First Nas/Homeserver Build

[Arcturo]

Budget (including currency): 

 

Flexible, but around 1000€ +-300

 

Country:

 

Germany

 

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

 

Data Storage, Plex, Immich etc.

 

Other details 

 

Hey there,

 

I put some stuff together with future upgradeability in mind, but when looking at the cost and capabilities of that machine, i think i might have overspecced for my usecase.

Is there a way to downgrade a bit, or is there anything i missed ?

 

Heres a Partlist: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/6y96sK

 

Thanks in Advance

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

I'd use the stock cooler, that CPU doesn't make much heat, and I think the stock cooler is onpar with that ultra low profile noctua.

 

What OS do you plan on using here?

 

N2 is nice case, I have one laying around with a xeon D board in it.

[Arcturo]

I guess i`ll try TrueNAS first, if that is too hard Unraid would be my next go-to, although i`m not too keen on splurging another 250€

[OddOod]

Welcome back to the forums!
That's WILDLY over spec for RAM. Honestly, I'd grab a single 8GB stick used and hunker til the crisis is over

[Arcturo]

13 minutes ago, OddOod said:

Welcome back to the forums!
That's WILDLY over spec for RAM. Honestly, I'd grab a single 8GB stick used and hunker til the crisis is over

Thanks

 

Thats a good idea, i have a spare 16gb ripjaw stick lying around. Its 3600mhz, while the motherboard supports up to 3200, are they still compatible, just not using its full potential, or won`t that work ?

[ToboRobot]

11 minutes ago, Arcturo said:

Thanks

 

Thats a good idea, i have a spare 16gb ripjaw stick lying around. Its 3600mhz, while the motherboard supports up to 3200, are they still compatible, just not using its full potential, or won`t that work ?

faster ram will work at the limit of the motherboard

[Arcturo]

Ok so no issue there, since speed isnt a limiting factor anyways, thx

[OddOod]

13 minutes ago, Arcturo said:

Thanks

 

Thats a good idea, i have a spare 16gb ripjaw stick lying around. Its 3600mhz, while the motherboard supports up to 3200, are they still compatible, just not using its full potential, or won`t that work ?

yup, it's work perfectly. Both my NAS' run at 2333 and have no problems

[Arcturo]

So i think i will still go with the noctua cpu cooler, since the machine will be in my living room.

Ive switched to 3 4TB HDDs with less rpm to further dampen noise. In Raid5 thats still 8TB usable to start things out.

Is the Cache on the HDDs actually important for light homeuse cases, or can i ignore those specs and go with the 128mb cache ones to save some bucks ?

 

Oh and can the m.2 drive be cache and host the os at the same time, or do i need another ssd or smth ?

Edited April 7 by Arcturo