Jellyfin/Storage/Homelab

[Wnde]

Budget (including currency): 400-700$ (no storage)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 
A low power NAS/DAS machine capable of doing 1-5 jellyfin streams + handle all the -aar software and some other services. I might in the future host some web applications, being a software dev, some docker containers, some nginx php servers for personal self-hosting. At which point maybe the low power is a hard no.

Other details:I have an old 7200U 8Gb 256gb SSD laptop that's been doing all of this in one machine, suffice to say it was good enough to tinker but not properly work. I could do 1-2 streams tops but no encoding. 3 gaming pcs (one for me, one for sim racing and one being my old gaming pc)

I've started by looking at crazy stuff like flash only nas (asustor) or diy through jonsbo but all of them use very small CPUs. Perhaps this should be 2 separate machines and have the nas/das in addition to a separate machine to do the jellyfin, suite of other services, etc. How would the storage performance go though if they are separate machines?

I just figured it would've been simpler overall to have it all in one.

[Zando_]

If you want a reasonably small box then: 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/247Qwg

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($161.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z690M-ITX/ax Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($54.97 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($109.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Corsair) 
Total: $551.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-28 14:55 EST-0500

 

12th gen chips are plenty fast but will idle at very low wattage (most of the time your NAS box will be idling unless you have it running heavy tasks while you sleep), has the iGPU for QuickSync en/decode in Jellyfin. 32GB RAM because it's cheap so why not, lets you run more VMs or other shenanigans. Node 304 because it'll fit up to 4 HDDs (it can fit 6 but the motherboard only has 4 SATA ports and the 3rd HDD rack blocks anything but half-length PCIe cards) + a PCIe card (up to a dual slot GPU). Has filtered intakes and includes the fans already + a simple molex powered fan controller so you don't have to try and get everything hooked up to the often annoyingly placed ITX board fan headers. PSU is rather overkill but I don't know which lower wattage units are good, someone may be able to suggest a better unit. 

[Wnde]

Thank you! I did initially start building something like AMD 5700X but would then need something like an ARC 380.

Would I still be able to pull off something like pure nvme/ssd storage akin on of the Asustor?

 

Any concerns with itx form factor?