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HotPlot

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  1. Hi all, I would like some help/feedback on an upcoming build I’m trying to piece together. A similar build here but not quite the same components nor usage. Usage : plex for movies, tv shows and store all my data in general + regular backups of my PC & smartphone Goals : small form factor in a good case => Node 304 data integrity for as long as possible => RaidZ2 + ECC memory With these two criteria, the choice of motherboards got very small. In my country (France), it seems that the only board I could buy online is an ASRock Rack X570D4I-2T. I don’t mind the price, especially for such incredible specs (IPMI, 10GB Ethernet, etc.) Build so far : Node 304 6 x Ironwolf 4TB ASRock Rack X570D4I-2T Ryzen 5 3600 16GB (2x8) SODIMM ECC 2666MHz (Kingston KSM26SES8/8ME) Some gold or plat PSU, probably 400-500W Have doubts about: Memory : is 16GB enough or should I go 32 ? I know that ZFS eats a lot of RAM and I want my NAS to be future-proof if I ever need a VM someday or something alike. Also, I suppose that the more RAM, the more writing cache. HBA : in a video from Gamers Nexus, Wendell said that he had a bad experience with on-board sata ports on an ASRock Rack X470D4U2-2T and thus he recommended to add a HBA card in PCI-e. On the contrary, I read here that integrated Intel and AMD HBA’s are fine. Should I go for a dedicated HBA card like a LSI SAS9211-8I or plug all 6 drives to the two OCulink ports ? Caching : since there might be a NVME port on the motherboard, should I use it for caching or rely more on RAM ? What other use of the NVME drive could I have ? CPU Cooler : is apparently a pain in the butt because of the pre-installed backplate with Intel 1156-style mounting holes on a AM4 socket. Workarounds are proposed here, but I’m kinda scared of force-threading M3 screws or tearing off the plate on a 445€ mobo. I would appreciate any feedback about anything stated above, especially the doubts. Thank you ! PS: you might also see the same post in a couple other forums. Please understand I’m not spamming, but just trying to get a maximum of feedback ^^’
  2. Off topic but related to the video: what's that beautiful PC on the desk behind Linus ? *_*
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