- AMD A8-5600K
- ASRock FM2A85X-ITX
- Fractal Design Array R2
- 8 GB RAM
After asking the prices from the stores, there is a little changed in my plan. Apparently the older 5400K processor is still available, and there is at least one store selling it. It is rated at 65W TDP, lower than the 5600K, and is still an overkill for a NAS, and moreover it is cheaper. I decided not to purchase the RAM because the price is just too high, I will just get the RAM from my current desktop.
Things gotten:
- AMD A6-5400K - $83
- ASRock FM2A85X-ITX - $165
- Fractal Design Array R2 - $199
- 4 GB RAM (from my desktop) - $0
Total Cost: $447. I managed to keep within budget by dropping the RAM. Well, I got the 4GB RAM a year ago at $27, so adding it in, total cost is $474, busting the budget. :(
At this point of time, I still think the decision to choose 5400K rather than 5600K is a good decision. It helps keep project barely within budget, and also gives our "green"criteria a better prospect (I hope.. haha).
A word in advance, project like this always have some risk involved. For my case, my processor may end up consuming so much power that I end up building something else with it rather than a NAS. FreeNAS might not work with my hardware, or in fact none of the OS works, and I end up falling back to Windows. Let me quote what Thomas Edison said, "I did not failed a hundred times, I merely found out a hundreds way that will not work". We just have to learn from our failure and do it better the next time. :)
At this point of time, I still think the decision to choose 5400K rather than 5600K is a good decision. It helps keep project barely within budget, and also gives our "green"criteria a better prospect (I hope.. haha).
A word in advance, project like this always have some risk involved. For my case, my processor may end up consuming so much power that I end up building something else with it rather than a NAS. FreeNAS might not work with my hardware, or in fact none of the OS works, and I end up falling back to Windows. Let me quote what Thomas Edison said, "I did not failed a hundred times, I merely found out a hundreds way that will not work". We just have to learn from our failure and do it better the next time. :)
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