[help]Looking to build a not too expensive Nas/desktop combo

[Superjo149]

Hello 

 

Recently, my dad was required to buy a new laptop since the GPU in his last one died. He bought a lenovo Yoga 2 (ultrabook, i5), and he's not really happy with the power that it delivers. So, he would like a seperate desktop for in his office/home where he can also store the data of his laptop since this only has 1 SSD. 

 

He doesn't want to spend a whole lot of money (max $500) but I think a Nas and desktop combination would be ideal so he doesn't lose all the data that is backed up when a drive fails. I have a laptop myself so I don't know much about building my own rig. I came up with this on pcpartpicker: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/z6znbv (I live in belgium so that's why it's on DE)

 

- Is this allright if I want to make some sort of setup like in "Use your Gaming PC's Extra Power as a NAS Ultimate Guide"?

- Do I need a seperate GPU for this? It's just gonna be used for business in general. (emails, microsoft office,browsing).

- What would you recommend between the $500 - $800?

 

Thanks in advance

 

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EDIT: I would like to have a similar configuration like the video. A hybrid VM & nas, apparently this CPU doesn't support hyper-threading, so this won't work. And unraid can't pass thru integrated GPU, so I would need that aswell. Is there any solution out there that can do this for a reasonable price?

 

how does this look? I just need a good CPU that supports hyperthreading/virtualization

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€81.48 @ Mindfactory) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (€63.44 @ Mindfactory) 

Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€79.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€44.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€65.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€65.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card  (€31.36 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (€65.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€58.43 @ Mindfactory) 

Other: unRAID Server (€59.00)

Total: €613.49

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-09 17:07 CET+0100

[Djole123]

I would get a cheaper motherboard, cheaper RAM, better PSU and more storage:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€187.84 @ Mindfactory)

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€47.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€38.96 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€44.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€65.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€65.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (€65.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€56.11 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €570.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-09 15:46 CET+0100

[Anonumus]

Get a WD red or a HGST NAS drive

[Superjo149]

I would get a cheaper motherboard, cheaper RAM, better PSU and more storage:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€187.84 @ Mindfactory)

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€47.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€38.96 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€44.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€65.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€65.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (€65.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€56.11 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €570.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-09 15:46 CET+0100

 

Hmm, I read up on unraid. In order to have a hybrid VM, processor needs to have VT-d & -x support, which this one does not. Also apparently I need a seperate graphics card for this aswell because unraind can't pass thru integrated graphics

[Djole123]

Hmm, I read up on unraid. In order to have a hybrid VM, processor needs to have VT-d & -x support, which this one does not. Also apparently I need a seperate graphics card for this aswell because unraind can't pass thru integrated graphics

Ok, cheap MoBos have only one PCIE x16 and one PCIE x1, so you have to buy one of x1 cards, and these puppies aren't cheap:

Video Card: ATI FirePro 2450 512MB Video Card (€366.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

[Superjo149]

Ok, cheap MoBos have only one PCIE x16 and one PCIE x1, so you have to buy one of x1 cards, and these puppies aren't cheap:

Video Card: ATI FirePro 2450 512MB Video Card (€366.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

 

Let's say my budget is $1000, that should get me a bit more decent system right? Instead of having to puzzle it together, or would that still be too low?