In the end, how much did this upgrade cost me?
$469 - Supermicro MBD-X13SAE-F-O
$288 - NEMIX RAM 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 5600MHZ PC5-44800 1.1V 2Rx8 288-PIN ECC Unbuffered UDIMM KIT
$289 - i7-14700K Processor
$70 - Noctua NH-U9S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-A9 92mm Fan (Brown)
$19 - Noctua NF-A9 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (92mm, Brown)
$102 - GAMEMAX Master 2 Black/Mesh/Tempered Glass/Metal ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$104 - Thermaltake GF1 (2024) Fully Modular ATX 850W Power Supply with EIGHT SATA Connectors
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$1,341 - Subtotal
$111 - 8.25% Texas Sales Tax
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$1,452 - Grand Total
Some notes:
- Where is the boot and hard drives? They were transplanted from the old system.
- The case and power supply were “unexpected” expenses. The ATX motherboard did not fit into the Fractal Node 804 case which can only handle mATX motherboards. Also, it is getting harder to find a case with eight 3½ inch drives. I could not locate that case at Microcenter, so it had to be ordered. It also had RGB fans, but the motherboard is a server motherboard and lacks RGB headers.
- The motherboard has fan headers for two CPU fans. While a second fan wasn’t necessary, I added one anyways for redundancy since this system is running 24×7.
- I ended up purchasing a new power supply so that I can keep my old TrueNAS system up and running while I did some stress testing of my new system. The cost difference between the 750W and 850W power supplies was $4 dollars.
- Cost does not include the shipping cost of the old system to a buddy of mine so that he can build a TrueNAS system.