So i was screwing around when making a nas...

[Guest]

HEy

Im not sure your supposed to use pcpartpicker for nases, but anyhow this is what i deviously made in 10 min.

 

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sTQTXL) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sTQTXL/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646g3258) | $65.88 @ OutletPC 
**Motherboard** | [ASRock E3C224D2I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-e3c224d2i) | $193.99 @ Amazon 
**Memory** | [Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct2kit102472bd160b) | $104.99 @ Adorama 
**Storage** | [Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd20efrx) | $88.22 @ Amazon 
**Storage** | [Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd20efrx) | $88.22 @ Amazon 
**Case** | [Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcanode304bl) | $84.99 @ Directron 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | **Total** | **$626.29**
 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-03-10 23:23 EST-0500 |

[79wjd]

What is your intended use case? Do you plan on streaming media, file backup, etc...? 

[Guest]

I'll make a share for home media use

and another for archiving/steam library.

 

I might not even get around doing it.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

What is your intended use case? 

 

[79wjd]

3 minutes ago, josephaltareb said:

I'll make a share for home media use

and another for archiving/steam library.

 

I might not even get around doing it.

Will there be any transcoding users (through something like Plex)? And what OS did you plan on running? 

 

If you planned on having more than two 1080p streams you'd want to go with an i3 rather than a Pentium. 

[Guest]

FreeNas because i dont car

 

I wont use it for transcoding, just archiving

 

what i3 whould you reccomend if i would go that route (lga1150)

 

 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Will there be any transcoding users (through something like Plex)? And what OS did you plan on running? 

 

If you planned on having more than two 1080p streams you'd want to go with an i3 rather than a Pentium. 

 

Just now, josephaltareb said:

FreeNas because i dont car

 

I wont use it for transcoding, just archiving

 

what i3 whould you reccomend if i would go that route (lga1150)

 

 

 

[79wjd]

4 minutes ago, josephaltareb said:

FreeNas because i dont car

 

I wont use it for transcoding, just archiving

 

what i3 whould you reccomend if i would go that route (lga1150)

For just archiving a Pentium would be more than enough, but if for some reason you wanted to get something more powerful on the off chance you want more power in the future, then literally any i3 is good. 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

For just archiving a Pentium would be more than enough, but if for some reason you wanted to get something more powerful on the off chance you want more power in the future, then literally any i3 is good. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QPRZkL

better?

[79wjd]

6 minutes ago, josephaltareb said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QPRZkL

better?

There was nothing wrong with your inital build. If you don't need more power than a Pentium, then a Pentium is a fine choice. But yes, that looks good, the only thing I would really think about is how important is it that the system is mITX since it is very limiting as to the number of drives you can have -- something like a Node 804 isn't that much bigger but has support for up to 10 drives).