RYZEN home NAS build-- ON A BUDGET

[blnswamy]

Hello Everyone,. 

I am trying to do a home NAS build using a ryzen. 

The primary purpose for this will be to store data, and connect to the TV (4k) to showcase some of the work, and to watch movies(rarely). 

I do not want to spend on a dedicated graphics card. 

I want to run a RAID 5 array on FREENAS or other free NAS softwares, not sure if i should get a dedicated RAID card. 

Below is the part list - (i have left out the HDDs, since i will be getting some NAS rated drives after the build)

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$97.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	MSI - B450M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$69.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	SanDisk - SSD PLUS 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$74.99 @ Adorama
Case	Fractal Design - Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$119.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$49.99 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$492.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$472.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-15 15:56 EST-0500

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

4 minutes ago, blnswamy said:

connect to the TV (4k)

You can't do this with freenas, If you want to do this your best hope is a linux distro or windows. Id probably just get a seprate client though.

 

5 minutes ago, blnswamy said:

I want to run a RAID 5 array on FREENAS or other free NAS softwares, not sure if i should get a dedicated RAID ca

Freenas and linux have zfs for raid, and windows has storage spaces, so you don't want a raid card here.

 

 

 

Why ryzen? For this use, id personally get a celeron or pentium. You don't need the extra cpu or gpu power here, and celeron is cheaper and lower power too.

 

 

[blnswamy]

21 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Why ryzen? For this use, id personally get a celeron or pentium. You don't need the extra cpu or gpu power here, and celeron is cheaper and lower power too.

No specific reason.. 

 

I am also looking to see if i can do a ubuntu installation and get away with it. 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, blnswamy said:

No specific reason.. 

 

I am also looking to see if i can do a ubuntu installation and get away with it. 

 

You can install ubuntu and use it as a nas. Install zfs for raid(same as freeNAS) and install samba for filesharing.

[alex75871]

ECC RAM is strongly recommended with ZFS.

[Jarsky]

I would do something more like this....keep in mind you don't need an SSD for FreeNAS, you can install it to USB.

You only need an SSD if you want to use it for L2ARC or ZIL, or if you want to put some VM's or something on it. A 250GB SSD would be plenty for this...

 

If you want to access your media you could install a Plex container and use plex on your Smart TV.

You could also just share the media, and get a Kodi box from eBay for $50. 

This is assuming you connect it via the network, rather than wanting to use it as a directly attached PC....which in that case you'd want a proper OS like Debian/Ubuntu or Windows (and an SSD to install it too..making this an HTPC rather than a NAS)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$68.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	Asus - PRIME B250M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$70.11 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$59.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design - Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$119.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$24.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$364.06
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$344.06
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-15 22:57 EST-0500