Okay got it running just proxmox for now. While I decide if I want to migrate my current ubuntu/mdadm array to TrueNAS or just copy it as-is (any thoughts on this are welcome), here's the specs:
N100 board
32GB 5600 Crucial memory
400W Cooler Master MWE PSU (Does quite well in wolfgang's
spreadsheet, managed to get it for a reasonable price)
Using a spare (very old) 240GB Corsair SSD as the boot drive for now, might get around to buying another m.2 eventually if this feels insufficient.
As for cooling, I ordered the board with the jonsbo cpu cooler. It's a HP400S according to the manual. I'm running it without the fan, but I did plug the case fan into the cpu header. It's sitting around 38C, which seems fine. I'll have to keep an eye on it once I get it to a "final" state software wise.
As for the case, I'm using a modified Cooler Master Elite130. It's the case from my previous PC, and I'm glad I didn't throw it out because it saved me buying a proper NAS case (the guts of it are my current homelab/NAS, though they're on the floor under a cupboard...)
For the modifications I drilled the rivets out for the 5.25in bay cage, to make the top rails free of any crap. Then I printed a 3 part rack which the sleds hang from and screw into. I plan on designing some TPU bushings so the drives have a bit more isolation then I'll stick the .stl files on printables.
Here's the system right now, amazing cable management included:
Only the test fit drive is fitted right now, up until I bother to move the currently in use drives over.
Does HDMI work after loading BIOS defaults and saving them?
Not sure what exactly did it but yeah, the HDMI out works now. I installed proxmox, ubuntu server and proxmox again in that order.
CWWK Store replied, for those of you interested in the N305 version
I'm almost glad that it was out of stock when I ordered it, since this is "just" the base NAS and media center. I don't really need those extra cores.
I must say their 7840HS lineup is looking mighty tempting, though...
Guys, is anyone using this board with C states enabled? unRAID does not start if I enable them. Anyone else with this issue?
I enabled C states when messing with the BIOS but it doesn't look like they're being used for me either. Chripo did some
testing here, which might be of some use to you.
I plan on playing with power management settings too, since it's currently idling at 23W. While an improvement over my previous 6600K system, is still higher than I'd like. Though this doesn't have the drives in yet so it could actually end up pretty close...