New NAS Build

[Bangflop]

So I will be building a new NAS system for my home personal use and I could use some feedback on the system that I picked out before I but it.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($42.76 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.39 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $321.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-08 07:52 EDT-0400

 

I will be putting the two HDD's in RAID 1 and I also have a small UPS that I will be hooking it up to.

 

 

As always, thanks for the help

[Hans Christian | Teri]

I only see one HDD on your list. Also for a build like this, I can really only advice you get something like a HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8. Fantastic bang for the buck, and much more power efficient.

[Bangflop]

2 minutes ago, Hans Christian | Teri said:

I only see one HDD on your list. Also for a build like this, I can really only advice you get something like a HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8. Fantastic bang for the buck, and much more power efficient.

lol oops I see that I only put one up there, well I'll be getting two. And I personally am doing this not only for the NAS but I also want to build one and go through all the learning processes that go along with building something like this so I don't really want to just buy a pre-built system.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

22 minutes ago, Bangflop said:

lol oops I see that I only put one up there, well I'll be getting two. And I personally am doing this not only for the NAS but I also want to build one and go through all the learning processes that go along with building something like this so I don't really want to just buy a pre-built system.

You still get to set up all the software on your own (it's an actual server, not a dedicated NAS, and comes without an OS), and other than that building a NAS is no different from building a PC.

[TheRandomness]

19 minutes ago, Bangflop said:

lol oops I see that I only put one up there, well I'll be getting two. And I personally am doing this not only for the NAS but I also want to build one and go through all the learning processes that go along with building something like this so I don't really want to just buy a pre-built system.

Could try this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Klevv Neo 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.39 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.39 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $360.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-08 08:27 EDT-0400

 

Tips:

You want at least 1GB of RAM per TB of storage, 8GB should be fine.

It's more expensive that the original list, mainly because it's for both the 2TB drives

mITX means you can shove it in a small corner and forget about it

Never cheap out on the PSU

[Electronics Wizardy]

13 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

You want at least 1GB of RAM per TB of storage, 8GB should be fine.

Thats only for zfs, and you can use less.

[Electronics Wizardy]

13 hours ago, Bangflop said:

So I will be building a new NAS system for my home personal use and I could use some feedback on the system that I picked out before I but it.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($42.76 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.39 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $321.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-08 07:52 EDT-0400

 

I will be putting the two HDD's in RAID 1 and I also have a small UPS that I will be hooking it up to.

 

 

As always, thanks for the help

Id get a intel celeron or pentium, lower power and faster and much better linux and freebsd support.

 

No reason to get a ssd, won't make it any faster. You can install the os on a 8gb usb(centos and debian will run just fine on there.

[Bangflop]

My plan is to use FreeNAS as the OS.

 

On 8/8/2016 at 9:35 PM, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id get a intel celeron or pentium, lower power and faster and much better linux and freebsd support.

 

No reason to get a ssd, won't make it any faster. You can install the os on a 8gb usb(centos and debian will run just fine on there.

I would get one of those but this is really just a budget build because it really doesn't need to be all that powerful and I just put the SSD in there because I already have that one lying around so I don't need to buy it.

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 hours ago, Bangflop said:

would get one of those but this is really just a budget build because it really doesn't need to be all that powerful

The problem isn't speed, it that freeBSD(whatt freeNAS is based on) has many driver errors with amd hardware. Amd hardware is also often slower due to slower single threaded performance and uses more power