First NAS- double checking the hardware

[andregu]

Hello everyone, long time lurker first-time poster.
I'm looking to build my first NAS for home use(Plex server, sonarr, etc) but never more than 2 1080p streams at one time and after reading quite a bit and checking prices online I came up with this build:

I'm based in the UK, so amazon.co.uk was the best option as far as I know

CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core G4400 3.3 GHz Processor CPU - 44.97£
MB: ASROCK C236 WSI Rack Server Board - 191.23£
RAM: Kingston KVR21R15D4/16 RAM 16 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 ECC 156.99£ x2 - buying one first and then upgrading. This is the part I'm least sure about because compatibility
PSU: Seasonic G450 450W 80+ Gold - 75.66£
CASE: Fractal Design Node 304 Case 73.03£
HDD: WD Red 1TB NAS Desktop 54.50£ x6 I was planning to start small, do a z2 which would give me about 4TB from what i saw online and then upgrade down the line
Total: £1,025.87 (my budget is around 1000)

anything that should be changed? either for better performance and/or price?

thanks to all, and happy holidays

 

[BigDave]

I don't care much for small cases stuffed with drives, so I recommend you buy a proven server grade motherboard and a case that fits and cools a bunch of drives. I like all the rest of your choices. Of course that ram will probably not work with the recommended mobo.

 

[BigDave]

Found the memory for the board I recommended here
:)

 

[tvsjr]

I'd use caution with Asrock. Their support is limited to email, at least in the US. They'll call you back if they feel like it, at their convenience. I just returned a defective Z370 board to Amazon and purchased an Asus instead, because Asrock refused to call me to address a BIOS issue in real time.

 

[andregu]

I don't care much for small cases stuffed with drives, so I recommend you buy a proven server grade motherboard and a case that fits and cools a bunch of drives. I like all the rest of your choices. Of course that ram will probably not work with the recommended mobo.

my issue with that MB is that is ATX im very limited with space, so is either ITX or with the right case Matx

 

[BigDave]

• Form Factor: MicroATX, 9.6 x 9.6 inch / 24.4 x 24.4 cm

The board is micro ATX, that's what the letter M in the model
number designates.

 

[pallee]

Looks like I am in the same boat as OT. Looks like we have the same/similar requirements concerning physical footprint of the case, number of disks, processing power etc. Linking my thread here that I apparently wrote at the same time... https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/first-nas-build-mitx.60067/

To mod: Maybe the threads should join to reduce clutter in the forum and improve "findability" of the info :) ? (I'll happily merge my thread here If mods think it is a good idea)