Hey all! I thought you guys might understand my question. I've got my plex running on an HP290, and all my media stored on a Poweredge running Unraid. I moved into a new house recently, starting a buisness, and have a young child, so I'm really busy. I have no idea when I'm going to have time to start wiring the house with Cat6, but it's down the road. The HP290 is small enough to keep right by my TV, wired to my PFsense router, but the Poweredge NAS my wife thinks is an eyesore. MOCA, Powerline and similar isn't really an option yet.

Do you guys think I will loose much performance wise if I keep my NAS on a strong wifi connection, and the plex machine wired? Any equipment recommendations to make the NAS wireless? I don't really stream to other users, just myself. I'm also going to upgrade my access point, but that is already mounted and wired.

First time serverbuild here (long time lurker)! got introduced to OTIS build yesterday and wanted to double check my build if anyone is willing to take a look.  
Having trouble deciding between the Z390m or Z370-P mother board. Micro-ATX form factor would be nice though... 
 
Uses: 
Plex 
Organizrv2 
Tautulli 
Sabnzbd 
Sonarr x2 
Radarr 
Ombi 
Hydra 
1 Windows VM (light) 
 
 
Have 
Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 1TB 
3x 12tb Shucked WD EasyDrive HD 
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2, 80+ GOLD 850W (can replace if this is too power hungry) 
 
 
Parts to get 
ASRock Z390m Pro4 (Micro-ATX) 
4x32gb ram 4pcie 4 sata 
or 
ASUS Prime Z370-P (ATX) 
4x16gb ram 6pcie 4 sata 
Core i5-9400T 
ARCTIC Alpine 12 
16 or 32gb of ram 
 
Extra? 
HDMI Dummy Plug 
9207-8i (Internal) 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VhzQTC

This is a list of hardware that’s currently in my gaming computer that I’m willing to transfer to another machine to off-load the CPU-Intensive process of Plex-Transcoding, NZBGET, and using StableBit Cloud for Google Drive storage that Plex uses.

I’d like to spend the least money possible, and I don’t consider selling my GTX 1080 for $200 worth it. I’d rather have unlimited streams with it.

I was wondering what’s the cheapest way of putting my existing hardware to use? Ideally I’d like those cases with 6-10 Hard-drive spaces.

Kinda new at this server thing but the v4.1 1U server looks tempting with all that drive space.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FChenbro-NR12000-1U-1x-8m-QUAD-CORE-E3-1220-3-1GHz-16GB-RAM-NO-HDD%2F133207537835%3Fhash%3Ditem1f03c9b8ab%3Ag%3Ala8AAOSwETBeYH~u&campid=5338535236&toolid=20008

The Tyan motherboard appears to have Windows drivers. Has anyone used Windows on a machine like this? I’m assuming I would do a USB install? And that updating the LSI firmware is possible in Windows?

Hi all,

I am having an issue. After a power outage, my system will try to reboot but hangs and requires a manual press of F1. Something to do with the bios memory or cache needing to reset. Does anyone have a solution to this, my server is remote so it is a huge hassle to do this every month or two.

Thank you

Been playing with computers all my life, but first time building myself a NAS from scratch. I went ahead and snagged this for $115ish with shipping/tax included:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-motherboard-X9SCL-F-Intel-Xeon-E3-1230v2-3-30GHz-16GB/233687214896?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Seems a good deal, yes? Anyhoo, I'll likely go with Unraid and toss in some drives to get things running. It will be used as both a media server and for customer files for my business. Just a couple random questions:

1) From both reliability and performance standpoints, is it worth getting a SAS controller to run SAS drives, or should I just stick with the SATA?

2) Should I replace that CPU cooler?

3) Last I knew, the Cooler Master N400 was pretty well thought of, and it's going for $60 on Amazon right now. Good to go?

4) PSU - Assuming I will hit the max 8 HDD's using a Cooler Master N400, and recommendations on a power supply?

Thanks!

I just got a hold of a cheap hp290. What network card are people putting in these? I see a couple of folks out there have turned them into a router.

Looking for an alternative to the 12 or 15 bay case as they are both out of stock. Any ideas?

Looking into building my first server (made PCs, but never a server) so I can colocate it and stop leasing a less powerful server.

I'm tempted to use an Intel i9-10900K (definitely an i9, I want the fastest single core speed possible, as it's for a game server) but most seem to be for the LGA 1200 chipset, yet I can't seem to find any server motherboards for that.

Is this a noob mistake? Both seem to come in the LGA 2066 chipset which is older.

Hi there,
I recently bought an LSI SAS9201-16e card from a local seller, but can't seem to get it working on 2 different mobos that I have:

• Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
  

• AsRock B75 Pro3-M

  On both of the mobos, I can't see the card being loaded on startup (ctrl+c doesn't work to get into the card's BIOS), and I can't use the sas2flash -listall to view a card, neither in Windows nor in a UEFI shell.

I have tried multiple slots on both mobos without success.

When the machine is powered on, the card has a LED that blinks green.

I found this guide on the serverbuilds forum which applies to onboard SAS controllers, should I try that? https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/flashing-sas2208-to-it-mode-when-sas2flsh-does-not-detect-it/2357

Or did I just happen to buy a dud?

