Hi All,
Firstly thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully provide advice. I am a complete novice to the world of building computers. I am basically you're average joe who knows how to use windows and common programs OK and that's about it. I have spent many hours over the last couple months trying to educate myself reading online and talking to local computer shops so that I could hopefully build the NAS I am after. I'm sick of having 3 external HDD's plugged in to my laptop and all running 24/7. I have not learnt much about FreeNAS yet but from what I know it works well and it supports kodi so I have tried to put together 2 NAS builds that suit it. There are probably a lot of features on certain motherboards that would be beneficial but unfortunately I may not be able to make use of them due to my lack of knowledge. Anyway, I would very much appreciate your thoughts/advice whether they are positive or negative.
I'll start by saying what I want to use it for:
- storage of all my media. I currently have approx 1TB of stuff that is extremely important (family videos/photos) and 5TB of stuff that is less important (my ripped blurays/itunes music library). This is just on external HDD's at the moment with no back up. Both of these will continue to expand over time. Its hard to say how much but maybe 3TB/year? I plan to keep a back up of my important stuff on the external HDD's once they have all the other media transferred to the NAS.
- streaming said media using ethernet cable via router to multiple kodi boxes (likely to be WeTek Hubs when they arrive on shelves, 2 in my house, and 1 in my mums house via plexbmc or plex). I don't think there will be a need for transcoding as the hubs should play everything I've got but it wouldn't be the first time I'm wrong.
- I want to look in to running sickbeard/couch potato
- low power if possible as it will be running 24/7
The first build is the less expensive one that I would prefer to get if it is suitable for everything I need.
Case - Fractal Design FD-CA-DEF-R5-BK Define R5 Black $ 179.00
Motherboard - ASRock E3V5-WS $ 188.98
CPU - Intel Core i3 6100 $ 163.00
Memory - Crucial CT16G4WFD8213 16GB DDR4-2133ECC $ 165.00
Boot drive - Samsung MZ-75E120 850 EVO 120GB 2.5" SATA III SSD $ 92.00
Storage - WD WD80EFZX 8TB Red $ 519.00
PSU - Corsair CS450M 450W 80+ Gold $ 110.00
Total $ 1,416.98
The second build is more expensive and therefore I would prefer to avoid it if it's not necessary.
Case - Fractal Design FD-CA-DEF-R5-BK Define R5 Black $ 179.00
Motherboard - Supermicro X11SSM-F $ 397.98
CPU - Intel BX80662E31220V5 Xeon E3 1220 V5 $ 309.00
Memory - Crucial CT16G4WFD8213 16GB DDR4-2133ECC $ 165.00
Boot drive - Samsung MZ-75E120 850 EVO 120GB 2.5" SATA III SSD $ 92.00
Storage - WD WD80EFZX 8TB Red $ 519.00
PSU - Corsair CS450M 450W 80+ Gold $ 110.00
Total $ 1,771.98
I am generally a sucker for paying a bit more for things if I can expect them to perform better or last longer so if there is a case for either of those I may lean towards the expensive one. And of course I am more than happy to spend less if I am going overboard with anything. I have put in a single 8TB drive for now because it will take all of my media and I don't want to limit myself. Although, thinking back, the 8TB might be a bit excessive given that these builds can handle 6-8 drives and if I get all 8TB that is 6x8=48-10% is 43TB. If I have 6TB now and grow at 3TB/year it will take 12 years to fill up. But who knows maybe it will grow faster than that. I've selected most things based on information I've got from these forums and tried my best to research as much as I can so please be nice :)
I have probably missed some useful information as it is just passed midnight here in AUS. Feel free to ask if there is anything else I should say to help you help me.
Thank you!
Firstly thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully provide advice. I am a complete novice to the world of building computers. I am basically you're average joe who knows how to use windows and common programs OK and that's about it. I have spent many hours over the last couple months trying to educate myself reading online and talking to local computer shops so that I could hopefully build the NAS I am after. I'm sick of having 3 external HDD's plugged in to my laptop and all running 24/7. I have not learnt much about FreeNAS yet but from what I know it works well and it supports kodi so I have tried to put together 2 NAS builds that suit it. There are probably a lot of features on certain motherboards that would be beneficial but unfortunately I may not be able to make use of them due to my lack of knowledge. Anyway, I would very much appreciate your thoughts/advice whether they are positive or negative.
I'll start by saying what I want to use it for:
- storage of all my media. I currently have approx 1TB of stuff that is extremely important (family videos/photos) and 5TB of stuff that is less important (my ripped blurays/itunes music library). This is just on external HDD's at the moment with no back up. Both of these will continue to expand over time. Its hard to say how much but maybe 3TB/year? I plan to keep a back up of my important stuff on the external HDD's once they have all the other media transferred to the NAS.
- streaming said media using ethernet cable via router to multiple kodi boxes (likely to be WeTek Hubs when they arrive on shelves, 2 in my house, and 1 in my mums house via plexbmc or plex). I don't think there will be a need for transcoding as the hubs should play everything I've got but it wouldn't be the first time I'm wrong.
- I want to look in to running sickbeard/couch potato
- low power if possible as it will be running 24/7
The first build is the less expensive one that I would prefer to get if it is suitable for everything I need.
Case - Fractal Design FD-CA-DEF-R5-BK Define R5 Black $ 179.00
Motherboard - ASRock E3V5-WS $ 188.98
CPU - Intel Core i3 6100 $ 163.00
Memory - Crucial CT16G4WFD8213 16GB DDR4-2133ECC $ 165.00
Boot drive - Samsung MZ-75E120 850 EVO 120GB 2.5" SATA III SSD $ 92.00
Storage - WD WD80EFZX 8TB Red $ 519.00
PSU - Corsair CS450M 450W 80+ Gold $ 110.00
Total $ 1,416.98
The second build is more expensive and therefore I would prefer to avoid it if it's not necessary.
Case - Fractal Design FD-CA-DEF-R5-BK Define R5 Black $ 179.00
Motherboard - Supermicro X11SSM-F $ 397.98
CPU - Intel BX80662E31220V5 Xeon E3 1220 V5 $ 309.00
Memory - Crucial CT16G4WFD8213 16GB DDR4-2133ECC $ 165.00
Boot drive - Samsung MZ-75E120 850 EVO 120GB 2.5" SATA III SSD $ 92.00
Storage - WD WD80EFZX 8TB Red $ 519.00
PSU - Corsair CS450M 450W 80+ Gold $ 110.00
Total $ 1,771.98
I am generally a sucker for paying a bit more for things if I can expect them to perform better or last longer so if there is a case for either of those I may lean towards the expensive one. And of course I am more than happy to spend less if I am going overboard with anything. I have put in a single 8TB drive for now because it will take all of my media and I don't want to limit myself. Although, thinking back, the 8TB might be a bit excessive given that these builds can handle 6-8 drives and if I get all 8TB that is 6x8=48-10% is 43TB. If I have 6TB now and grow at 3TB/year it will take 12 years to fill up. But who knows maybe it will grow faster than that. I've selected most things based on information I've got from these forums and tried my best to research as much as I can so please be nice :)
I have probably missed some useful information as it is just passed midnight here in AUS. Feel free to ask if there is anything else I should say to help you help me.
Thank you!