Future Server Build advice please!

[Phizix]

Budget (including currency): £500-700 at a push

Country: United Kingdom.

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Media Storage, Docker containers etc. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

Hi all, long time lurker, figured I'd ask the guys (and girls) in the know about a possible new server build I'm planning. 

 

So my now very old Synology 2 drive device is on it's last legs and whilst I do love the DSM software I'm looking at building my own server to get a lot more functionality. I'm looking to put something together that will deal with media storage and playback (likely through Plex or Jellyfin) and docker containers. Not much to ask I know

 

In terms of the drives I already have them taken care of I'll be running 4x 3GB sata drives. 

 

Things I'm ideally looking for:

Case - Ideally I'd be looking for as small a form factor case as possible, ideally something around the size of the DS920+ if possible but I'm flexible. 

LAN - 2.5GB (it's not a deal breaker I can always get an adapter if needs be) 

RAM - Min 16GB.

CPU - ideally an I5, incase I should increase it's workload in the future. 

 

Other than that I'm happy. 

 

Any help or assistance you can provide is welcome and appreciated. 

 

Phizix

 

 

[brob]

Not the smallest box as mini-ITX motherboards usually have 4 SATA ports.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£139.51 @ Gaming Co) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B560M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  (£99.96 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£61.44 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Patriot VPN100 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£107.84 @ Clove Technology) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£57.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £505.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-04-14 05:14 BST+0100

[Phizix]

On 4/14/2022 at 5:17 AM, brob said:

Not the smallest box as mini-ITX motherboards usually have 4 SATA ports.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£139.51 @ Gaming Co) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B560M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  (£99.96 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£61.44 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Patriot VPN100 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£107.84 @ Clove Technology) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£57.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £505.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-04-14 05:14 BST+0100

Thank you very much for this, I wasn't expecting such a detailed system. 

 

Is there any recommendation on OS? As mentioned in the first instance it will be a file server but will need capability to run docker? 

 

Thanks again.