New NAS almost complete - Advice Needed
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laglink17 · 2023-11-29 18:22

I'm on my way to build my new NAS. I've been buying some parts from
time to time in the last year. This I what I currently have:

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|Part|Price|Comment|
|:-|:-|:-|
|CPU: Intel Celeron G6900 |35$|Bought with a gifted GC, so
technically, I got it for free.|
|MoBo: Gigabyte B760M DS3H DDR4|99$|Just bought it.|
|RAM: Silicon Power Gaming Series DDR4 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz|53$|And
about 15$ more for shipping.|

I'm still missing a case and PSU.

I was thinking about going with a normal but small case and use a
4x3.5" bay I got laying around (with some DIY to be able to attach it
to the case)

I'm not so sure about the PSU... 500W should be more than enough, but
I'm still looking around. I recently saw the Thermaltake Smart White
80+ on sale, for 35$, but I thought it was too cheap.

My biggest concern is about HDD capacity. I currently have 3x 8TB and
one 4 TB. I don't want to use more than 5 drives and maybe a SATA SSD
for caching, but the mobo only has 4 SATA Ports. **If I use a M2 to
SATA or PCIe to SATA for expansion, will this piece prevent the system
for reaching better C-states?** The same will happen if I add a 10Gbe
PCIe card? I want to optimice power consumption as much as possible.

About software, I just want to use this NAS from streaming (Navidrome,
Plex, Jellyfin) and downloads (torrent, ytdl, \*\*arr apps). I have
another server for FW, Bitwarden and things like that. So I believe
this NAS would be on idle most of the time.

Thanks for any advice you can give me!

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hdddanbrown · 2023-11-29 19:10

bla bla software sub not hardware