I’m new to rockstor and I was considering the C2550D4I mobo cpu combo for my nas, but with the recent wave of failure after just 2 year of operation I need an alternative. I can’t seem to find anything in the same price range (300-350$) mobo + cpu with ecc support in mini-itx form factor.
I welcome any suggestion you might have
Michel
Hi and welcome.
You seem to be touched with same problem that a lot of people seem to experience these days: “it has to be brand spanking new or it’s not good” …
Save you money, got for this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-DL180-G6-1xQC-2-4GHZ-E5620-12GB-RAM-P212-256MB-BBWC-2xPSU-590639-421-/222356832819?hash=item33c5800233:g:SVQAAOSwImRYNxqV
it has 12 bays (you can connect another external SAS enclosure and have as many disk you want … 2x xeon with plenty of processing power … very power efficient … replace fans with something quiet (a bit of DIY) … I’ve got that one behind my TV in my living room ( hidden in plain sight 
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Another note, for love of god just avoid marvel controllers like a plague !!! For mere suggesting using those in data centre people will kick you out (through the shut door). I have that one my mother board … intent was never to use it because I know it’s crap … in the end I’ve had to manually disable BIOS for this controller to NOT load because it causes corruptions in operating system during normal operation …