Home build NAS

Deep · 18 May 2015 at 09:50

Hi all,

I want to build a NAS drive to store my videos, music and photos.
I've got 3 x 4TB WD Red drives already and a Windows 8.1 Pro Licence which I want to use.

I'll be buying a Fractal Design Node 804 case as well.

So which processor, motherboard, RAM, PSU should I purchase? I'd like something energy efficient if possible and also a small SSD for the OS (probably around 80gb)
I'll be running Flexraid so I won't need a raid card.
Also all the cables that are needed, and maybe an extra fan for cooling the drives.

Budget is £500 max

The Only Beardy · 18 May 2015 at 10:37

This is probably overkill for what you want... but heres a cheap setup.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £74.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H55 Quiet Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Samsung 120GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E120B/EU £53.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £35.99
Total : £350.53 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Urbanfreestyle · 18 May 2015 at 10:59

I think the most important bit with be the choice of NIC. I was running Freenas on a Via C7 with 1gb DDR2 ram! :-)

it was in an Artigo A2000 build. Hell even that was good enough for streaming 1080p to my laptop / TV.

Idleman · 18 May 2015 at 11:36

1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Toshiba 128GB HG6 7mm Advanced 19NM SATA 3.1 - Opal 2.0 SSD (THNSNJ128GCSU) £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £42.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte B85M-D2V Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX (MB-469-GI) £31.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 4 x SATA power extension - Black £6.98
1 x Arctic F12 Pro Case Fan - 120mm £3.00
5 x Akasa AK-CBSA05-15BK Super slim SATA rev 3.0 data cable with securing latches - 15cm, Black £2.64 (£13.20)
Total : £253.66 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

You could save money by sourcing the parts via the MM. Added extra cables in case the mobo does'nt come with any.

DIABLO · 18 May 2015 at 18:22

Deep said:
Hi all,

I want to build a NAS drive to store my videos, music and photos.
I've got 3 x 4TB WD Red drives already and a Windows 8.1 Pro Licence which I want to use.

I'll be buying a Fractal Design Node 804 case as well.

So which processor, motherboard, RAM, PSU should I purchase? I'd like something energy efficient if possible and also a small SSD for the OS (probably around 80gb)
I'll be running Flexraid so I won't need a raid card.
Also all the cables that are needed, and maybe an extra fan for cooling the drives.

Budget is £500 max

Is there any reason you have not considered the HP Microserver for £120? Seems to fit your requirements perfectly.

Deep · 18 May 2015 at 20:42

DIABLO said:
Is there any reason you have not considered the HP Microserver for £120? Seems to fit your requirements perfectly.

I had an N40l and it was fantastic but broke last week

I'm going to try and fix it but we'll see.

I bought a Gen8 and honestly I just found it really confusing with all the ILO and how to set up the raid and stuff, so I thought I'd leave that and just buy a new one which I know I'll be able to set up fairly easily.