Component | Cost |
Case and PS | $74.99 |
Motherboard and CPU | $179.99 |
Memory | $101.98 |
Mirrored drives | $0.00 |
Keyboard | $17.99 |
Mouse | $0.00 |
DVD-R, CD-RW | $0.00 |
Display | $0.00 |
Graphics card | $0.00 |
Total | $374.95 |
The case and power supply were a Fry's special. Antec Two Hundred Mid Tower case and Antec Basiq 550W Plus PSU ($20 rebate shown in cost). The case has lots of room for expansion but isn't a tool-less design.
I got a motherboard and CPU combo that was shown in the OpenSolaris compatibility list verified as compatible. The ASUS M4A785-M AMD AM3 Motherboard has good expandability and on-board graphics. The AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6 GHz AM3 CPU is an inexpensive quad code CPU.
I got 2 Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) KVR800D2N5/2G memory sticks and have two slots for future expansion.
I used two 1 GIg drives from a failed Sans Digital external mirror case. I'm using ZFS to mirror the drives in OpenSolaris.
Other than a SIIG Mini USB Keyboard, I had spares for the mouse, DVD drive and display. Except for the initial install, I'm planning to run the machine headless.
The OpenSolaris initial install went smoothly so now it's time to have fun with ZFS, xVM, etc.
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