[Guide] NAS Killer 4.0 - fast, quiet, power efficient, and flexible - starting at $125

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@Mephobos

These boxes do not look like good options for a NAS as they have limited drive space. Anything with SFF (Small Form Factor) is a clue that it’s not made to hold many extra drives.

I understand that it can be a bit overwhelming. You use case is for a basic NAS, and the primary function of a NAS is storage. Therefore a primary consideration should be # of drive bays. You don’t have to fill all them, but if you limit yourself to 2 or 3, then you limit your ability to easily grow your storage space. You should not need a ton of CPU or memory for this build.

This is logical but I think I can work around this using expansion cards like this: Amazon.com

I have written more about this here and would love more feedback: Any technical reasons why we cant have a NAS Killer using the intel HP 290 or ProDesk 400 G4?