Need help building a NAS :)

[Buckyy]

Budget (including currency): £1000 GBP (Ideally)

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: NAS server for Family Pictures/Videos and Media Server

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): 

 

I am currently referencing Linus's video on building an affordable NAS server, I like the idea of availability for upgrade later on.

 

I want to create an Intel version if possible, only reason is that I currently have an Intel Core i3 12100F just laying around and would like to use that.

However, if upgradability is less likely on an Intel based system then I guess I will go AMD base.

 

Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

 

I know I said £1,000. That is my max as Linus managed to get an AMD system setup for under $700

 

Thanks all!

Josh

[filpo]

26 minutes ago, Buckyy said:

12100F

you should get an igpu so a 12100

How much storage would you like?

26 minutes ago, Buckyy said:

Budget (including currency): £1000 GBP (Ideally)

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: NAS server for Family Pictures/Videos and Media Server

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): 

 

I am currently referencing Linus's video on building an affordable NAS server, I like the idea of availability for upgrade later on.

 

I want to create an Intel version if possible, only reason is that I currently have an Intel Core i3 12100F just laying around and would like to use that.

However, if upgradability is less likely on an Intel based system then I guess I will go AMD base.

 

Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

 

I know I said £1,000. That is my max as Linus managed to get an AMD system setup for under $700

 

Thanks all!

Josh

FYI: you don't need 16gb of ram but they're so cheap you might as well, and a modular psu for the last one to help with cables

and you could get a 512gb or 1tb ssd on top if you want

here's one: KIOXIA EXCERIA G2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (LRC20Z001TG8) - PCPartPicker

Here's one with 16tb

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i3-12100 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£110.82 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M-ITX/D4 WiFi Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£147.04 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£150.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£150.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£77.37 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Gigabyte P-B 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£56.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £729.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-29 18:55 GMT+0000

 

And one with 20tb

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i3-12100 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£110.82 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M-ITX/D4 WiFi Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£147.04 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X16 10 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£179.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X16 10 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£179.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£77.37 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £803.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-29 18:56 GMT+0000

[Buckyy]

8 minutes ago, filpo said:

you should get an igpu so a 12100

How much storage would you like?

FYI: you don't need 16gb of ram but they're so cheap you might as well, and a modular psu for the last one to help with cables

and you could get a 512gb or 1tb ssd on top if you want

here's one: KIOXIA EXCERIA G2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (LRC20Z001TG8) - PCPartPicker

Here's one with 16tb

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i3-12100 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£110.82 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M-ITX/D4 WiFi Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£147.04 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£150.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£150.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£77.37 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Gigabyte P-B 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£56.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £729.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-29 18:55 GMT+0000

 

And one with 20tb

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i3-12100 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£110.82 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M-ITX/D4 WiFi Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£147.04 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X16 10 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£179.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X16 10 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£179.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£77.37 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £803.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-29 18:56 GMT+0000

Great suggestions, thank you. If I was to take a 128GB harddrive and wack an os on it, then remote desktop to the system, would I not just use the CPU I have got?

And 20TB is probably enough for now but I would probably want 100TB later on down the line

[WhitetailAni]

17 minutes ago, Buckyy said:

Great suggestions, thank you. If I was to take a 128GB harddrive and wack an os on it, then remote desktop to the system, would I not just use the CPU I have got?

You'll need a GPU of some sort I believe - mostly for installing an OS. Do you have a random one laying around - GTX 650 or something old like that? You could throw that in for a display out.

[Buckyy]

4 minutes ago, WhitetailAni said:

You'll need a GPU of some sort I believe - mostly for installing an OS. Do you have a random one laying around - GTX 650 or something old like that? You could throw that in for a display out.

Yeah I have got an XFX RX 480 I can chuck in there for install, will I need to keep it in there? Or can I remove it after install?

[filpo]

23 minutes ago, Buckyy said:

128GB harddrive

you'd use an ssd 

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 Pro RS ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£144.92 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Patriot P300 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£30.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X20 20 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£322.99 @ MoreCoCo) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X20 20 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£322.99 @ MoreCoCo) 
Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.89 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £990.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-29 19:30 GMT+0000

1 minute ago, Buckyy said:

Or can I remove it after install?

if you still want display you'll need to keep it there, so yes

 

1 minute ago, Buckyy said:

Yeah I have got an XFX RX 480 I can chuck in there for install

then chuck that into the build above (which has 40tb and 5 sata ports for future upgrades as well as bigger case to 100tb)

[WhitetailAni]

2 minutes ago, Buckyy said:

Or can I remove it after install?

You can remove it after install if you don't need a GUI for anything. I don't know what OS you're planning to run, but if you're happy doing CLI only that should work fine.

[Buckyy]

15 minutes ago, WhitetailAni said:

You can remove it after install if you don't need a GUI for anything. I don't know what OS you're planning to run, but if you're happy doing CLI only that should work fine.

I will be running TrueNAS so shouldn't be a problem