NAS build advice

[conecon]

Budget (including currency): 400-800 AUD

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: storing video files for video editing and any other cold storage stuff. Will have freelance work on here too

Other details: upgradability would be great but not closed off to this just being a starter NAS to learn how they work ect. Also not opposed to searching for and buying second hand parts, cases ect. Just confused by the mess of information about NAS’s on the internet

If I were to just do something like this, would there be any costs past buying the case and the hard drives?

https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/hard-drives-&-ssds/enclosures/98370-sst-fs304b-12g?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADsuegPlFmeBP9kUQCEj1nqf3DMyW&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyKnqnv6_iwMVRIFLBR3zPiuxEAQYAiABEgJiuPD_BwE

any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

You linked a 5.25 bay to 3.5in HDD adapter. You also need a board, CPU, RAM, PSU, Case and drives. 

 

HOw many TB do you need total? Does budget include drives?

 

I'd look at a case made for a nas as its likely cheaper than that adatper and a case

 

 

[DraconisMaximus]

I'm assuming that you are intending to build a NAS Server and not just attaching a stack of storage via USB to a WiFi router as many can do (very poorly / not advised). How much storage capacity do you need? That tends to be the biggest cost in NAS builds. Any decent prebuilt from the last 10 years (4+ cores CPU and 8GB+ RAM) with a surplus of SATA3 ports should be able to run TrueNAS or any Linux build without breaking a sweat. Find a working one for cheap (or maybe you have one laying around already) then invest in some decent drives. Be careful with 2^nd hand drives though, (factory refurbished is a somewhat safer option).

[Dutch_Master]

Back in them days AM3/FM1/FM2 (for AMD) and X97/X99 (for Intel) mainboards had 6, 8 or even 10 SATA-3 ports onboard, no HBA required. Add a lowest TDP/highest core-count CPU and you're off to the races. Maximise the amount of RAM (DDR3, so probably 4x 8GB) for smooth running. You can get factory refurbished 16TB drives from ebay and Aliexpress for around 250-300 USD. For the case, see if you can get some old IBM-style PC with 3x 5.25" bays. That should fit a 4x 3.5" hot-swap cage and give you plenty room for the whole system, even if you want more drives. A small SATA SSD for the OS finishes off the build.