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As much as possible really, Could build a second PC if needed.

Just get a 4 bay QNAP and shove 4x 8TB drives in it.

The QNAP TS-451+ would work.

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Hello, I'm looking for a NAS to store all of my music onto, Budget of around £2000, Not really bothered where i buy it from, Whether it be newegg or amazon etc. It's going to be used along with my McIntosh MS500, so just needs ethernet and USB connectivity, Thank's for all the help :)

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Mini DSP SHD Studio -> 2x Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC's (fed by AES/EBU, one feeds the left sub and main, the other feeds the right side) -> 2x Neumann KH420 + 2x Neumann KH870

 

(Having a totally seperate DAC for each channel is game changing for sound quality)

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Build a secondary PC, if that's all you need?

 

How much room do you need?

 

 

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

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Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

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Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

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- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

- Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

- MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

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Sooooo..... how much storage?

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1 minute ago, jstudrawa said:

Build a secondary PC, if that's all you need?

 

How much room do you need?

 

 

 

Just now, Den-Fi said:

Sooooo..... how much storage?

As much as possible really, Could build a second PC if needed.

LTT's Resident Porsche fanboy and nutjob Audiophile.

 

Main speaker setup is now;

 

Mini DSP SHD Studio -> 2x Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC's (fed by AES/EBU, one feeds the left sub and main, the other feeds the right side) -> 2x Neumann KH420 + 2x Neumann KH870

 

(Having a totally seperate DAC for each channel is game changing for sound quality)

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1 minute ago, jstudrawa said:

Build a secondary PC, if that's all you need?

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My pc is just a pre-built idk i dropped my gpu i dont trust myself to build one.

From that sig, I don't see that happening.

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Just now, Den-Fi said:

From that sig, I don't see that happening.

Well, i dropped the cooler once when re-doing thermal paste, haha.

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Main speaker setup is now;

 

Mini DSP SHD Studio -> 2x Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC's (fed by AES/EBU, one feeds the left sub and main, the other feeds the right side) -> 2x Neumann KH420 + 2x Neumann KH870

 

(Having a totally seperate DAC for each channel is game changing for sound quality)

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Just now, Derkoli said:

 

As much as possible really, Could build a second PC if needed.

Just get a 4 bay QNAP and shove 4x 8TB drives in it.

The QNAP TS-451+ would work.

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Just now, Derkoli said:

 

As much as possible really, Could build a second PC if needed.

So you have no idea how much music you have, or stored?

 

Or is it you just want to spent $2000?

 

How much space are you using right now for your music?

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

Onyx : AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single

 

Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU -  Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L -  Samsung 27" 1080p

 

Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

Other Tech:

- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

- Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

- MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

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1 minute ago, Den-Fi said:

Just get a 4 bay QNAP and shove 4x 8TB drives in it.

The QNAP TS-451+ would work.

That QNAP look's pretty smart, And i can get it on amazon prime which is nice, Any drives you would recommend?

LTT's Resident Porsche fanboy and nutjob Audiophile.

 

Main speaker setup is now;

 

Mini DSP SHD Studio -> 2x Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC's (fed by AES/EBU, one feeds the left sub and main, the other feeds the right side) -> 2x Neumann KH420 + 2x Neumann KH870

 

(Having a totally seperate DAC for each channel is game changing for sound quality)

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Just now, jstudrawa said:

So you have no idea how much music you have, or stored?

 

Or is it you just want to spent $2000?

 

How much space are you using right now for your music?

Right now about 1TB is music, But i don't have my whole collection downloaded, And I'm always buying more, So it would be nice to have some headroom.

LTT's Resident Porsche fanboy and nutjob Audiophile.

 

Main speaker setup is now;

 

Mini DSP SHD Studio -> 2x Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC's (fed by AES/EBU, one feeds the left sub and main, the other feeds the right side) -> 2x Neumann KH420 + 2x Neumann KH870

 

(Having a totally seperate DAC for each channel is game changing for sound quality)

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3 minutes ago, Derkoli said:

That QNAP look's pretty smart, And i can get it on amazon prime which is nice, Any drives you would recommend?

I use Seagate IronWolf Pros. I have 20 of em in service in my QNAPs at home. They have served me well. Though the same could likely be said of WD Reds and other drive vendors.

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I built my own freenas box, i had a bunch of spare hardware so only needed to purchase a motherboard and case. I went with ITX. 4x 3tb WD Red NAS drives in a scary 'raid'.

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You could look for a used server as it comes with hot-swappable drives, etc. and would probably be quite a bit cheaper than just all new hardware along with possibly having more power/functionality. 

 

As for drives, you need to stick with something designed for a NAS or servers. I'm using some WD Ultrastar drives that have been treating me well so far. They are rated for a lot more use than a standard consumer drive, with the 5 year warranty, and really don't cost much more than a WD Red drive.

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2 minutes ago, Den-Fi said:

I use Seagate IronWolf Pros. I have 20 of em in service in my QNAPs at home. They have served me well. Though the same could likely be said of WD Reds and other drive vendors.

I might go for the IronWolf Pro's then with the QNAP enclosure, Would give me 31TB of space for about 1600 pounds, and i can get it all on amazon. I'm going to go for that setup, Thank's for the help again :)

LTT's Resident Porsche fanboy and nutjob Audiophile.

 

Main speaker setup is now;

 

Mini DSP SHD Studio -> 2x Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC's (fed by AES/EBU, one feeds the left sub and main, the other feeds the right side) -> 2x Neumann KH420 + 2x Neumann KH870

 

(Having a totally seperate DAC for each channel is game changing for sound quality)

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1 minute ago, Derkoli said:

I might go for the IronWolf Pro's then with the QNAP enclosure, Would give me 31TB of space for about 1600 pounds, and i can get it all on amazon. I'm going to go for that setup, Thank's for the help again :)

No problem! Building a NAS is nice when you enjoy that kind of thing, but if you want to be relatively hands off, pre-built NAS are good too.

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3 minutes ago, Derkoli said:

Would give me 31TB of space for about 1600 pounds, and i can get it all on amazon.

Don't forget to account for the loss from implementing RAID. It really sucks loosing data and raid is an easy way to protect it. The Ultrastar drives do go up to 14TB per drive with up to 512MB cache if that is what you are looking for.....

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29 minutes ago, Den-Fi said:

No problem! Building a NAS is nice when you enjoy that kind of thing, but if you want to be relatively hands off, pre-built NAS are good too.

I'm not too into system building, But i can do maintenance on an air cooled system, such as re-pasting every now and then etc. So a pre-built NAS is defo the way to go for me :)

LTT's Resident Porsche fanboy and nutjob Audiophile.

 

Main speaker setup is now;

 

Mini DSP SHD Studio -> 2x Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC's (fed by AES/EBU, one feeds the left sub and main, the other feeds the right side) -> 2x Neumann KH420 + 2x Neumann KH870

 

(Having a totally seperate DAC for each channel is game changing for sound quality)

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