NAS Sever for under 100 bucks??

[duncanbullet]

So here's a challenge for you guys, See if you can build me a NAS Sever for between 100-120 dollars, It doesn't have to be rack mount, it doesnt have to be pretty, Also I dont need hard drives or OS. Just the parts themselves. (Motherboard, case, ram, processor, and any other things.) 

 

I will be eventually attaching a hots swap bay to this, but it will come at a later time. 

 

 

[Yummychickenblue]

nope

[Electronics Wizardy]

how bout this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-2950-III-2x-5420-2-50GHz-Quad-Core-16GB-RAM-2x-PSU-/181936454401?hash=item2a5c41fb01:g:O20AAOSwkEVXGjOB

 

Doesn't have any hdd or bays, but you can put up to 6x 2tb drives in it.

[TidaLWaveZ]

16 minutes ago, duncanbullet said:

So here's a challenge for you guys, See if you can build me a NAS Sever for between 100-120 dollars, It doesn't have to be rack mount, it doesnt have to be pretty, Also I dont need hard drives or OS. Just the parts themselves. (Motherboard, case, ram, processor, and any other things.) 

 

I will be eventually attaching a hots swap bay to this, but it will come at a later time. 

 

 

 

Wireless AC router w/ USB 3.0 + Multi-Bay External GPU enclosure 

[Bacon8tor]

Not gonna happen with any decent amount of storage space. You can pull off the of portion, freenas with a decent amount of ram , you'll be fine I've ram it on some old lga775 chips and 4 gb of ram , not the best but it worked well

[duncanbullet]

1 minute ago, Bacon8tor said:

Not gonna happen with any decent amount of storage space. You can pull off the of portion, freenas with a decent amount of ram , you'll be fine I've ram it on some old lga775 chips and 4 gb of ram , not the best but it worked well

I've got more than enough for storage, I just dont want to spend too much on the server its self. 

[Bacon8tor]

8 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

how bout this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-2950-III-2x-5420-2-50GHz-Quad-Core-16GB-RAM-2x-PSU-/181936454401?hash=item2a5c41fb01:g:O20AAOSwkEVXGjOB

 

Doesn't have any hdd or bays, but you can put up to 6x 2tb drives in it.

Of you want a cheap old server check out my post here 

Some even have hdd

[Bacon8tor]

2 minutes ago, duncanbullet said:

I've got more than enough for storage, I just dont want to spend too much on the server its self. 

Pm me of interested I may be able to you a deal . these servers are just sitting here 

[never_here]

at that price range, its gona get pretty tricky.  Getting used stuff, and freenas it is your best bet.  However, even old used stuff has issues, like, compatibility, and other problems.  Ex, q6600 intel cpu is probably cheap out there, with the mobo's, and ddr2 ram.  The only issue is, you'll need a gpu to get it running i think.  End result is, you might run into more problems, and headaches, than it is worth.  You should definitely put in some more money for better stuff.  Assuming u said you have lots of drives and stuff, better to get something that works solid, and not screw up your data.  I think you only need to spend a bit more to get some decent stuff, and its just more worth it.  So, it comes down to how techy you are.  If you confident, go the cheaper route.  If your not so comfortable, then you need something that will compensate for that.

[Jarsky]

I wouldn't trust running a stack of drives on $100 of hardware - but if you must, then just look for an old C2D machine with the most SATA ports you can find.

Seems kinda pointless though investing $50-100 in a hotswap bay for a computer thats worth less than $100....

[Aekim]

ASRock C70M1 with 4gb RAM, cheap case and psu and you could get away with 100 bucks