Assembling the hardware

So last monday all my hardware arrived!
Only the RAM memory isn't the one i described in my previous post. I decided to go for the Kingston ValueRAM running at 1333 MHz.

4U  case

Case front view

All hardware together

So assembling the hardware went without too much trouble.

First, i had to temporary remove the 2 fans which are mounted at the back of the case (left on the picture): 

Once those were removed, all hardware could be placed easily in the case:

Important note, by using the Xeon E3-1230 v2, which has no integrated gpu, it seems to be impossible to use the onboard VGA output. This can be easily resolved by placing a dedicated GFX card in the pci-E slot. Since it'll become a server, there is no need to have a GFX card in it once it is fully configured.

Ofcourse, some cable management is also needed, but for now i'm way to excited about getting started with FreeNAS!