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LK Nifty
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Budget (including currency): $1000

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: NAS, Plex server, HexOS/UNRAID

Other details : Hey guys! I’m very new to the home server space but not the tech space however I am struggling to find some of the components I’m looking for a home server/media server. I would like to use the Fractal Design Node 804 case but the case features a spot for a “slim” optical drive. I would like to be able to burn my 4k uhd an Blu-ray Discs but I cannot find a “slim” 4k uhd burner drive. Does anyone have any recommendations?

 

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4 minutes ago, LK Nifty said:

I would like to be able to burn my 4k uhd an Blu-ray Discs but I cannot find a “slim” 4k uhd burner drive.

Let me shift the question a little: why do you want to burn "4K" BDs?

While I can't speak to actual video BD authoring (there's probably somebody doing it, but at which point that you have a server, just serve the video files using Plex, etc.), using BDs for backups is wildly more expensive than using HDDs, and is only getting more and more obsolete by the day. (Not that I want BDs to be obsolete, but the market does.)

That said, the Node 804 is a solid first server case; let us know if you have any other questions about it.

Main System (Byarlant): Ryzen 9 5950X | Asus B550-Creator ProArt | EK 240mm Basic AIO | 32GB G.Skill DDR4 3600MT/s CL16 | XFX Speedster SWFT 210 RX 6600 | Samsung 990 PRO 2TB / Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4TB | Corsair RM750X | StarTech 4× USB 3.0 Card | Realtek RTL8127 10G NIC | Hyte Y60 Case | Dell U3415W Monitor | Keychron K12 Blue (RGB backlight)

 

Laptop (Narrative): Lenovo Flex 5 81X20005US | Ryzen 5 4500U | 16GB DDR4 3200MT/s (soldered) | Vega II 384SP Graphics | SKHynix P31 1TB NVMe SSD | Intel AX200 Wifi | Asus 2.5G USB NIC | Asus ProArt PA278QV | Keychron K4 Brown (white backlight)

 

Proxmox Server (Veda): Ryzen 7 3800XT | ASRock Rack X470D4U | Corsair H80i v2 | 128GB Micron DDR4 ECC 3200MT/s | 2× Samsung PM963a 960GB SSD / 4× WD 10TB / 4× Seagate 14TB Exos / 4× Micron MX500 2TB / 8× WD 12TB (custom external SAS enclosure) | Seasonic Prime Fanless 500W | Intel X550-T2 10G NIC | LSI 9300-8i HBA | Adaptec 82885T SAS Expander | Fractal Design Node 804 Case

 

Proxmox Server (La Vie en Rose): GMKtec Mini PC | Ryzen 7 5700U | 32GB Lexar DDR4 (SODIMM) | Vega II 512SP Graphics | Lexar 1TB 610 Pro SSD | 2× Realtek 8125 2.5G NICs


Media Center/Video Capture (Jesta Cannon): Ryzen 5 1600X | ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0 | Noctua NH-L12S | 16GB Crucial DDR4 3200MT/s | EVGA GTX750Ti SC | UMIS NVMe SSD 256GB / TEAMGROUP MS30 1TB | Corsair CX450M | Viewcast Osprey 260e Video Capture | TrendNet (AQC107) 10G NIC | LG WH14NS40 BD-ROM | Silverstone Sugo SG-11 Case | Sony XR65A80K

 

Workbench (Doven Wolf): Lenovo m715q | Ryzen Pro 3 2200GE | 16GB Crucial DDR4 3200MT/s (SODIMM) | Vega 8 Graphics | SKHynix (OEM) 256GB NVMe SSD | uni 2.5G USB NIC | HDMI add-in module

 

Network:

Spoiler 
                       ┌─────────────── Office/Rack ───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Google Fiber Webpass ── Cloud Gateway Max ══╦═ Pro XG 8 ══╦═ Flex 2.5-8 ══╦═ Doven Wolf
                      La Vie en Rose (DNS) ═╬═ Narrative  ╠═ Veda-NAS     ╠═ La Vie en Rose (vmbr)
                                Veda (DNS) ─┘             ╠═ Veda (vmbr)  ├─ Ptolemy (vmbr)
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╩═ Ptolemy-NAS  ├─ Veda (Mgmt)
║   ┌ Closet ┐      ┌───────── Bedroom ─────────┐                         └─ Veda (IPMI)
╚═══ Flex XG ══╦╤═══ Flex XG ══╤╦═ Byarlant
       (PoE)   ║│              │╠═ Narrative 
Kitchen Jack ══╣└─ Dual PoE ┐  │╚═ Jesta Cannon*
   (Testing)   ║┌─ Injector ┘  └── Work Laptop
     Bedroom ══╝│        ┌─────── Media Center ────────────────────────────┐
     Jack #2    └──────── Switch 8 ────────────┬─ nanoHD Access Point (PoE)
Notes:                                         ├─ Sony PlayStation 4 
─── is Gigabit / ═══ is Multi-Gigabit          ├─ Pioneer VSX-S520
* = cable passed from Bedroom to Media Center  └─ Sony XR65A80K (Google TV)
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39 minutes ago, LK Nifty said:

features a spot for a “slim” optical drive
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Fractal Design Node 804 

The specs says:
https://www.fractal-design.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Node-804-PS.pdf
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Amazon shows me this as one of the top results:
https://www.amazon.com/Internal12-7mm-Internal-Blu-ray-Supports100G-Alienware/dp/B0DBVG6F5R
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Oh and looking at the back you'll probably need an adapter:
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Slimline SATA to SATA dapter:
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Slimline-SATA-Adapter-Power/dp/B009JXKQ9O
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(7 data + 6 powers pins on the slimline BR, and the desktop standard is 7 pins for data + 15 pins for power)

PS These are typically used in laptops, so try that keyword for search as well.

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33 minutes ago, LK Nifty said:

would like to be able to burn my 4k uhd an Blu-ray Discs but I cannot find a “slim” 4k uhd burner drive. Does anyone have any recommendations?

The only reason to put a drive in the server was a to rip disks to the sever. Only a select few drives can rip 4K disks because you have to flash special firmware to the drive, it doesn’t work on all drives. From what I have seen only a few companies even have drives now days and most of the ones I found are external. You might have better luck on the used market. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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On 5/5/2026 at 1:49 AM, Donut417 said:

The only reason to put a drive in the server was a to rip disks to the sever. Only a select few drives can rip 4K disks because you have to flash special firmware to the drive, it doesn’t work on all drives. From what I have seen only a few companies even have drives now days and most of the ones I found are external. You might have better luck on the used market. 

So this one doesn't for example?

 

https://www.ebay.de/itm/397387990806?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=707-53477-19255-0&toolid=20006&campid=5337770552&customid=lHEEtIsV9FrWPRlvuAwBoQ

 

Idk wouldn't it be better to give some examples of what drives *can* do it?

 

... Personally I'm wondering if this would fit in my old Lenovo laptop as I'd really love to rip my PS3/PS4 games, especially City shrouded in shadows, nier automata etc... Sold my PS4 long time ago so I can't play em any more (the pc version of nier is *trash* 😭) but of course that's another question altogether. >.<

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6 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

Idk wouldn't it be better to give some examples of what drives *can* do it?

I dont know what drives can. I just know only certain drives can rip 4K disks with special firmware. 

 

Also I get an access denied on that link. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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15 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

I dont know what drives can. I just know only certain drives can rip 4K disks with special firmware. 

 

Also I get an access denied on that link. 

Oh... It's on ebay...

 

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