Mobo and other HW suggestions wanted for new OMV box with ECC

I've had some bad experiences with WD. Never with Seagate. Then again, I know people who have said the exact opposite.

There was also something in an Amazon review a while back about the Reds being problematic - but one guy said this was down to Amazon not actually using any packaging in the box! Some have been arriving DOA due to damage in transit. I've never had this issue with Amazon, but might be worth noting if anyone has problems with their Reds from Amazon.

Despite preferring Seagate, I do have a couple of WDs and so far they are ok. This is a recent thing though as I have avoided them after several in a row died on me years back. I have a couple of Blue 2.5's that so far are ok (WD7500BPVT) and I have a 3TB green for HD video in a PVR (WD30EZRX). The Blues came with a couple of laptops. The Green I purchased because it was half price and I thought I'd take a risk. I hope they don't let me down.

That bottom Hitachi wasn't a death star was it? Seen plenty of those lifeless. I used to like Maxtor.

Samsung and Fujitsu I've seen a few bad ones. Don't really see Tosh.

I don't know how true this is but: http://www.extremetech.com/lat…inners-and-losers-in-2014

Glad my Seagate's are 4TB!

Yeah that's it. Damn Tapatalk. I've had problems with it posting links lately (and a lot else).

Anyway, I haven't had any 4TB issues yet so fingers crossed

Interesting reads. Those 'pods' don't look very pod like though

I've given a lot of thought to drive purchases over the last few months. And I came to the conclusion that I'm not overly worried about drive failure. It's a PITA, sure. But if a drive fails, it fails. It is what it is. At £89.99 for a ST4000DM000, even if the failure rate is higher than say, a HGST, I'll most likely know within warranty, RMA it and carry on. The drive will be replaced next day, the RMA will come back eventually, and all is well. My current plans are for RAIDZ2. I'll probably move to RAIDZ3 at some point for further protection.

My box is used for:

1. Music
2. Movies and TV
3. Photos
4. Other user data from laptops etc.

3 & 4 are backed up to an external drive monthly or whenever a significant change occurs (ie. Wedding photos) and stored off site. All music and movies can be re-downloaded again from whatever store they were purchased from.

I get them at a discount as a friend of mine owns a local store. Sorry, probably not what you want to hear. I've got quite a few discounted parts for this build. When I do the build write up and specs, benchmarks and pics, I'll be listing the total cost as the cheapest prices I can find on the open web in order to give accurate info to those wanting to try this build.

However, if you are trying to keep costs down as much as possible, you can often find Seagate or Samsung desktop hard drives that are 4TB in capacity for lower than the drive itself. I know for a fact that the Samsung D3 4TB and the Seagate Desktop Backup Plus 4TB have the ST4000DM000 in them, as I have seen the disassembly vids on YouTube. You would need to double check that if you removed the drive from the enclosure that it would still be covered in the event of a fault, but I've been told it shouldn't matter providing warranty stickers aren't removed - these are only on the actual drive, not the enclosure.

Look at EBuyer quick code 579951. £84.99 for a Seagate 4TB.. At that price, I'm actually tempted to get one and see if it's a ST4000DM000 inside... It's a USM, not sure what that means - but can't see why it wouldn't be a plain SATA drive inside.... In fact, I've ordered one.

Another way to stay as 'above board' as possible is to snipe on eBay. In December last year, I needed a 1TB SSD and sniped a new sealed Samsung Evo 840 for £259. I don't think they've come down to that yet!

Edit: being delivered tomorrow. I'll tell you when it gets here what's in it

Thanks. Looking forward to assembly. Will take photos

Yup. You'd think being that they own HGST that they'd not allow them to be superior. Maybe they don't care as they get the sale either way.

Well, didn't get the drive delivered today. I'm a bit miffed because I was before the next day deadline ordering (about 10pm). It was free delivery so I suppose it's no big deal. I checked the tracking info and apparently it's coming tomorrow. I'll post a photo of the internal drive when it's here just in case anyone else is tempted by the insanely low price of £85 for a 4TB drive

On a different note, I've been thinking about LEDs. The V71 case is mostly blue, I'm thinking purple in with that so I've ordered 4 strips of purple LEDs. Not sure if I need any extra fans yet. The case comes with 3 x 200mm and 1 x 140mm. The H105 has 2 x 120mm. I can't imagine I will need anything more, but we will see.