N100 to replace my N40L
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N150 version of that board is available on the bay for £170 and could probably get it cheaper. But if your limited to the rainforest then....
I've talked myself into building a 14400 i5 based NAS, there are still thing to work out though... I'm in no real rush. My N40L is ticking along nicely.
I bought myself a zen gmktek withing for 150 just before Xmas. Isn't the idea of these thing to have them as small and quiet as possible? Whats the actual reason for using the sff power supply and bigger case?
Tbh im only interested in setting mine up to replace my sky box when I actually cba to look into it a bit more. Its got 32gb ram and 2x 500gb m.2s.
Tbh im only interested in setting mine up to replace my sky box when I actually cba to look into it a bit more. Its got 32gb ram and 2x 500gb m.2s.
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If the N40L is still chugging along nicely, and the issue here is just it's inability to handle the compute side due to the antiquated Neo CPU etc. then put a generic uSFF in front of it to run services and let the N40L handle storage. 7thor ideally 8th gen onwards is still cheap and the real world power usage on your average uSFF of that vintage is low at idle and quicker to complete tasks when required. You could even go with one of the Lenovo's, add a PCI HBA with external SAS and convert the N40L to a DAS by going direct to the backplane, though the maths on that may not add up if buying new bits.