Uhg, me again, Building a home nas...

[Reaf]

 

I have a conundrum, and a solution. I want to move away from using random ssd's all over the place to a central NAS for my house. Now i am wondering if a build a shite-box and then upgrade it over time or if I just put in the money. 

Here is what I was thinking:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/N9bQbL

CPU: Intel Pentium G640 2.8 GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($30.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Timetec 75TT133U2R8-8G 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR3-1333 CL9 Memory  ($12.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Patriot Burst Elite 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($13.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 2 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 2 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.98 @ Amazon) 
Custom: Dell Optiplex 790 ($44.99)
Custom: Dell 290W Power Supply ($34.99)
Custom: 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express PCI-E Network Interface Card ($18.88)
Total: $273.80
There would be more drives that I already own.

Give me your thoughts, Thanks, Reaf

[Electronics Wizardy]

Is there a reason your not just getting the whole optiplex? Lots of parts on those systems aren't standard, and gonna make it more of a pain to build. I'd just get the large optiplex, and put your drives on there. Then get a 3x 3.5 to 2x 5.25 if you want more drive bays.  I see those optiplexes for sub 50 bucks on ebay, so its likely cheaper to do this too.

 

What other drives do you have already? I'd probably stay away from those AV-GP drives are there old models now.

[Capt_Monk]

Also At least with newer NASs RAM can severely limit performance. I don't know if its the same for older ones but maybe consider getting some more RAM