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post #1 of 46
Thread Starter 
Well it's come time to build my home media server/back up server, and eventually home automation server. So have spent a bit of time and money getting something that will do all these tasks fairly efficiently. And it's always fun building something ridiculous for a home server smile.gif
This is my first build log so will see how it all goes. Any input is welcome as any information is good information.

CPU - Xeon 1245 V2
MB - AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP
RAM - 16gb Gskill Sniper 1333
PSU - Thermaltake Smart 430w
LAN - Intel PRO/1000 Dual Gigabit
Case - Fractal Design Define Black Pearl


 
ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
CaseOther
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 
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ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
CaseOther
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 
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post #2 of 46
Thread Starter 
Got the final piece of the puzzle today, so i should get a start on the build this afternoon...




 
ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
CaseOther
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 
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ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
CaseOther
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 
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post #3 of 46
Thread Starter 
I shall have to clear my build table first, im starting to get a collection of spare parts smile.gif

 
ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
CaseOther
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 
  hide details  
Reply
 
ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
CaseOther
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 
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post #4 of 46
Thread Starter 
Anyone got any input into an OS? i was gonna just run Windows 7 and PLEX media server for now. Im running a Dlink DSR-100N modem/switch so im not too worried about security as that unit has a built in hardware firewall. I had used windows home media server 2011 but wasnt overly impressed with it so was gonna steer away this time.
 
ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
CaseOther
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 
  hide details  
Reply
 
ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
CaseOther
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 
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Mythica
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Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 Samsung HD204UI Linux Mint 13 HP L1800 
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Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 Samsung HD204UI Linux Mint 13 HP L1800 
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post #6 of 46
Thread Starter 
I really like the look of that. Will have a bit more of a read when I get home from work. Thanks man
 
ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
CaseOther
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 
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Reply
 
ROG Gene
(15 items)
 
Xeon Home Server
(10 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.15ghz ASUS Rampage III Formula GTX670 DCUII TOP SLI Corsair 12gb Dominator GT 2000mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
samsung 830 256gb Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Pioneer DVD-R Corsair H100 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ASUS 24in 2ms x3 TteSports Thermaltake Challenger PRO Xigmatek 850w Modular 
CaseMouseAudio
Thermaltake element V ASUS ROG GX800  Rampage III Black Edition THNUDERBOLT 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 950 @ 4.0ghz ASUS Rampage III Gene Gigabyte 7850 @ 1050/1350mhz Gskill Ripjaws 1600mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
OCZ Agility 3 120gb OCZ Agility 3 120gb Pioneer DVD-R Thermaltake Frio OCK 
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Dell 24in 16:10 Thermaltake TR2 500w Thermaltake Dokker 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Thermaltake Ttesports Black gaming mouse ROG crosshair Logitech Z520 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
intel xeon e3 -1245v2 AsRock H77 Pro4/MVP 16gb 1333 Gskill Sniper OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingPower
2x WD Black 1TB 4x WD Red 2TB Coolermaster Hyper 212 Thermaltake Smart 430w 
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post #7 of 46
Why go for a Xeon if you're going to use a consumer board and non-ECC RAM?
 
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Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 32GB Patriot SSD Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B Ubuntu Server 
PowerCaseOtherOther
COOLMAX 700 watt modular Norco RPC-3216 Areca ARC-1222 w/ BBU 4 SFF-8087 Cables 
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i5-2500k ASUS P8Z68-M Pro 16 GB (4 x 4GB) Mushkin Enhanced Silverline DDR... 64GB Kingston SSD 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
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KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Dusty old Dell PS/2 Seasonic 560 watt modular Lian-li PC-V354B Some generic one from Best Buy 
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Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 32GB Patriot SSD Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B Ubuntu Server 
PowerCaseOtherOther
COOLMAX 700 watt modular Norco RPC-3216 Areca ARC-1222 w/ BBU 4 SFF-8087 Cables 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
i5-2500k ASUS P8Z68-M Pro 16 GB (4 x 4GB) Mushkin Enhanced Silverline DDR... 64GB Kingston SSD 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Blu-ray reader and DVD/CD burner combo drive Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B Windows 7 Ultimate x64 1440x900 old LG LCD with anti-glare film peeled... 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Dusty old Dell PS/2 Seasonic 560 watt modular Lian-li PC-V354B Some generic one from Best Buy 
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post #8 of 46
^ I was kinda wondering the same thing, but as to not detract from his build log, I can't wait to see the finished product! thumb.gif
 
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Corsair Graphite 600T 
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Core i7 2600K ASUS SaberTooth P67 ASUS GeForce 560ti 16 GB Corsair Vengeance 
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Corsair Graphite 600T 
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post #9 of 46
Quote:
Originally Posted by ramicio View Post

Why go for a Xeon if you're going to use a consumer board and non-ECC RAM?

Could be price, or that the Xeon just fits what he wants. It's a Xeon E3, which is pretty entry level...and ECC RAM isn't required (granted I run ECC RAM and an ASUS Server board on my Xeon E3-1220v2).
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Windows Server 2008R2 (setup a workstation) Dell E2011H 20-inch Widescreen Dell E2011H 20-inch Widescreen Dell E2011H 20-inch Widescreen 
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PS/2 Logitech Something.  Rosewill Bronze Series RBR1000-M Rosewill RSV-L4000 4U Server Chassis Cyborg R.A.T. 7 
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PS/2 Logitech Something.  Rosewill Bronze Series RBR1000-M Rosewill RSV-L4000 4U Server Chassis Cyborg R.A.T. 7 
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Generic Black Mouse Pad from The Wal-Mart 
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post #10 of 46
I know ECC RAM isn't needed, but the point of things like Xeons are for enterprise features such as ECC.
 
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Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 32GB Patriot SSD Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B Ubuntu Server 
PowerCaseOtherOther
COOLMAX 700 watt modular Norco RPC-3216 Areca ARC-1222 w/ BBU 4 SFF-8087 Cables 
CPUMotherboardRAMHard Drive
i5-2500k ASUS P8Z68-M Pro 16 GB (4 x 4GB) Mushkin Enhanced Silverline DDR... 64GB Kingston SSD 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Blu-ray reader and DVD/CD burner combo drive Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B Windows 7 Ultimate x64 1440x900 old LG LCD with anti-glare film peeled... 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Dusty old Dell PS/2 Seasonic 560 watt modular Lian-li PC-V354B Some generic one from Best Buy 
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Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 32GB Patriot SSD Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B Ubuntu Server 
PowerCaseOtherOther
COOLMAX 700 watt modular Norco RPC-3216 Areca ARC-1222 w/ BBU 4 SFF-8087 Cables 
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i5-2500k ASUS P8Z68-M Pro 16 GB (4 x 4GB) Mushkin Enhanced Silverline DDR... 64GB Kingston SSD 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Blu-ray reader and DVD/CD burner combo drive Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B Windows 7 Ultimate x64 1440x900 old LG LCD with anti-glare film peeled... 
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Dusty old Dell PS/2 Seasonic 560 watt modular Lian-li PC-V354B Some generic one from Best Buy 
Mouse PadAudioAudio
Plain black ASUS Xonar Essence STX Bottlehead Crack w/ Speedball 
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