Hi All,
I'm finally taking the plunge and building myself a home NAS box.
This will be used mostly for storage of video, the odd FreeBSD jail and backups.
My requirements are at least 6 drives in a 'small' package.
This is what I have came up with and I would like to know peoples opinions:
Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX / DTX Case USB3.0
$125.00
Antec NEOECO-450C 450W 80Plus Bronze certified PSU
$65.00
ASUS H87I-Plus Motherboard
$142.00
Intel Core i5 4430 3.0G 6MB LGA1150
$208.00
G.Skill DDR3-1333 16GB Dual Channel [NT] F3-10600CL9D-16GBNT
$149.00
WD 3TB Red SATA3 64MB for NAS WD30EFRX
$158.00 x 6
Sandisk 8GB Cruzer Force CZ71 FUSSAN8GBCZ271FO
$13.90
I want something small so I went with the ITX case from Fractal Design. It supports 6 disks.
Power supply was the only ITX PSU I could find from my suppler (probably a bit overkill here).
M/B is geared more towards Home Theatre but has 6 onboard Intel SATA3 ports and Intel LAN. (will compatibility be an issue here? I heard the H87 chips are supported but are brand new)
Was debating whether to go a Low Power CPU on the old revision, but I figured I would be mostly idle anyway so the savings for the price are minimal.
Max out at 16GB RAM. Could change to Kingston or something similar here for $5-$10 more.
I've heard mixed reviews about all disks but I figured these would be a good fit. Any suggestions here?
It comes in just over $1600.
I would love to hear people's opinion or suggestions on where I can improve or possible save money?
Thanks,
Tabmow
I'm finally taking the plunge and building myself a home NAS box.
This will be used mostly for storage of video, the odd FreeBSD jail and backups.
My requirements are at least 6 drives in a 'small' package.
This is what I have came up with and I would like to know peoples opinions:
Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX / DTX Case USB3.0
$125.00
Antec NEOECO-450C 450W 80Plus Bronze certified PSU
$65.00
ASUS H87I-Plus Motherboard
$142.00
Intel Core i5 4430 3.0G 6MB LGA1150
$208.00
G.Skill DDR3-1333 16GB Dual Channel [NT] F3-10600CL9D-16GBNT
$149.00
WD 3TB Red SATA3 64MB for NAS WD30EFRX
$158.00 x 6
Sandisk 8GB Cruzer Force CZ71 FUSSAN8GBCZ271FO
$13.90
I want something small so I went with the ITX case from Fractal Design. It supports 6 disks.
Power supply was the only ITX PSU I could find from my suppler (probably a bit overkill here).
M/B is geared more towards Home Theatre but has 6 onboard Intel SATA3 ports and Intel LAN. (will compatibility be an issue here? I heard the H87 chips are supported but are brand new)
Was debating whether to go a Low Power CPU on the old revision, but I figured I would be mostly idle anyway so the savings for the price are minimal.
Max out at 16GB RAM. Could change to Kingston or something similar here for $5-$10 more.
I've heard mixed reviews about all disks but I figured these would be a good fit. Any suggestions here?
It comes in just over $1600.
I would love to hear people's opinion or suggestions on where I can improve or possible save money?
Thanks,
Tabmow