I recently discovered that the port multiplier on my EX490 was bad. I've been wanting to upgrade to WHS 2011 for a while, and this gives me the opportunity to do so. So here's what I came up with, given the paltry budget ($500) my wife has imposed:
Silverstone TJ08B-E CaseGigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 MoboIntel Core i3-2120Cooler Master RS500-PCARD3-US PSUCorsair XMS3 4 GB 1333MHz RAMTotal cost, shipped to my door: $410
Am I forgetting something? I keep thinking I must be forgetting something... I have a system drive for it already. I wanted to keep it in a small form factor, but still be able to hold 4 internal drives. I do have a Media Center PC in the living room and I sync RecordedTV to the WHS. I also serve all my ripped DVDs/Blu-Rays and music from the WHS throughout the house. So I wanted to give this enough power to get a little more than the basics done.
I'll have to read up on the current drive pool replacement options, but does anyone have any recommendations? Is anything stable enough to trust? Opinions on the build?
Thanks!
Ed