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I am planing out a NAS and want an opinion on the specks

hi all

 

I am planning to build a NAS at some point and am currently picking parts and came up with this just want an opinion if am going overboard

 

Budget (including currency): 15000 to 18000 DKK = 2000$ to 2600$

Country: Denmark

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

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): None

 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/krismoellegaard/saved/jcCs8d

 

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45 minutes ago, krism said:

hi all

 

I am planning to build a NAS at some point and am currently picking parts and came up with this just want an opinion if am going overboard

 

Budget (including currency): 15000 to 18000 DKK = 2000$ to 2600$

Country: Denmark

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

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): None

 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/krismoellegaard/saved/jcCs8d

 

 

Did you consider using a commercial NAS?

 

With respect to the linked build:

 

Why not use dk.pcpartpicker.com?

 

The CPU is vastly overpowered for a simple NAS. Even if the intention is to host media and do trans coding, the CPU is significantly more powerful than needed.

 

Being an unlocked version, the CPU has a much higher thermal envelope than the cooler can handle. The case will easily accommodate something like a Peerless Assassin which will do a much better job cooling the CPU.

 

You have not indicated any already owned parts. I can only think that the PSU is already owned, otherwise why spend so much?

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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18 minutes ago, brob said:

 

Did you consider using a commercial NAS?

 

With respect to the linked build:

 

Why not use dk.pcpartpicker.com?

 

The CPU is vastly overpowered for a simple NAS. Even if the intention is to host media and do trans coding, the CPU is significantly more powerful than needed.

 

Being an unlocked version, the CPU has a much higher thermal envelope than the cooler can handle. The case will easily accommodate something like a Peerless Assassin which will do a much better job cooling the CPU.

 

You have not indicated any already owned parts. I can only think that the PSU is already owned, otherwise why spend so much?

Honestly, I didn’t even know that dk.pcpartpicker.com was a thing.

I didn’t consider a commercial NAS because I want to try building my own, just for the experience.

Regarding the CPU, what do you think fits better? I'm not new to building PCs, but I’m completely new to building a NAS.

I’m thinking about running TrueNAS on it.

The PSU is just a unit I picked out for its efficiency, considering a NAS is online 24/7, 365 days a year.

 

---Edit---

 

oh yer i forgot to mention that i don't have any pre owned parts

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As for the whole setup, some hints.

 

You are using spinning SATA Drives for your storage. Those won't deliver the bandwith to be needing a special 10gb network card.

As for reliability I would get a SATA/SAS HBA/Raid controller and not use the internal mainboard intel Raid system. Did that, didn't went well on the long run. 

 

For a Case try to get one with enough drive cages to host the drives and are decoupled with rubber so vibrations don't matter much and not having a humming case. 

 

I have a thread here with my homelab server, which also is a file dump. Many iterations of upgrades. I can search the link if you want. 

 

Cheers

Ang

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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5 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

As for the whole setup, some hints.

 

You are using spinning SATA Drives for your storage. Those won't deliver the bandwith to be needing a special 10gb network card.

As for reliability I would get a SATA/SAS HBA/Raid controller and not use the internal mainboard intel Raid system. Did that, didn't went well on the long run. 

 

For a Case try to get one with enough drive cages to host the drives and are decoupled with rubber so vibrations don't matter much and not having a humming case. 

 

I have a thread here with my homelab server, which also is a file dump. Many iterations of upgrades. I can search the link if you want. 

 

Cheers

Ang

ill take the link 🙂

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7 minutes ago, krism said:

ill take the link 🙂

here it is:

 

 

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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