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[m2234323]

is building  my own nas a a good idea want adorable like 400$ or less with out hardive but boot drive what is a a good cpu and mother bord or should I just buy a old sever 

[saladcrack]

Idk how adorable you can make a computer but you should probably custom make a case for your NAS if you want it to look super cute.

[m2234323]

1 minute ago, Gamessys said:

Idk how adorable you can make a computer but you should probably custom make a case for your NAS if you want it to look super cute.

ops afforable 

[saladcrack]

Just now, m2234323 said:

ops afforable 

Yeah I know I was just makin a funny   no idea about the NAS life though sorry

[Electronics Wizardy]

54 minutes ago, m2234323 said:

is building  my own nas a a good idea want adorable like 400$ or less with out hardive but boot drive what is a a good cpu and mother bord or should I just buy a old sever 

If you just want a nas,this is cheaper, smaller, and much lower power. https://www.amazon.com/Synology-Station-Diskless-Attached-DS416j/dp/B019ZUR5WQ

[geo3]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

If you just want a nas,this is cheaper, smaller, and much lower power. https://www.amazon.com/Synology-Station-Diskless-Attached-DS416j/dp/B019ZUR5WQ

He can build a ITX based NAS for less that half that.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, geo3 said:

He can build a ITX based NAS for less that half that.

Not really. She me a full built for 140.

 

Also that will use much less power, and will just work

[geo3]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Not really. She me a full built for 140.

 

Also that will use much less power, and will just work

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dQB6pb

This is 162 but prices fluctuate a lot. I built the same thing for $135.

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, geo3 said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dQB6pb

This is 162 but prices fluctuate a lot. I built the same thing for $135.

 

You also don't have a boot drive, and this system pulls much more power. That case can also only hold 3 3.5 drives instead of 4. 

[Mikensan]

For less than $150 new? You are out of your mind. - was my initial thought but I said why not, lets give it a whirl.

 

$59 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX4UV6328 Cheapest board+cpu I know of

$23 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820156044 4gb of RAM

$19 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353050 Case

$29 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1UH4RG3309 Power supply

 

Honestly picked just about the cheapest I could, and I'm at $131.. I don't exactly feel confident with these choices. Guess you could add a 8gb flash drive for $5 as a boot drive.

[geo3]

8 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You also don't have a boot drive, and this system pulls much more power. That case can also only hold 3 3.5 drives instead of 4. 

He never said how many bays are neded.

Anyway heres one with a 6 drive IXT case

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rLYKKZ

For boot scavenge an old laptop drive or boot from a usb stick.

And The bulk of power draw will always be the disks in any nas solution, unless you go ssd

[m2234323]

3 hours ago, geo3 said:

He never said how many bays are neded.

Anyway heres one with a 6 drive IXT case

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rLYKKZ

For boot scavenge an old laptop drive or boot from a usb stick.

And The bulk of power draw will always be the disks in any nas solution, unless you go ssd

how to decide how many I need

[geo3]

Depends on what you're doing and what features you want. The most basic would just be a single drive, but at that point IMO you should just get a USB drive. With just 2 you can do a lot more.