In need of a bit if advise please.

[Jimbobuk1977]

Hi, could someone give me some advise please?

I have an Abit AB9 Quad GT & an Intel Core 2 quad extreme qx9650, sitting in a box since I finally retired that system a few years back.
Would this make a decent home made NAS?

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[Branko]

If you intend it to run 24/7, performance-wise yes...but only if you don't
have to pay electricity (or don't care)

Something like this would probably serve you better, if you don't intend to spend much

ASRock > QC5000-ITX

AMD FT3 Kabini A4-5000 Quad-Core APU; All Solid Capacitor design; Supports DDR3 1600; 1 PCIe 2.0 x16, 1 mini-PCIe; Graphics Output Options : D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort; Integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 8330 Graphics, DX11.1, PS5.0; 6 USB 3.1 Gen1 (2 Front, 4 Rear), 6 USB 2.0, 4 SATA3, 1 COM Port...

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[Jimbobuk1977]

If you intend it to run 24/7, performance-wise yes...but only if you don't
have to pay electricity (or don't care)

Something like this would probably serve you better, if you don't intend to spend much

ASRock > QC5000-ITX

AMD FT3 Kabini A4-5000 Quad-Core APU; All Solid Capacitor design; Supports DDR3 1600; 1 PCIe 2.0 x16, 1 mini-PCIe; Graphics Output Options : D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort; Integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 8330 Graphics, DX11.1, PS5.0; 6 USB 3.1 Gen1 (2 Front, 4 Rear), 6 USB 2.0, 4 SATA3, 1 COM Port...

www.asrock.com

Lol, it could be on 24/7 as it would be holding my plex library, (not acting as the server though) & my general storage, but if it could be made to sleep unless it’s woke on lan, it would be off most of the time.

Essentially, at the moment my plex library, & a pair of just general storage drives are on my main rig, (Rog R5E10/i7-6850k) which itself is now a bit old, but still capable, & I can’t afford to replace it.
I intended to remove as much as possible from the main rig to make it run a bit smoother, (need to some how get my OC back to 4.4ghz, but that’s a different story)
My other option is a second R5E10 i have with a 5930k, which would essentially be a full pc, only used via Remote Desktop, so would be the storage & plex server.
I guess I know the answer already, but was hoping to use the old AB9 if I could & try to sell on the second r5e10 setup.
Thanks

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

Do yourself a favor, get something that isn't 15 years old for your home server.

It being ABIT might fetch some good money though!

 

[Silly Valley Serf]

What chipset does the mobo use? I had a Core 2 Quad I used for my first NAS on a Gigabyte motherboard with the Intel P45 chipset. Every so often it would flip a bit during a disk operation. Since the storage was in a RAIDZ2 array, this was easily detected and fixed with regular parity scrubs.

So I would not recommend anything with a P45 chipset for NAS duty. And since the CPU will be idling a lot, you'd be better off with a more modern CPU that has a lower idle power draw.

 

[pricklypunter]

A sm x9scm-f, 32GB of unbuffered ecc DDR3, a v2 E3 chip and a cheap Raid/ HBA card is heading in the right direction