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I had been researching couple of days before I finally decided what to buy in order to build up NAS. Here is the list of parts that were used recently to build up my NAS.

1) Motherboard: SUPERMICRO X7SPA-H-D525
  http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA-H-D525.cfm
  http://www.xpcgear.com/supermicro-x7spa-h-d525.html
2) Case:LIAN LI PC-Q08B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112265
3) PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017
4) HDD&RAM: Whatever you want.


1) Since Intel Atom motherboards don't have enough sata ports, I had to put a sata/raid controller to get enough sata ports if I decided to go with Intel motherboards. Moreover, Intel motherboards have on-board Realtek 8111E NIC which I don't really like personally. On the other hands, the Supermicro motherboard provides 6 sata ports and Intel dual NIC which really attracted me. Although the Supermicro motherboard is a bit pricey, it has everything that are necessary for building up NAS.

2) I really wanted to have a hot-swapable case. There were one or two hot-swapable cases; however, they seemed to be pricey compared to their quality. In fact, I didn't want to spend lots of money for the case. So, I finally gave up to get a hot-swapable case. Instead, I decided to get PC-Q08B which has 1x5.25, 6x3.5, and 1x2.5 for SSD. Another advantage of PC-Q08B is supporting ATX PSU that allowed me to put a cheap PSU into it.

3) There were three reasons that I bought OCZ PSU. First, there was a promotion that newegg gave me a free ASUS ODD if I bought this PSU. Another reason was that there was also mail-in rebate. Finally, the most important reason was that OCZ ModXStream provides modular connectors. Since ITX cases are really small, I indeed needed to minimize cables inside my case. Whatever PSU you use, modular connectors are really helpful if it's ATX PSU.

References
Hot-swapable case:
  http://usa.chenbro.com/corporatesite/products_cat.php?pos=33
  http://www.e-itx.com/cfi-a7879.html

NAS:
  http://www.servethehome.com/entry-diy-storage-server-buyers-guide-december-2010/
  http://www.shainmiley.com/wordpress/?p=610
  http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-howto/30571-build-your-own-atom-based-nas-part-1
  http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2010/07/23/how-to-build-a-nas-box/1

FreeNAS:
  http://forums.freenas.org/showthread.php?1351-FAQ-Those-same-questions-that-keep-getting-asked-and-answered-about-FreeNAS

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