Reddit mentions of ARCTIC Freezer 12 - Semi Passive Tower CPU Cooler for Intel and AMD, 92 mm PWM Fan, max. Cooling Capacity 150 Watts, Silent high Performance Cooler - Grey/Black

Prebuilt NAS from the likes of Synology is a huge waste of money. The ones that can transcode 1080p media properly cost upwards of $600, and that's without the storage.

For well under $600 (again excluding storage) you can build a kick-ass dual socket Xeon based server that will transcode one 4k stream without breaking a sweat, 2 would be a stretch, but maybe.

• Gigabyte GA-7PESH2 mobo - $175
  
• 2x Xeon E5-2650 V2 - $110
  
• Couple of half-decent coolers - $45
  
• 4U server chassis - $145 often on sale for $100
  
• 16GB 1066 or 1333 ECC REG memory - around $50 on eBay
  
• Decent PSU with dial EPS connectors - $60 on Evga B-stock site
  
• 2x SAS break-out cables if you want to run the SATA HDDs at their full potential speeds - $30
  
• As much SATA storage as you can afford. I usually buy the 8TB WD MyBook external drives when they go on sale, for around $130 each, and shuck them.
  
  You won't even need a GPU. Just make sure your monitor has VGA input for setting up the server, and after the initial setup it can run headless. The passmark score on the 2 CPUs is over 20k which is plenty.
  
  For more information check out https://serverbuilds.net site and Discord channel. Based on their guides I built a very capable server for under $400, and it does extremely well transcoding multiple 1080p streams simultaneously. Besides Plex Media Server it also runs all my automation like NZBget, Sonarr, Radarr, Bazarr, Tautulli, MCEBuddy (for converting 4k to 1080p,) Commskip (for removing commercials from recorded OTA programs,) and is my backup target for 4 Duplicati sources. The CPU load never goes above 50%, so I may throw all my home automation on there as well.

>Arctic Alpine 11 - I don't think these are compatible with 2011?

They aren't, but the link on the NSFW build for the old Arctic 20 CO now leads to these push-pin coolers.

/u/brawny62, these are not compatible with the 2011 socket, you may have to snag the Arctic Freezer 12s instead.

I'm running the sister board, the X8DTL-3F. As another commentor already said, definitely put a small fan on the Northbridge (heatsink over by the sata/SAS ports) as this motherboard is designed for use in high air flow server cases. In a standard atx case, there's not enough airflow over that heatsink. I literally just tossed a spare 80mm fan on top of the heatsink, plugged it into a nearby fan header, and forgot about it.

Arctic Cooling Freezer 12 CO is a great heatsink, and handily keeps my two X5650's cold even under heavy load. The non-CO versions work as well.

Note that the cooler mounting system on these supermicro boards is wierd. The integrated backplate is a bit of a problem because it uses LGA 1151 spacing, but LGA 2011 threaded screws. For the Freezer 12 (and CO) you just use the 1151 bracket and the 2011 screws and your golden, but YMMV with other coolers. u/jdm_waaat covers this in one of his videos.

I can personally attest to the 12 and 12CO working fine though.

Seeing as you're using a low powered cpu, you can possibly get by with passive heatsinks if your case has enough airflow. Otherwise, the Arctic 12 is the recommended cooler.

Ok, so in another thread I started earlier today, /u/JDM_WAAAT may have convinced me to build my own server based loosely on his anniversary build. Couple of changes I just want to run by the fine people of this subreddit to make sure I'm not doing something stupid/incompatible. The items on top are straight from the guide, the items on the bottom of the list are the ones I have questions about.

-Single E5-2630 CPU

-GA-7PESH2 Mobo

-16gb DDR3 1600mhz Ram (incl with mobo)

-4TB Hard Drive (incl with mobo)

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-** This case, the Corsair Carbide 330r. The mobo should fit in there, I think, since it supports e-atx. If that case works, can I just use the fan that comes with it or will I need to add more cooling beyond the included fan and the CPU cooler?

-** Is this the correct breakout cable? The one linked on the guide is no longer in stock.

-**EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze PSU. The one in the build guide has gone way up in price, so does this one work?

-**Arctic Freezer 12 CPU Cooler. The one in the guide is no longer sold on Amazon, will this one be ok?

