AMD or Intel for Nas ?

[Tedol]

Most for AMD cpu support Ecc-memory, soo make NAS on Intel or AMD and why ?! 

[jpow007]

why not just buy an all in one solution for Synology NAS? 

[Tedol]

Just now, jpow007 said:

why not just buy an all in one solution for Synology NAS? 

Cost and redundancy 

[TidaLWaveZ]

Intel will give you better performance/power consumption.

[Bgordy2013]

I like intel because you can pick up an old Xeon for very cheap on eBay. Most Xeons support ECC and Virtualization so they are great for NAS purposes.

[jpow007]

by the time you shell out money for a processor that supports ECC memory you will be in the same ball park as the All in one solution I believe unless you are using older parts

 

[Tedol]

Just now, Bgordy2013 said:

I like intel because you can pick up an old Xeon for very cheap on eBay. Xeons support ECC and Virtualization so they are great for NAS purposes.

With Option we have a problem ? 

[Bgordy2013]

Just now, Tedol said:

With Option we have a problem ? 

I don't understand your question. Did you get hit with autocorrect?

[TidaLWaveZ]

39 minutes ago, Bgordy2013 said:

I like intel because you can pick up an old Xeon for very cheap on eBay. Most Xeons support ECC and Virtualization so they are great for NAS purposes.

 

Yes, and if this is going to be used strictly for network storage then you don't need an ultra powerful CPU.  You should be able to just grab a Xeon for an older chipset at a pretty fair price.  Just make sure you can find a motherboard with a compatible socket.

 

I had a hard time finding an X58 board for this Xeon I got a great deal on a couple years back.

[79wjd]

15 minutes ago, jpow007 said:

by the time you shell out money for a processor that supports ECC memory you will be in the same ball park as the All in one solution I believe unless you are using older parts

 

Not really. An 8-Bay Synology NAS (without any drives) is like $1000. I can build something faster for like $300 and that's true at every price point. (consumer) Pre builts will ALWAYS be more expensive and less versatile than a custom built. 

[brandishwar]

30 minutes ago, jpow007 said:

by the time you shell out money for a processor that supports ECC memory you will be in the same ball park as the All in one solution I believe unless you are using older parts

 

Except AMDs and most of the mainboards support ECC memory out of the box, so new or used, you're still coming out ahead compared to an all-in-one NAS. If you don't need hot-swap bays, you can save money on that front as well.

 

I'd actually recommend the AMD front for a NAS simply because you can get a mainboard/processor combination for a very good price that supports DDR3 memory and USB 3.0. And again it supports ECC out of the box -- I've got 16GB of ECC DDR3 on the way and I paid a little over 110USD for it. Plus you're more likely to get a standard board rather than some custom form factor server board. And you'll have more readily available cooling options. On this, I'd say to go with an APU as well to eliminate the need for a graphics card.