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I have been looking into getting a NAS for a while but I absolutely hated the WB, Buffalo, etc ones made by companies. I finally was going to buy a WB MyDrive when I say Linus's video today on YouTube. I have about 3 mobos and cpus laying around that I could use. Sadly the cases I have are old Dell prebuild cases so they have around 2 HDD cages each so I will need a to purchase a server rack or so forth. Here's what I have:

  • AMD FX-8320
  • MSI Gaming 990FXA-Gaming AM3+
  • 2 random pentiums
  • 2 random motherboard with the pentiums
  • 16 gigs of mismatched DDR3 memory

Can I use this to make a NAS and what would you suggest I buy to complete it?

 

 

UPDATE: 

The pentiums are 3-8 years old. I think they were purchased 3 years ago but they were old when purchase. 

I plan on using the NAS for backups as well as mass storage for RAW video, video projects, and documents. 

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What do you plan on using the NAS for? backups, streaming, etc...? and which Pentiums do you have? 

PSU Tier List | CoC

Gaming Build | FreeNAS Server

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i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core

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FreeNAS 9.3 - Stable || Xeon E3 1230v2 || Supermicro X9SCM-F || 32GB Crucial ECC DDR3 || 3x4TB WD Red (JBOD) || SYBA SI-PEX40064 sata controller || Corsair CX500m || NZXT Source 210.

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11 minutes ago, Johnmakuta said:

I have been looking into getting a NAS for a while but I absolutely hated the WB, Buffalo, etc ones made by companies. I finally was going to buy a WB MyDrive when I say Linus's video today on YouTube. I have about 3 mobos and cpus laying around that I could use. Sadly the cases I have are old Dell prebuild cases so they have around 2 HDD cages each so I will need a to purchase a server rack or so forth. Here's what I have:

  • AMD FX-8320
  • MSI Gaming 990FXA-Gaming AM3+
  • 2 random pentiums
  • 2 random motherboard with the pentiums
  • 16 gigs of mismatched DDR3 memory

Can I use this to make a NAS and what would you suggest I buy to complete it?

I'm not sure what the pentiums are other than that they are old, at least 3 years old if not 8.

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3 minutes ago, Johnmakuta said:

I'm not sure what the pentiums are other than that they are old, at least 3 years old if not 8.

Well, 3 vs. 8 is a big difference. There should be an identification number on the heatspreader. 

 

And what are you going to use the NAS for? 

PSU Tier List | CoC

Gaming Build | FreeNAS Server

Spoiler

i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core

Spoiler

FreeNAS 9.3 - Stable || Xeon E3 1230v2 || Supermicro X9SCM-F || 32GB Crucial ECC DDR3 || 3x4TB WD Red (JBOD) || SYBA SI-PEX40064 sata controller || Corsair CX500m || NZXT Source 210.

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