-**Operating System - I'd like to use Windows since I'm the most comfortable with it, would there be any issue with running Win10 on a flash drive with this build?

-ANYTHING else that I am missing that would be required for the build?

Thanks!!

May I suggest the system below (NAS v3.0) or search eBay for Dell R710 or T710 (R=rackmount, T=tower). Much more powerful and less $$. Also, look into WD EasyStore 8TB @ $140 Amazon or BestBuy; easy to shuck. Look into FreeNAS and Docker for all the apps you want/need to use (www.DockSTARTer.com). The build that follows is to give you a great idea; maybe a different case for more storage, or larger PSU as you want multiple HDDs

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Core-Build (dual CPU) (no storage, no frills)

• Dual Xeon L5630 $4.00 x 2 = $8.00
  
• Intel S5500BC $35.00 after OBO
  
• 2x4GB = 8GB $20.00
  
• Antec Three Hundred Two $62.00
  
• Cooler Master MWE 500W PSU $30.00
  
• Arctic Freezer 12 $20.00 X 2 = $40.00
  
  Total $195.00

Would this be a good replacement?

Okay sir, I'm home!

1x https://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-X9DRi-LN4F-Dual-LGA2011-1-20-Support-E5-2600-v2-24x-Slot-DDR3-I-O/112742607987?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 for $275

2x https://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-X9DRi-LN4F-Dual-LGA2011-1-20-Support-E5-2600-v2-24x-Slot-DDR3-I-O/112742607987?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 $70 apiece

2x https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-32GB-kit-4x8gb-2Rx4-PC3L-10600R-DDR3-1333-ECC-Server-RAM/202255434298?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 $89 apiece - you could do 1x easily

1x https://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-24-Bay-Chassis-SAS846TQ-SATA-Server-Intel-2x-2-4GHz-32GB-X8DTi-9650SE/152964486268?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 $219 + $89 shipping.

3x https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PERC-H310-Adapter-8-Port-6Gb-s-SAS-RAID-Controller/183112116482?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 $27.50 apiece

3x https://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Mini-12Gbps-SAS-SFF-8087-36Pin-to-4-SATA-7Pin-HDD-Hard-Drive-Splitter-Cable/401051944262?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 $12.90 apiece

1x https://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-Power-Supply-PWS-920P-SQ-920W-1U-80-Platinum-Redundant-Server-Power/162967803163?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 $99 (what came with it was LOUD!)

2x https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WRPFFJN/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $20 apiece (they went up, shop around)

1x https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NTUJG62/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $20.68 (stock was loud as hell!)

1x https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00353EKR8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 $6.27 - screws for drive trays.

Total $1318 for a 16CPU core/32 core hyperthreaded server with 64gig of ECC ram capable of supporting 24 drives in bays and a few more inside if I was crazy. It "should" be quiet, I'll know when the new PSU shows up and can update but I've been informed by others.. Right now it's about 58db all from the PSU <ahem>.

If you were to just buy the chassis I did, the SAS cards, the fans, the heatsinks, the cables, and the PSU, you would be able to do this for about half what I did. It would be fewer cores and perhaps slower by some margin but for an unRAID box it would be damn nice with lots of room for drives. If you shop around you might even be able to do it cheaper than I did! I almost bought ten core CPU btw, they would've been another $140 together lol

Hope that helps, fire away with questions if you've got them. This is basically a /u/JDM_WAAAT system and I got plenty of advice from the Discord channel on it and from his Youtube videos.

I'm really enjoying my Arctic Freezer 12 CO. CO is optional but it's a double ball bearing fan for extra reliability and it's like $2 more than the regular Freezer 12. Check it out on their site or on Amazon. Its like $40 and it performs very well. 37c idle temps with an overclocked R5 1600. 55c while gaming. Super quiet too.

I would recommend getting a different cooler. I have that same board, and these coolers work well: https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Freezer-12-Compact-Recommended/dp/B06WRPFFJN/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1541292046&sr=8-2&keywords=arctic+freezer+12&linkCode=sl1&tag=serverbuilds-20&linkId=8a59c573559bf5ce4d6d4ef2e653dc07&language=en_US

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They are a little tight (the bracket touches the DIMM), but once installed they work great.