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A possible overkill NAS build? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by CThomasFlood@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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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

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[–] flossraptor@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I think it's very overkill and you're going to be sitting at like 10-15% cpu when it's done. But for projects like this saving a few bucks is not worth it. You need room to grow.

[–] raglub@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Total overkill. I run the same services plus some more on $250 Dell R720. I spent additional $120 for 10 2TB 2.5" HDDs for storage and have 6 more bays for additional storage when I run out. I have less than $400 into my setup and still have room to expand.

[–] autisticit@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

For the RAM, get 2x32 instead of 4x16.

[–] mark-haus@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Piecefillpath247@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

fyi CPU is on sale now for ~$150

[–] CThomasFlood@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks homie