Building a custom NAS+Script Server

[smogsy]

Competition:
Diskstation DS1515+ 5 Bay Gigabit Ethernet Network Attached Storage Enclosure Unpopulated £569

So i want help with spec for Small QUIET PC that can beat the qouted NAS expansion in view to swap my all my storage to this.

Requirements
Quiet
Small as possible
fit 5 or more drives in the case


Not required
Keyboard/Mouse/monitor/OS/Other drives other than OS drive
Budget: £500 (cheaper the better)

 

[smogsy]

heres what i come up with:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium Dual Core G4400 3.30GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £53.99
• 1 x Asus B150M-A D3 Intel B150 (Socket 1151) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £61.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD48GM2400HC16DC0= £28.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Buil= £64.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Black= £76.99
• 1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/= £32.99

Total: £332.54
(includes shipping: £12.60)
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[Deathjester]

If you want an ideal NAS then I'd recommend getting a small server board, a Xeon processor & ECC ram.

I'll spec it up shortly.

 

[smogsy]

If you want an ideal NAS then I'd recommend getting a small server board, a Xeon processor & ECC ram.

I'll spec it up shortly.

OCUK diont tell muchin the way of the server stuff that was my first intention