Minisforum N5 Pro NAS

[Pickers]

Well this all sent me down a rabbit hole I didn't necessarily need to but I've just pulled the trigger on a DIY Equivalent.

Topton N17 Ryzen 7840HS MITX Board
Jonsbo N3
350W SilverStone Flex Series FX350-G
32GB DDR5 Vengeance Grey
2x 500GB Crucial P3

I just need to decide on a HBA situation but all in all gives me a 8c/16t 8 Bay NAS for a little under £600, and I'll no doubt recoup a little back selling the Gen10 Microserver

Ohhhhh this looks interesting.
What's the HBA for? Sorry for n00b q.

I have a gen 8 with unraid sat permanently switched off due to the running cost, but if I could combine my n100 mini pc (running virtual machines for home assistant, pihole and crafty Minecraft server) with a better nas solution, if be happy bunny!!

 

[Frozennova]

Ohhhhh this looks interesting.
What's the HBA for? Sorry for n00b q.

I have a gen 8 with unraid sat permanently switched off due to the running cost, but if I could combine my n100 mini pc (running virtual machines for home assistant, pihole and crafty Minecraft server) with a better nas solution, if be happy bunny!!

I currently have Unraid on my Gen10 Microserver.

HBA = PCIE Sata Adapter

The N17 only has 4 onboard SATA ports so needed something to allow me to utilise 8 disks.

Speaking of which, found an IBM M1015 and a pair of SFF-8087 to 4 SATA which will do the job nicely for £55

 

[doodah]

Well this all sent me down a rabbit hole I didn't necessarily need to but I've just pulled the trigger on a DIY Equivalent.

Topton N17 Ryzen 7840HS MITX Board
Jonsbo N3
350W SilverStone Flex Series FX350-G
32GB DDR5 Vengeance Grey
2x 500GB Crucial P3

I just need to decide on a HBA situation but all in all gives me a 8c/16t 8 Bay NAS for a little under £600, and I'll no doubt recoup a little back selling the Gen10 Microserver

Nice, keep us updated with the completed build please.