DelNaja wrote:Nice to hear that you're embarking on your LS-NAS voyage, Linncredible! :-) Please, do keep us posted on your progress.
Thank you DelNaja! It feels good to finally get started with this! I know you’re thinking about going for the LSNAS to, hope you come to a conclusion soon (and start to build! ;-) ).
When it comes to
the case, thank you pleddyboy for your suggestion for the Lian Li PC-C37 chassi! The thing that however makes me not choose this is the lack of disk space. I have already one OS-disk (the suggested Samsung SSD) and one Intel 320 SSD 600 GB. I also have 2 Seagate Constellation ES.2 2 TB, today spinning in a Readynas DUO, that I plan to move to the LSNAS (or at least one of them depending on if it affects performance having 2 HDD:s in the NAS). I also plan getting one more Intel 320 SSD 600 GB. So the number of hard drive bays in the Lian Li chassi are to few I’m afraid. But I agree with you, it looks nice!
The Streacom chassis have been up for discussion earlier in the thread but it has been judged that these chassis are not possible to use for the LSNAS (se earlier posts in this thread). Especially the FC10 looks very nice, stable and also with some WAF I think and it has place for a number of disks (3 x 2.5″ + 2 x 3.5″). But as I said, the FC9-10 have been concluded not being suitable for the LSNAS earlier in this thread so of course they are nothing for me.
Based on this I have now decided to go for the Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced suggested in Linnofils first post. It’s not very expensive and I guess I can always, at a later time, change this case to another case if something interesting comes up! One remaining issue concerning the case however is the problem described by David Neel in an earlier post, see
http://www.lejonklou.com/forum/viewtopi ... 6978#16978, where you, David, write: “
that the Fractal design side fan recommended will not fit. It's 25mm thick, and the coolermaster fan is only (at a guess) 15mm.” David,
have you (or any one else for that matter) come up with any kind of solution for this problem? If not, my own conclusion based on what has been written in this thread so far, is that the recommended fan should be used to get the expected performance level. But how should it be mounted in the case if it does not really fit?!? (I guess it will also be necessary from a cooling point of view with a fan if I have one or two ES.2’s in the case?) When I get the case in my hands I might understand this a little bit better, but if you have any input, please post.
When it comes to
PSU, I now think I’ve got it right and this is what I have bought:
http://r.ebay.com/bTXqYX.
Regarding the
power cable I have now acquired a Linn Longwell in line with was has been suggested earlier in the thread.
The stuff I have ordered has now also begun to arrive, among the things is the motherboard. As I said in my earlier post it’s a bit of a gamble having bought it used on eBay, I must say I’m not perfectly comfortable with the way it arrived (when it comes to static electricity protection etc) in an old shoe box, see pic. below , but I still hope for the best…
So what remain now before building can start? (Apart from the rest of the things to arrive that is.) Well, Music Lover is perfectly right recommending an antistat mat, will get one. Also thinking ‘bout getting a torque screwdriver, to capitalize on the findings of ThomasOK on how to mount the MB, and maybe, if time allows, be able to experiment.