Build Advice

[Worth]

Everyone in my house has laptops with SSDs and very little storage in general, so I want to make a build that will have loads of storage for everyone on the network. My budget is around $800 not including OS(windows home server) or a case.

 

EDIT: I want only 1 SSD but a shit ton of HDDs

[Shd0w2]

So you jsut want a TON of storage?

[ViruZ_HUN]

Everyone in my house has laptops with SSDs and very little storage in general, so I want to make a build that will have loads of storage for everyone on the network. My budget is around $800 not including OS or a case.

On 800USD you wont get TBs of SSD if you want the other parts to be good to.

 

But if you only care about SSD storage you could get a 1 TB ssd and other very low end parts

[WoodenMarker]

Are you not using a case or do you already have one? 

[asickduckie]

Everyone in my house has laptops with SSDs and very little storage in general, so I want to make a build that will have loads of storage for everyone on the network. My budget is around $800 not including OS(windows home server) or a case.

you can go freenas if you don't want to pay 100$ for a windows server license key.

 

As for the drives, if you're just doing regular nas work, you can get these 3TB wd drives for 89 bucks a piece (lowest I've ever seen 3tb drives):

http://www.microcenter.com/product/416370/Red_3TB_Intellipower_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_%28NAS%29_WDBMMA0030HNCNR

[TheSLSAMG]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.97 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard:  MSI H87M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.49 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  A-Data Premier Pro SP600 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($49.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Storage:  Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($129.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($129.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($129.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($129.00 @ Amazon) 

Case:  Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  NZXT HALE82-N 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $807.42

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-08 21:10 EST-0500)

I think this would do fine.

[Worth]

Are you not using a case or do you already have one? 

Already have one

[Vitalius]

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This is a good build for a basic FreeNAS system using UFS. I say go with this one. 

RAID 1 the WD SE drives. It will be like RAID 0 with Reads, but not with writes, and you get awesome redundancy.

[asickduckie]

Storage:  Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($129.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($129.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($129.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($129.00 @ Amazon)

I wonder if the OP is exaggerating about his storage needs. I really doubt his family needs 12TB...

[Worth]

I wonder if the OP is exaggerating about his storage needs. I really doubt his family needs 12TB...

I don't need 12 TB.

[TheSLSAMG]

I wonder if the OP is exaggerating about his storage needs. I really doubt his family needs 12TB...

The point was not 12TB in RAID 0. That would be pointless and stupid. I really mean 6TB of RAID 1 storage. Redundancy.

[asickduckie]

I don't need 12 TB.

If you're really looking to save money, you could always got the route of having a fake nas by attaching an external hard drive to the usb3 or usb2 port on your router.

[WoodenMarker]

Already have one

What case do you have?

I don't need 12 TB.

How much do you need?