Parts Recommendations For NAS

[UzuShin]

I am thinking of making my own NAS and moving all my media files to it.

I am looking for very low power parts that will give adequate performance.

The system will be running on openmediavault.

Here are the specs I have set till now:

CPU+MOBO: https://ryanscomputers.com/asus-prim...ssor-bulk.html

Ram: https://ryanscomputers.com/component...sktop-ram.html

PSU: https://ryanscomputers.com/corsair-v...020170-uk.html

Casing: Something with 4x 3.5 HDD bays budget at most 4k (suggestions would be appreciated)

This setup will cost me around 14k. Is it worth it or should I look for 2nd hand 4th gen parts?

I am planning to attach two 3tb HDDs to it. The rest will be external usb HDDs.

[Ahnaf_i7X]

I'd rather go with 8 gigs of ram, small price bump anyway

[codename5302]

dont go for celeron. my media server runs on pentium. even that struggles if i play 4k content. also your most problematic part is your casing. there is hardly any casing available with 4/6 drive bays in a small form factor. i found some value top slim cases with just 300w psu which have 1 5.25' bay and 2 internal 3.5 bays. i am planning to buy that one and convert the 5.25 one to 2 3.5 bays. hope it helps.

[UzuShin]

dont go for celeron. my media server runs on pentium. even that struggles if i play 4k content. also your most problematic part is your casing. there is hardly any casing available with 4/6 drive bays in a small form factor. i found some value top slim cases with just 300w psu which have 1 5.25' bay and 2 internal 3.5 bays. i am planning to buy that one and convert the 5.25 one to 2 3.5 bays. hope it helps.

Do you use plex? So the CPU does the transcoding? I would just host my files on the NAS. The videos would be processed on my other devices