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What I switched to that I've been very happy with from The Server Store (I think I just emailed them): 4U Supermicro with no system board BPN-SAS2-846EL1 Backplane 2x PWS-920P-SQ Power supplies $399 plus shipping To that I added some misc cables and quieter fans, plus my Supermicro board...

PCI-e Ribbon Cable & 90 Degree Adapter

I think I have some that will work. I'm in VA, so depending where you're at they could get to you pretty quick. Will grab some pics here shortly.

Yes to both. I have a mix of HGST and WD SATA drives that I've used in it. The SAS ports on the back take standard SFF-8088 cables that I've connected to various Supermicro SAS controllers and LSI cards. All 12 bays are ready to accept drives. Pretty much plug and play! Shouldn't be any...

I have a Lenovo SA120 (12x3.5") that I'll be putting up for sale soon. Would that be of interest to you? I'm out in Leesburg area.

I have a 4U 24-bay version of your setup. Everything you mentioned for making these units "livable" in your home is pretty much what I did for my unit (SQ power supplies are important). Nice units! Good deal for anyone who needs it. If the backplanes are like what's in mine, there's three ports...

I'm able to get gigabit speeds up/down with my FiOS connection. Haven't tested with any kind of packet filtering, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find a better performing pfsense box for the price.

I used a half-height Intel quad-port NIC. Works great. I have one port feeding my LAN, which then goes out to a Unifi PoE switch. WAN is another port on the NIC, and I'm leaving the single Ethernet port that's onboard as unused for now.

Using one of these for pfsense. Works great!

That looks like a nice board, perfect for FreeNAS w/ 10Gb. Does the Ethernet interface have some type of IPMI interface on it?

Had the same experience. Guessing the seller realized they could raise their prices and decided to cancel the sales. They are good boards, but considering their age, I would go for something newer if prices go over $100. What's everyone use for boards to run FreeNAS? Onboard SAS is nice, but...

These are great boards. I've been running one for years now, hosting FreeNAS. It's been rock solid. Buying one myself, if nothing else just to have a backup board. Years ago I ran ESXi on this board, passing in the onboard SAS controller to a FreeNAS VM. Then had VM's for my other Plex-related...

These are nice boards! Used one myself to host a pfSense VM for awhile, now a bunch of Docker containers.

Any thoughts on adding a GPU to this setup for additional transcoding horsepower? I'm currently running Plex as a VM on a Xeon D board, which sadly doesn't allow passthrough.

What's EC?