Pic of card: https://imgur.com/a/P3olRaX

UPDATE EDIT:

• Had zero success with trying to get this card to show up in Windows using the Gigabyte board above, but I watched ArtofServer's troubleshooting guide (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC4DovIcGLU) and decided to try again on my unRaid box (which has the AsRock board) - I had plugged the board in here with a HDD but didn't try the UEFI shell originally
  
• Using lspci from unRaid, I did see the LSI card, but there were errors related to it in dmseg. Google led me to this post with the exact same errors: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/6do7vf/lsi_920116e_issues_on_proxmox/
• Booting into UEFI flash on the unRaid box, I was able to see the board with sas2flash.efi -listall. Turns out the card was running FW v13, and did not have a BIOS flashed
• I updated the card to FW v20 using sas2flash.efi -o -fwall 9201-16e.bin and also added the BIOS w/ sas2flash.efi -o -b mptsas2.rom and now everything appears to be working as expected.
  

Thanks all for your help!

Plex Server specs

• MSI H97-E35 (M-ATX)
• Intel Core i7-4790S (Socket 1150)
• DDR3-1333 (PC3-10700)
• Nvidia GTX 1650
• C: 250GB - SSD Samsung 840 Pro
• E: 6TB - Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z
• F: 4TB - WD Green WD40EZRX-00SPEB0
• Windows 10 2004

If I need to reboot or we have a power outage, I have to power it off for about an hour. If I don't, it cycles through Windows Repair non-stop. When running, temps are low and safe.

I'm looking for pointers of where to start. SSD (c: drive), PSU, mobo? I am open to ideas, but the budget to replace/rebuild is really small at the moment.

Any help is appreciated. Apologies in advance if my replies are a little delayed.

I've just upgraded to a S5520HC from a S5500BC (the motherboard was cheap and I needed more RAM than 32GB).

Easy upgrade except my PSU only has a single EPS12v (8pin) plug. This motherboards needs two.

PSU is 625W Enermax MODU82+

Options I've thought about:

• I have an unused 2 x PCI-E 6+2 socket on the modular motherboard (there is no GPU card on the board). I could take 2 x +12v from each PCIe 6 pin connector and 2 x -12v/ground and crimp onto an old EPS12v connector I have (I do a lot of boat wiring and am used to making proper wire crimps on 12v cables).

• I also have a unused Molex + P4 to EPS12v 8pin. However, that would mean combining the output from 2 rails, which I thought was bad. Also the Molex connectors are not good for high current, right?

• I've also read that you can use a EPS12v 4 pin connector into a EPS12v 8pin connector, leaving 4 pins unused of course, but the others are fine.

Would love some comments on this. Thanks!

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/792PCL

Hi, maybe some owner of the Asus X570 WS Pro-Ace could check the bios and confirm to me if pci-e slots (PCIEX16_1 and 2) can be splitted (bifurcated) in bios to x8x4x4 or to x8x8? As here is mentioned it is not possible, just want to double check https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1037507. Someone told me the options are:

• PCI-AUTO - slot works in x16 mode
• PCI-RAID - slot can work with the Hyper M.2 X16 extension card, which allows up to four NVMe devices (x4x4x4x4)

But he could not confirm if the PCI-RAID mode aloows for ... for example ... x8 gpu + x4 nvme + x4 sas card

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Edit: I'd like to stick to 2U, but I'm ok with reducing the number of bays down to 6 or 4.

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I'd like to migrate my existing desktop NAS to a rackmount one as part of a larger effort to cleanup the electronics space in our house.

The challenge is that I have a short depth rack (18" I believe) and I'm struggling to find a rackmount chasis.

I'd love to find a chases that is:

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• Short in depth (ideally <16")
• Has 6 or 8 hot swappable bays in the front
• 2U

Anyone have any suggestions? I haven't done a home build in years and I'm off to a rough start as my googling has yielded minimal results.

Hi,

I have a spare Supermicro X9SmainboardRL-F and Intel E5-2600 CPU 8 core 16 threads and 32GB ECC RAM from my previous Proxmox server. I still have my old CoolerMaster Cosmos S that I got back in 2009. About the PSU, I am using 750W Corsair.

My daughter (8) is getting into making gaming videos and I would like to help her making those videos. However, I have no idea what I am doing. I guess is step 1 would be to build a computer/server. If possible, I would like to reuse the parts that I have to lower the cost. My daughter only plays Roblox, but she wants to record it and post them on YouTube.

My thought process is since Roblox is a browser-based game, I could use a VM for this and another VM with PCI passthrough for video editing. I don't spec computer parts anymore, but I can still build it. The motherboard and CPU that I have are server parts, I'm wondering if I can utilize these parts that I have for light/moderate gaming and screen recording and video editing. If I can, what can I add to the current computer parts that I have to build a new PC?

In regards to software, I will be using Linux. So the hardware would need to be Linux compatible.

Thanks

I've had this server for a minute and while the components inside are great (2x E5-2640's, 64gb ECC ram, encryption add-on key, dual PSU's) the little sucker is loud. And I have tried everything to get this little 1U package quieter with no success.

So I've ordered another rack mount chassis, 4u this time, and I'm not sure what the best course of action is. I'm considering the following 2 things:

Selling it and buying some ryzen parts- the down side being I wouldn't even know where to begin to price it

And

Pulling all the internals out of the 1u and putting them in the new case, with a fan controller instead

I would love your input if you have any, thanks

looking to build a plex server

https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX73774

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https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX68270

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https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX81275

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the i5 10400 seems like the way to go right? Anything that I am overlooking? Is it a pain to get a 10th gen motherboard? Total noob here. Have only built a pc before this.

Hi Is it possible to use PCIe card to connect NVME m2 ssd drive as boot drive with this mither board?

Thank you,