That system isn't one I personally use for a NAS, it's one I used to run the majority of my compute off in preference to running it on the storage box. But, as the discussion is related to a stated requirement of 2TB of storage, last I looked, 2TB of NVMe and 2TB of AHCI SATA SSD were cheap, making redundancy simple enough without one.
Not that limited really - an i3 8th gen NUC idles at something stupid like 4w last I looked. I'd expect an N100 to be able to potentially go lower, but we're already well into the realms of diminishing returns, so it's largely pointless in the stated scenario. Low end intel offers a lot of other options, immich or similar for example, automated media management, HA, CCTV and other useful services - we are kind of past the point where a modern NAS is actually just a dumb NAS, man + dog tends to want docker/VM etc..
Feels a little like you may have skipped the rest of the thread? Nobody other than you has suggested a self build with a ATX PSU and your numbers feel high, op isn't now pursuing this route to 'save' money, a NUC is pretty much as 'off the shelf' as you can get, as is the HP I mentioned, neither uses an ATX PSU, but the power numbers I quoted are real world with OS booted/idle (Ubuntu) on systems that regularly change hands used for less than a functional Pi5 system would cost to buy new. Also while my SC847 does indeed have a 6w draw even when off (fans spin 24/7), something like my Corsair RMX 550 v1 is almost as good as an external power brick/PICO set-up at the low end, and yes, it's perfectly possible to build a 5-6w idle system with off the shelf parts, and that is directly comparable to a basic pi5 which will idle at 4-5w in Ubuntu, I would imagine if you spend/waste the time, you could get both lower and i'm measuring at the wall.
Given my point was you'd totally missed the point by focusing on how much power you could buy with £11 (and you even managed to get that wrong), I couldn't agree more, in fact all i've done so far is try to politely correct your wildly inaccurate or misguided statements, which oddly brings us to this:
mattgadient.com
Given my point was you'd totally missed the point by focusing on how much power you could buy with £11 (and you even managed to get that wrong), I couldn't agree more, in fact all i've done so far is try to politely correct your wildly inaccurate or misguided statements, which oddly brings us to this:
Review of the NUC I mentioned idle at 4.3w
Windows 10, idle on desktop 4.3wCoffee Lake i3 NUC Review (NUC8i3BEH) - Page 3 of 4 - The NUC Blog
Fan noise, Power consumption, ConclusionsThe Coffee Lake NUC a.k.a. the Bean Canyon NUC has been coming for a long time. The development versions have been out almost half a year ago as I spoke...nucblog.net
Blog of modern off the shelf items (including an ATX PSU you claim will draw 10-15w) idling at 7w
i5 12400, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD 7w7 watts idle on Intel 12th/13th gen: the foundation for building a low power server/NAS | mattgadient.com
Maybe a poem will help remember complicated power-saving settings for SSDs. Here goes. "ALPM for SATA, not N-V-M-e. The latter needs ASPM, and A-P-S-T"....
Have fun
