Nas build help

[abyss0246]

Budget (700 Canadian dollars): 

Country: Canada 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Raw storage, Plex and a Minecraft server in Debian 12/Casa OS

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/wtKycx

 

I really need to bring the budget down by a lot.

 

 

 

[Dedayog]

9 minutes ago, abyss0246 said:

Budget (700 Canadian dollars): 

Country: Canada 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Raw storage, Plex and a Minecraft server in Debian 12/Casa OS

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/wtKycx

 

I really need to bring the budget down by a lot.

 

 

 

Maybe your PSU and case are a bit expensive?

 

How about a prebuilt setup with a NUC or something?

[Needfuldoer]

12 minutes ago, abyss0246 said:

Budget (700 Canadian dollars): 

Country: Canada 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Raw storage, Plex and a Minecraft server in Debian 12/Casa OS

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/wtKycx

 

I really need to bring the budget down by a lot.

We can definitely trim some fat from it.

 

That GT710 is an easy kill. It doesn't support NVENC so it's never going to help Plex, and it's so old I wouldn't pay that kind of money for it. 

 

Your power supply and case are also more than half your budget, and the case is limiting you to relatively expensive ITX motherboards.

 

Are you willing to buy used?

 

I'd do an Intel mATX build instead, because you'd get functional hardware video encoding (Quick Sync Video) if you have Plex Pass.

 

Honestly, if you want to save a lot of money, get an off-lease small form factor OEM PC that can take two hard drives. If it's Skylake or newer, the power consumption won't even be all that bad.

 

 

You could go even older if you're willing to get a Broadwell-era workstation tower; an HP Z440 can be had for a song and it will take mountains of cheap used DDR4 server memory.

[abyss0246]

3 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

We can definitely trim some fat from it.

 

That GT710 is an easy kill. It doesn't support NVENC so it's never going to help Plex, and it's so old I wouldn't pay that kind of money for it. 

 

Your power supply and case are also more than half your budget, and the case is limiting you to relatively expensive ITX motherboards.

 

Are you willing to buy used?

 

I'd do an Intel mATX build instead, because you'd get functional hardware video encoding (Quick Sync Video) if you have Plex Pass.

 

Honestly, if you want to save a lot of money, get an off-lease small form factor OEM PC that can take two hard drives. If it's Skylake or newer, the power consumption won't even be all that bad.

 

 

You could go even older if you're willing to get a Broadwell-era workstation tower; an HP Z440 can be had for a song and it will take mountains of cheap used DDR4 server memory.

Yes I am willing to buy used and I need it to be super compact 

[Needfuldoer]

11 minutes ago, abyss0246 said:

Yes I am willing to buy used and I need it to be super compact 

You can get an entire Skylake computer with 16 gigs of RAM for about what that power supply costs by itself.

 

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/255695243172

 

Dimensions:

 

If you're sure you only want one 3.5" hard drive, the SFF version of the OptiPlex 7040 would also work. Those are even less expensive, and they're roughly the size of the Jonsbo case, but naturally they're less expandable than a minitower.

 

 

[ChrisLoudon]

25 minutes ago, abyss0246 said:

I really need to bring the budget down by a lot.

Why not go for a Fractal Node 804 case. That's what I use for my NAS. Half the price of the Jonsbo and with way more storage space for future expansion.

 

Also, look at going Intel as their iGPUs are pretty good at HW Transcoding with Plex.

 

PSU cost is pretty high. I'm sure you can get that down a fair whack.

 

Don't be put off by the used market even for HDDs.

[abyss0246]

3 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Yes I am willing to buy used and I need it t

Ok I get it.

Thanks everyone I'm going to find a good older pc for my nas one day I'll get a proper nas for my stuff

[Dedayog]

8 minutes ago, abyss0246 said:

Ok I get it.

Thanks everyone I'm going to find a good older pc for my nas one day I'll get a proper nas for my stuff

I mean, that's a slap in the nuts... (kidding)...

 

My NAS/Plex is a hand me down parts PC

 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Also stay away from those barracuda drives and other SMR drives. They can have very bad performance in uses like RAID rebuilds.

[abyss0246]

On 11/17/2024 at 6:14 PM, Electronics Wizardy said:

Also stay away from those barracuda drives and other SMR drives. They can have very bad performance in uses like RAID rebuilds.

I see but I'm not really going to be doing complex true nas core/scale stuff it'll just be spot to hold the videos for my channel, edit off and host my minecraft server

[Electronics Wizardy]

4 hours ago, abyss0246 said:

I see but I'm not really going to be doing complex true nas core/scale stuff it'll just be spot to hold the videos for my channel, edit off and host my minecraft server

I'd still avoid them. Refurb drives are typically faster and cheaper, and likely are a better pick here.