Cheap power efficient NAS

[Zucram]

Budget (including currency): Roughly 4000 SEK

Country: Sweden

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Will only run TrueNas Scale for storing media and backups. Have a different N100 box running Plex and other home server stuff. 

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): 

Trying to build a cheap and power efficient nas. Ideally i would have 2 M2 slots and 4-6 HDDs. I'm thinking about using this

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://se.pcpartpicker.com/list/rYwLpK

Memory: TEAMGROUP Elite 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 SODIMM CL22 Memory  (kr436.80 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Storage: Patriot P300 256 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (kr273.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For kr0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For kr0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For kr0.00) 
Case: Jonsbo N2 Mini ITX Desktop Case  (kr1591.00 @ Amazon Sweden) 
Power Supply: be quiet! SFX Power 3 450 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  (kr750.75 @ Amazon Sweden) 
PC/MOBO: N100 (kr1618.00)
Total: kr4669.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I think ideally i'd not want to buy a mobo/cpu combo from aliexpress but i'm finding it hard to find something equivalent elsewhere. 

[Levent]

I would recommend N3 over N2 because its significantly easier to work with, offers full size PCIE slot, better cooler compatibility and more bays. I am not sure how it is there but I got burned on Ironwolfs recently (there is an ongoing problem where Seagate disks are smart cleaned and pumped back into market like brand new devices).