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Read specs below in "New build, your help needed:", advice needed on new NAS build for home entertainment by newbie to NAS's building and operating but has hardware exp
I'm going to build a new NAS for my sitting room, the last Plex update on my QNAP Server (TS-453A) caused issues, seems the CPU seems to be the issue, my skew is no longer supported.
In fairness it has served me well and I’ve rolled back the server but that does not seem to have worked , I think wiping all the plex files might work but in reality its an old system so maybe its time to retire it to a security server and create something new.
I've been doing a little research, reading and so on over the last couple of weeks and gone through a few iterations, mainly due to the location I had initially intended for the NAS to go in (small area) which I've now scrapped.
Originally I had thought:
Fractal Design Node 304, B460M-ITX/AC m-ITX, Intel Core i5-10400, Noctua NH-U9B, Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB, Intel 660p M.2 512 GB, EVGA 500 W2 80+ & 4 port SATA 6 Gbps PCI Express SATA Controller (I already have tonnes of HDD's for it, most 4TB WD reds)
But since between restrictions and budget I've moved away from that.
I'm now thinking (unless someone posts a good argument against it) of getting a cheaper ATX case (like the Antec NSK-4000B II RaidPirate2020 talked about in another thread), recommendations welcome as the small mITX case just had too many restrictions and I'm on a kind of budget.
Things I want would be 6+ HDD's, M.2 boot drive (unless there is any reason not to go there), 2k streaming, torrent server and mostly that's it. Its at the side of the TV cabinet, sort of hidden, and can be as large as 60cm deep, 36 wide and don't particularly care about height, although the wife would say smaller is better I'd imagine
New build, your help needed:
Corsair Obsidian 750D Case (buying 2nd hand, getting 2 cages and will buy a 3rd as I read they are scarce and its in stock now)
Suggestion needed for motherboard
Intel Core i5-10400
Noctua cooler (suggestions welcome)
16/32 Gig advice wanted
Intel 660p M.2 512 GB (suggestions welcome)
500X power supply, looking for reliable but cheap, ideally modular (I can always want it all and compromise later )
I already have tones of HDD's for it, most 4TB WD reds so all good here.
Questions:
Looking at unRAID, any hardware I need to avoid?
Any reason to go for 32 gig of ram?
Any reason I should include SSD's in the build as well as the M.2?
I've a APC by Schneider Electric, is there any reason why that cannot be sat on, below or around the NAS once built? I will want the NAS to be powered by it.
Thank you in advance
Read specs below in "New build, your help needed:", advice needed on new NAS build for home entertainment by newbie to NAS's building and operating but has hardware exp
I'm going to build a new NAS for my sitting room, the last Plex update on my QNAP Server (TS-453A) caused issues, seems the CPU seems to be the issue, my skew is no longer supported.
In fairness it has served me well and I’ve rolled back the server but that does not seem to have worked , I think wiping all the plex files might work but in reality its an old system so maybe its time to retire it to a security server and create something new.
I've been doing a little research, reading and so on over the last couple of weeks and gone through a few iterations, mainly due to the location I had initially intended for the NAS to go in (small area) which I've now scrapped.
Originally I had thought:
Fractal Design Node 304, B460M-ITX/AC m-ITX, Intel Core i5-10400, Noctua NH-U9B, Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB, Intel 660p M.2 512 GB, EVGA 500 W2 80+ & 4 port SATA 6 Gbps PCI Express SATA Controller (I already have tonnes of HDD's for it, most 4TB WD reds)
But since between restrictions and budget I've moved away from that.
I'm now thinking (unless someone posts a good argument against it) of getting a cheaper ATX case (like the Antec NSK-4000B II RaidPirate2020 talked about in another thread), recommendations welcome as the small mITX case just had too many restrictions and I'm on a kind of budget.
Things I want would be 6+ HDD's, M.2 boot drive (unless there is any reason not to go there), 2k streaming, torrent server and mostly that's it. Its at the side of the TV cabinet, sort of hidden, and can be as large as 60cm deep, 36 wide and don't particularly care about height, although the wife would say smaller is better I'd imagine
New build, your help needed:
Corsair Obsidian 750D Case (buying 2nd hand, getting 2 cages and will buy a 3rd as I read they are scarce and its in stock now)
Suggestion needed for motherboard
Intel Core i5-10400
Noctua cooler (suggestions welcome)
16/32 Gig advice wanted
Intel 660p M.2 512 GB (suggestions welcome)
500X power supply, looking for reliable but cheap, ideally modular (I can always want it all and compromise later )
I already have tones of HDD's for it, most 4TB WD reds so all good here.
Questions:
Looking at unRAID, any hardware I need to avoid?
Any reason to go for 32 gig of ram?
Any reason I should include SSD's in the build as well as the M.2?
I've a APC by Schneider Electric, is there any reason why that cannot be sat on, below or around the NAS once built? I will want the NAS to be powered by it.
Thank you in advance
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