My new Nas / plex server

[Dante_484]

Let me start with I was building a living room PC at first but changed my mind after buying the CPU and motherboard my old Nas was almost full I had 2 6TB drives (an old Dell I5 3470 that could only hold 2 drives).

I saw no point in just replacing the drives with two bigger ones because I was still stuck with a 2 drive max limit so I changed my plans and decided to build a NAS that will last me a good long time

 

Parts

 

CPU - Ryzen 5700G (Got used for £120)

CPU cooler - Noctua NH-D9L £39.99

Ram - Crucial Pro 32gb 2x16gb 3200 £53.40

Motherboard - Gigabyte B550I Aorus Pro AX £170

GPU - Rtx 3060 12gb got for £205 (this is a replacement for the a2000 that die few days after I got it)

PSU - Be quiet 600 SFX-L £109.99

Case - Jonsbo n3 £155

SSD - WD red Sn700 500gb 44.99 

Fans -  X2 Noctua NF-A9 £17.95 each x2 Noctua NF-A8 16.95 each

Cables - x2 4 pcs SATA cables £15.44

other - M.2 to 6 port SATA adaptor

Total - £995.77 with no drives I wanted to be about £700 to £800 but I was planning on using my old GTX 1050ti

 

 

 

Problems I found 

 

I ordered the wrong PSU SFX-L does not fit I could have just returned it but I want to continue building it after looking at I decided to remove the type c port from the front which unfortunately I had to cut the PCB that was holding (see pic below) it's not the end of the world the motherboard didn't even have the connector for the type so I was happy just to lose it

 

 

Conclusion

 

In the end, I'm happy with how it came out the plan now is when I get paid next to pick up some drives install unraid and start moving my things over

Going to use it for Plex, Home Assistant, and maybe try hosts in my own game server on here like Minecraft

 

[Needfuldoer]

I wish there was a 12 slot mATX version of that case, it's perfect!

[Dante_484]

I wish the same just A 12-bay version that accepts micro ATX it would be perfect

[NinJake]

Love it. Great build log. I'm a sucker for Noctua fans

[Dante_484]

4 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Love it. Great build log. I'm a sucker for Noctua fans

thank you I'm the same for Noctua there so quiet but unfortunately that A2000 is noises thing in my system at the minute

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

What's the A2000 for?

 

Also, FYI the bluetooth on that motherboard is quite bad. You can find forum posts with people complaining about it. IIRC messing around with some BIOS and Windows power settings got it working well enough for a wireless keyboard/mouse pad device, but not well enough for game controllers.

[JamesTheFolf]

2 minutes ago, Hairless Monkey Boy said:

Also, FYI the bluetooth on that motherboard is quite bad. You can find forum posts with people complaining about it. IIRC messing around with some BIOS and Windows power settings got it working well enough for a wireless keyboard/mouse pad device, but not well enough for game controllers.

I've heard that too, but if you use the WiFi antenna included in the box all the issues go away. Because both the Bluetooth and WiFi share the same antennae.

[Dante_484]

2 minutes ago, Hairless Monkey Boy said:

What's the A2000 for?

 

Also, FYI the bluetooth on that motherboard is quite bad. You can find forum posts with people complaining about it. IIRC messing around with some BIOS and Windows power settings got it working well enough for a wireless keyboard/mouse pad device, but not well enough for game controllers.

The A2000 for plex transcoding and I did not know about the Bluetooth issue glad I not using for the living room now

[Yua]

Looks kewl!

I wish I had known about this case when I built mine. Great ventilation for the drives.

Mine is in a 2U rack case that was equally as expensive, and I only have space for four drives.

[Dante_484]

2 minutes ago, Yua said:

Looks kewl!

I wish I had known about this case when I built mine. Great ventilation for the drives.

Mine is in a 2U rack case that was equally as expensive, and I only have space for four drives.

I very new case think it's like 4 months old I was going for the N2 but saw this when researching it I had to order it from AliExpress to get one because no one in the UK stock it 

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

10 minutes ago, JamesTheFolf said:

I've heard that too, but if you use the WiFi antenna included in the box all the issues go away. Because both the Bluetooth and WiFi share the same antennae.

I assure you that I tried the troubleshooting step of "connecting the antenna", and so did all the other people resorting to changing esoteric power settings.

[Dante_484]

Update

 

My a2000 die randomly so glad I could get a refund so I got a Palit rtx 3060 12gb for £205 good price I think looks big in that case