New NAS build

[sabs]

Budget (including currency): USD$ 1,286.88

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: TrueNAS

Other details

Existing parts:

8x 4.0TB Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS

 

Parts Needed:

MOBO: AsRock Rack X570D4I-2T Mini-ITX Server Motherboard AM4 PGA 1331
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - Ryzen 7 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 8-Core 3.8 GHz
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 64GB 3200MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL22 SODIMM (x2 sticks of 32GB)

CPU Fan: Noctua NH-U12S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-F12 120mm Fan

NVME: Intel Optane SSD P1600X SSDPEK1A118GA01 M.2 2280 118GB PCIe 3.0
Case: JONSBO N3 Mini-ITX NAS PC Chassis, ITX Computer Case

PSU: Corsair SF Series, SF600, 600 Watt, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified

 

I just got the HDDs because they were a great sale.
The rest of the parts I am looking to buy new.

 

The main usage of this is to be a NAS. 
Pleas let know what do you think of the parts, specially the PSU.

 

Thank you very much!

 

--sabs

 

[Le_Potate]

Since you will be running ZFS, everyone is going to say you should run ECC memory. I chose instead to go with more capacity. For TrueNas, having as much ram as possible is beneficial for read caching.

[sabs]

21 minutes ago, Le_Potate said:

Since you will be running ZFS, everyone is going to say you should run ECC memory. I chose instead to go with more capacity. For TrueNas, having as much ram as possible is beneficial for read caching.

Thank you for the feedback! I will update for ECC Memory. I will have 2 sticks (64GB, will update the post) that is the max the MOBO can handle. Would you recommend another one?

[Le_Potate]

After looking at your motherboard choice, I would say you could just get a normal "gaming" itx board. It will save you money on ram. Unless you care about IOMMU grouping, there's no reason to use a special motherboard. Also, your power supply is a good choice.

[dogwitch]

57 minutes ago, Le_Potate said:

After looking at your motherboard choice, I would say you could just get a normal "gaming" itx board. It will save you money on ram. Unless you care about IOMMU grouping, there's no reason to use a special motherboard. Also, your power supply is a good choice.

gaming itx boards have limited pci lanes. you need to account for that.

also they general will share lanes with chip set and dont tell you at times.

[sabs]

On 3/26/2024 at 7:50 PM, Le_Potate said:

After looking at your motherboard choice, I would say you could just get a normal "gaming" itx board. It will save you money on ram. Unless you care about IOMMU grouping, there's no reason to use a special motherboard. Also, your power supply is a good choice.

 Got it! thank you very much!

[sabs]

Thank you for your feedback! Here is my updated build:
 

MOBO: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - Ryzen 7 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 8-Core 3.8 GHz
Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB)

CPU Fan: Noctua NH-U9S

Cache: Western Digital 1TB WD Blue 3D NAND
NVME (OS): Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4
SATA Expansion card: StarTech.com 8 Port SATA PCIe Card
Case: JONSBO N3 Mini-ITX NAS PC Chassis, ITX Computer Case

PSU: Corsair SF Series, SF600, 600 Watt, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified

Will appreciate feedback on the updated list.

Thank you very much!

[Blue4130]

20 hours ago, sabs said:

Thank you for your feedback! Here is my updated build:
 

MOBO: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - Ryzen 7 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 8-Core 3.8 GHz
Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB)

CPU Fan: Noctua NH-U9S

Cache: Western Digital 1TB WD Blue 3D NAND
NVME (OS): Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4
SATA Expansion card: StarTech.com 8 Port SATA PCIe Card
Case: JONSBO N3 Mini-ITX NAS PC Chassis, ITX Computer Case

PSU: Corsair SF Series, SF600, 600 Watt, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified

Will appreciate feedback on the updated list.

Thank you very much!

Make sure that your board will boot headless, since you are using a cpu with no igpu. Personally I would have stuck with the asrock rack board. Ipmi is nice to have. As well as video out from the aspeed chip.

[sabs]

On 3/30/2024 at 5:45 PM, Blue4130 said:

Make sure that your board will boot headless, since you are using a cpu with no igpu. Personally I would have stuck with the asrock rack board. Ipmi is nice to have. As well as video out from the aspeed chip.

Gotcha! Thank you very much!