Can’t vouch for any setups working other than my own, but the spec looks similar so hopefully you should be alright!

– ZOTAC Motherboard H55-ITX WiFi socket LGA 1156 chipset Intel H55 Mini-ITX
– 2 x KINGSTON Memoria Dimm ValueRam 4 Gb ddr3 1333 Mhz Non-ECC CL9
– INTEL Processore Core i3 560 (Clarkdale) Dual Core 3,33 Ghz socket LGA 1156 32 Nm Chipset Grafico Integrato Boxato
– SILVERSTONE Case Lascala LC17 HTPC Desktop ATX Nero (http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=82&area=en)
– 3 x SEAGATE Barracuda 7200.12 2 Tb Sata 600 Buffer 64 Mb 7200 Rpm
– power-supply, usb drive for OS, additional stuff

Well the boards I found are AMD based systems, I guess I need to find a AMD
processors that has integrated graphics…

Thxs,

Yep the Zotac has a DVI out which works as long as the CPU has integrated graphics: http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-031174.htm#1

Without graphics support you would have to either run headless or perhaps you could use the serial port as a TTY, you’d have to ask on the FreeNAS forums as i’ve got no idea if either is possible: http://forums.freenas.org/

I’m interested in purchasing either of these boards for a FreeNAS build

MSI 870A-G54 AM3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130275
or
MSI 870A-G46 AM3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130591

but… they say they don’t have onbord graphics so do I need to buy a graphics card?

Thxs,

I’m very happy with the setup, no issues. Would probably go for more RAM in retrospect though, have since seen some guides recommending 8Gb.

Never got round to benchmarking – partly due to time, also partly because I know I can’t change anything without having to spend more! Did spend a bit of time playing around with jumbo frames and buffer sizes to try and increase the transfer rates over gigabit as I think that’s where the major bottleneck is, on the charts the CPU seems barely utilised.