minum specs for gaming pc and nas

[thegoogler]

hey, guys, I am thinking about adding a few hot swappable HDD bays to my PC's five and a quarter inch bay and I was wondering the minimum specs you would need, it will be accessed regularly but just for word docs, photos and movies. I have an i3 6100 and 8gb of 2133mhz ram. would this be enough if you want more information on my PC you can look on my profile?

[Jarsky]

You don't really need to worry about system specs for storage in this use case - your specs will really only affect your gaming.

[thegoogler]

1 minute ago, Jarsky said:

You don't really need to worry about system specs for storage in this use case - your specs will really only affect your gaming.

I am more worried about speeds but I am guessing that isn't a problem??

[Electronics Wizardy]

You don't need extra power to add a nas fuction, just add a few drives, make a array in storage spaces, share it in file properties, and your good.

[thegoogler]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

You don't need extra power to add a nas fuction, just add a few drives, make a array in storage spaces, share it in file properties, and your good.

 

 

ok, cool thanks

by the way, what software should i use if the files are coming from apple devices or to get the files, besides running my drives in raid

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, thegoogler said:

I am more worried about speeds but I am guessing that isn't a problem??

if your on gigabit, almost anything can fill up a gigabit connection, it will take about 3-10% of one core on the cpu to copy files at the max speed of gigabit.

[ARikozuM]

Are you looking for a hot-swap bay? 

 

I use a StarTech 5.25" to 3.5"&2.5" HSB. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817998232

[thegoogler]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

Are you looking for a hot-swap bay? 

 

I use a StarTech 5.25" to 3.5"&2.5" HSB. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817998232

 

thanks, i live in Australia so the prices may vary, but thanks

[Jarsky]

I live in NZ - I got this from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/FatCage-MB155SP-B-EZ-Tray-Hot-Swap-Backplane/dp/B00DWHLFMA

They also have a 2 bay one: https://www.amazon.com/DOCK-FatCage-MB153SP-B-6Gbps-Module/dp/B009HIMZ3G

 

Shipping was fairly reasonable - but just keep in mind if you want to use multi bay adapters you may need to do some "customisation" of your case. In my Corsair 400R i had to hammer all the tabs flat inside that separated the 5.25" bays to hold optical drives etc...

[thegoogler]

41 minutes ago, Jarsky said:

I live in NZ - I got this from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/FatCage-MB155SP-B-EZ-Tray-Hot-Swap-Backplane/dp/B00DWHLFMA

They also have a 2 bay one: https://www.amazon.com/DOCK-FatCage-MB153SP-B-6Gbps-Module/dp/B009HIMZ3G

 

Shipping was fairly reasonable - but just keep in mind if you want to use multi bay adapters you may need to do some "customisation" of your case. In my Corsair 400R i had to hammer all the tabs flat inside that separated the 5.25" bays to hold optical drives etc...

 

 

 

ok cool, thanks,  I will see what I need to do or my case. I saw on pccg that I could get slim 2 or 4 drive ones, but I will look into that further. is this what I would need??

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/38544/icy-box-ib-2240-4x-2-5in-backplane/

[Jarsky]

4 minutes ago, thegoogler said:

ok cool, thanks,  I will see what I need to do or my case. I saw on pccg that I could get slim 2 or 4 drive ones, but I will look into that further. is this what I would need??

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/38544/icy-box-ib-2240-4x-2-5in-backplane/

 

So you're using 2.5" (laptop / ssd) drives?

The one from IcyDock is cheaper: https://www.amazon.com/Backplane-Mobile-Comparable-Tray-less-Design/dp/B00V5JHOXQ

 

[thegoogler]

7 minutes ago, Jarsky said:

 

So you're using 2.5" (laptop / ssd) drives?

The one from IcyDock is cheaper: https://www.amazon.com/Backplane-Mobile-Comparable-Tray-less-Design/dp/B00V5JHOXQ

 

 

 

i just realised it was 2.5 inch... sorry

but on amazon it sais "this item does no ship to Australia"

[thegoogler]

thanks for all your help guys i really appreciate it  i will look into it further