Hi all. I posted this on buildapc with no results. I was thinking I may have been in the wrong place.
TrueNas Scale build - Here is what I am planning on running on this box:
- Pihole
- Qbittorrent
- Radarr & Sonarr
- NextCloud for picture sync and storage.
- Calibre
- Plex
- Windows VM for MediaMonkey (unless there is a better option for an UPnP music server)
- UniFi controller (maybe)
Planning on running Raid-Z2 so I should end up with around 35TB of storage.
US build. The below is currently totaling >$2,300. $1,500 of which is HDD storage.
Why am I building this? Because I have a dying Windows box that need replaced. I am also trying to consolidate and add a few more functions while I am at it.
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor | $215.99 @ Amazon |
| CPU Cooler | Deepcool AK400 66.47 CFM CPU Cooler | $34.99 @ Amazon |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z690 PG Riptide ATX LGA1700 Motherboard | $124.99 @ Newegg |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory | $144.99 @ Amazon |
| Storage | Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive | $40.99 @ Amazon |
| Storage x 6 of these | Seagate IronWolf NAS 10 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive | $249.99 @ Amazon |
| Case | Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case | $124.99 @ B&H |
| Power Supply | SeaSonic FOCUS GX 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $95.41 @ Amazon |
| Wired Network Adapter | TP-Link TX201 2.5 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x1 Network Adapter | $24.99 @ Newegg |
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XfbrMV
Am I over thinking the RAM and CPU. I know it will work but I am spending money poorly? What else, if anything, could I be overlooking?
-Cheers
Yeah you're definitely in overkill territory but it's nice to have extra potential in your system for new services or if you want to play around with VMs, containers, etc. What I find is most common for home server setups is that their CPUs are overprovisioned and memory is under provisioned. In a home server context there's a TON of CPU downtime but a lot of simultaneous services running consuming memory but not really doing much. But I see you've got plenty RAM to spare here so if you want to tone down the cost anywhere I'd say the best place is to tone down the CPU.