NAS case recommendations

[Misinthe]

Hi everyone, so with I've been wanting to upgrade my PC and I was waiting for the 9th Gen to come out. I think I'm going to be upgrading to an 8700k since the 9th Gen doesn't seem all that great, I currently have a 6700k system that I want to turn into a NAS. So I was looking for a good affordable case for it. 

My requirements are:

• At least 6 HDD slots. 
• Good air flow 
• ATX support

It doesn't have to be anything too fancy, I was planning on getting a Fractal Designe Core but it's only miniatx, I don't want to have to buy a new Z170 board just for it while I have a perfectly good one already. 

 

Thank you for your responses. 

[FunkmastaFlex]

How much are you willing to spend?

[Misinthe]

6 hours ago, FunkmastaFlex said:

How much are you willing to spend?

Around $100-$150.

[TVwazhere]

4 hours ago, Miguel552 said:

Around $100-$150.

Fractal Design Define R6 comes with 6 HDD bays and can support up to 11 if you buy more sleds from Newegg.

[raresoul]

What's the difference between using a consumer grade CPU like the 6700k (as well as consumer grade motherboard) in a NAS as opposed to server grade components?

[TVwazhere]

On 10/27/2018 at 2:00 PM, raresoul said:

What's the difference between using a consumer grade CPU like the 6700k (as well as consumer grade motherboard) in a NAS as opposed to server grade components?

Cost mainly. The 6700K supports ECC memory AFAIK so as long as the motherboard you use also supports ECC memory, there should be no discernible difference between comparable spec'd mainstream and workstation CPUs. To be fair, Server grade CPU's are designed to work in much more strenuous conditions (small space, high heat, high load for a very long time) and NAS's rarely qualify as all four situations (usually having better cooling since they're not AS compact as a server rack trying to get as many drives in one are as possible)

[raresoul]

On 10/29/2018 at 2:57 PM, TVwazhere said:

Cost mainly. The 6700K supports ECC memory AFAIK so as long as the motherboard you use also supports ECC memory, there should be no discernible difference between comparable spec'd mainstream and workstation CPUs. To be fair, Server grade CPU's are designed to work in much more strenuous conditions (small space, high heat, high load for a very long time) and NAS's rarely qualify as all four situations (usually having better cooling since they're not AS compact as a server rack trying to get as many drives in one are as possible)

So maybe you could help me as I would get the 6700k and I would want a suitable it's MB if possible: 

I'm a videographer & editor. I also run a small organisation where we create content. I've reached the point where storage is becoming an issue so one of the solutions i've been looking at is building a NAS running FreeNas. 

 

In terms of my requirements, I want to build a media server mainly for storing/logging footage/files with decent transfer speeds locally and remotely. I will eventually want to ensure editors have remote access to the files on the server to download and edit and then uploading it once done. I may also want to look at the possibility of encoding via the server but this isn't a necessity right now.

 

In terms of form factor, i've been considering the Fractal design NODE 304 (now purchased) so i'd like hardware recommendations around ITX boards. I've been getting mixed reviews around durability of standard motherboards vs server motherboards.. soo... I'd like come clarity on thaht if possible. 

 

I'm looking to have some seagate ironwolf pros or WD reds NAS HDD up to 16TB run in a suitable raid set up. I'll probably begin with 8-12TB. 

 

I'm looking for suggestions on the type of:

PSU

CPU

MB

RAM

 

 

[TVwazhere]

3 minutes ago, raresoul said:

I'm looking for suggestions on the type of:

PSU

CPU

MB

RAM

I'll respond in your thread since this discussion is best suited there.