure a RAID card isn't useful for software raid since it needs to be able to access them in JBOD which is a waste of a RAID card unless you need more SATA ports or are using SAS or something. Also a decent quality card that won't just drop dead whenever is kind of pricey.

[Oasis]

well uh. will try. thank ye.

If the bios isn't loading your UEFI bios chip might be corrupted, I think.

[Foxscotch]

I'm planning on getting a big hard drive finally
this is what I'm considering specifically
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Green-Desktop/dp/B004RORMF6/
are those ok? I know green means it's gonna be slower, that's fine. it's mostly just gonna hold stuff like pictures and videos and movies, stuff like that. all the important stuff is gonna stay on my ssd
and what's a good balance between size and cost?? I CAN afford any of the sizes there
I want at least 2TB. and the difference between 2 and 3 here is $20. but the next terabyte is an extra forty, then about fifty, and fifty again
so I think I'm just gonna get the 3TB one. it's a nice price

[Deve]

If the bios isn't loading your UEFI bios chip might be corrupted, I think.

so wut do

i also reinstalled windows 7

and it wont it just turned off again

[devildogelite]

3TB seems to be the sweetspot right now. A green should be alright for media and stuff, I wouldn't want to run programs off of it really. So it's probably the best.

[Pentium]

SuperBiiz just put a nice $15 rebate on the mobo in the NAS I put together for you, so if you buy it now the CPU + board combo won't be more expensive than the on in your first build.

[hillkill]

this is the case i was talking about that i'm afraid of it grounding out: (sorry for dust and stuff, was in storage)



i have never seen any case that has a set up like that before.

[Steve5451²]

Can you remove the brass bit?

[hillkill]

i tried, its welded through the back of it or some stuff

[Oasis]

Christ, it's just a pre-installed stand-off. Chill out and install your stuff.

[Nal]

Christ, it's just a pre-installed stand-off. Chill out and install your stuff.

this
also i'd reccomend watching neweggs guide if you're unaware, they're in depth with this kinda stuff