Homelab

371 readers

3 users here now

Rules

Be Civil.
Post about your homelab, discussion of your homelab, questions you may have, or general discussion about transition your skill from the homelab to the workplace.
No memes or potato images.
We love detailed homelab builds, especially network diagrams!
Report any posts that you feel should be brought to our attention.
Please no shitposting or blogspam.
No Referral Linking.
Keep piracy discussion off of this community

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

communick@selfhosted.forum

rglullis

Budget Starter NAS Build (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Connect-Composer5381@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hi all,

I’m considering getting into the game and building a budget NAS from scratch. How does this build look as a simple, relatively cheap starting point?

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Celeron G5925 3.6 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$36.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Deepcool AK400 66.47 CFM CPU Cooler	$27.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte H410M H V2 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$80.05 @ Amazon
Memory	Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$32.97 @ Amazon
Storage	Transcend MTS600 32 GB M.2-2260 SATA Solid State Drive	$34.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Red 2 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive	$61.99 @ Lenovo
Storage	Western Digital Red 2 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive	$61.99 @ Lenovo
Case	Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$43.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA 500 W1 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$56.00 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total	$436.96
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-23 19:33 EST-0500

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] EndlessHiway@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

For that price you should just buy something from Synology

[–] Connect-Composer5381@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’ve definitely considered that route. My main reasons for favoring this approach:

I can buy part-by-part over time as sales come up
Im interested in learning by building my own

I was hoping that I could find a good Black Friday sale on Synology and then I’d probably go that way, but I haven’t seen a big sale anywhere

[–] EndlessHiway@alien.top 2 points 11 months ago

Here is one. But I don't blame you for wanting to build your own. You could just start with an old desktop, throw some drives in it and install your choice of nas software. Might give you more money to buy more storage for your nas.