m2m Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 For my latest machine, I had one of those QNAP or Synology NAS systems in mind when planning the whole thing. Of course I want to run OS X on it, while being more powerful, energy efficient and with as little noise as possible (it will sit next to my TV in the living room – in a cupboard though) and with ECC RAMs to ensure data integrity (I just want them !! ). Now I use the following components (Prices in US$ from Newegg or Amazon): Motherboard (Mini ITX): ASRock E3C226D2I BIOS Revision 2.00 (UEFI patched) – $224.99 CPU: Intel® Xeon™ 2,3 GHz (1268L V3 Haswell) – $255.00 CPU Fan: SilverStone Technology Nitrogon NT07-115X (replaced the Noctua NH-L9i Low Profile CPU Cooler which was too high unfortunately ) – $34.99 RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 16GB Kit (2x8GB Modules) 1333MHz DDR3 PC3-10666 ECC CL9 DIMM Intel Certified Server Memory KVR13E9K2/16I – $198.99 Graphics: Nvidia Quadro NVS 295 256MB GDDR3 – $23.95 (used) HDD: Samsung 850 Pro 128GB – $109.99 Chassis: NSC-400 Server NAS mini ITX PC Case Storage Hot Swap Chassis – $70.00 Power Supply: Enhance ENP-7025B 250 Watt power supply – $59.99 Overall price: $977.90 – not too bad A little more details on my blog: http://osxeon.wordpress.com/ And now some pictures - Outside: Internals: had to cut metal bracket of the PCI card itself for fitting: And also needed to cut holes in the backplane of my chassis: Some more pictures: And Geekbench shot: Well thats it ! Open for comments 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302634-my-nas-macpro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
JahStories Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 pretty nice, small and powerful, i like it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302634-my-nas-macpro/#findComment-2085927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Xtreme Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 A serial port! , I like serial ports . 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302634-my-nas-macpro/#findComment-2086097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2m Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 A serial port! , I like serial ports . I would prefer a HDMI or DVI port instead, but meh Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302634-my-nas-macpro/#findComment-2086647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvonlinee Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 It is neat, many compoment to put in a small box. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302634-my-nas-macpro/#findComment-2086649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Xtreme Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 It is neat, many compoment to put in a small box. Yes it was very small spacxe with lots o stuff very good with small spaces. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302634-my-nas-macpro/#findComment-2086651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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