Yeah, it’s not the best setup right now. But I had to start somewhere!
So what it seems like to me is I have two options: 1) build a barebones dedicated NAS with cheap hardware and not run any other services on it other than Unraid or 2) build something quite a bit more substantial in order to run several home services (like the higher end OTiS builds).
In that case, I’ll probably save up a little more and go the route of option 2.
Thanks for your advice!
Good day, quick question would the Dell CD2VM dual 10 gig and dual 1 gig work in a nas killer 6 build running unraid with an i7 8700 or is that dedicated to enterprise servers only? Any pcie adapters to get it working?
Pretty sure that thing is for proprietary Dell server setups only. Plenty of ways to get 10 Gig and additional 1 Gig without trying to shoehorn in one of those
Okay, will go with the x540 t2 instead.
No, this is proprietary mezzanine style card for Dell servers only.
Alright noted. How come you didn’t include the 8700 on your list of processors? Also, x540 with the fan any info on how well they perform?
I didn’t include the i7-8700 in this guide because it’s outrageously priced for what it is. If you find a reasonably priced one, feel free to use it.
There’s a more comprehensive list of hardware in the OTiS guide as I said earlier in this guide.
The lowest I see for any of the i7-8700 series is about $105 right now.
Yes, thats around what i got mine for after taxes.
Hey i just wanted to thank you for these guides, while i had followed along silently over the years,
Its my first opportunity since 2017, to build a NAS, that isnt some pentium ddr2 straight out the trash pc running omv.
I had already bought my motherboard and was researching cpus when this ver.6 guide was relesed , hence my splurge, this needs to be a do everything NAS to make up for lost time.
You’re welcome! Feel free to run any of your ideas by us in this thread, or make a new one in the parent category [LGA1151,LGA1200] NAS Killer 6.0, Plex QSV Builds.
Thanks for all your work putting this together!
I just ordered the parts for my first NAS with the parts above. I’m looking forward to getting all the data off of USB HDDs into a single place with drive redundancy.
Do you have any suggestions for unraid learning resources? I’m hoping to plan out the configuration while I wait for the parts to arrive.
Check out the videos on Youtube by Spaceinvader One: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceinvaderOne
Its a lot of content probably way more than you will need, but his guides and overviews are quite informative.
Thanks! I’ll check him out.
Did that PSU and case combination really work? I bought a DPS-475CB PSU and an N400 case, but the PSU is too big for the case
Moving to a new (first!) house and excited to be able to hardwire things and have fiber/get off Comcast’s teat. Figure I don’t have enough tasks to deal with while moving, why not build a server?
Picked up a used i3-12100 on ebay, have some extra ram, and put an offer in on ebay for those rhino 8tbs (very excited) and picked up a rosewill 4U server case on offer up.
Really the only thing I’m still trying to figure out is motherboard. Do I push for a board with all sata on board already or will an add on card handle it just fine? Anyone found a difference between realtek and Intel nics in these unraid environments?
Do you have any more pictures to share?
Negative, that’s the only one I took before I boxed up the PSU. The PSU is too tall in this orientation. It cannot fit flush to the back face of the case because it interferes with the PCIe interfaces on the back of the case. The DPS-475 is 5.91" x 3.94" x 6.1", versus a typical ATX PSU being 5.9" × 3.4" × 5.5". The bottom screw holes line up with the bottom of the case, but the top ones do not.
Did you really use this PSU and case combination in your build? Do you have pictures of yours, @JDM_WAAAT?
The PSU is standard ATX. Is there something else in the way?
I love these guides. Where can I find modern components guides for future proofing?
I am thinking on building one with a Gen 12 or 13 Intel processor. But the W680 motherboards which support ECC ram are crazy expensive and there are very few available.
I already got 2x 20 TB Seagate EXOS drives. 1x SSD 8 TB for the fastest files I need to store like photos and videos so PhotoStructure can scan and do activities faster.
I also purchased a Mini Nuc Style of PC from Beelink with 32 GB RAM and an nVME SSD for running Proxmox and all the containers.
Thinking on getting an affordable Asustor NAS, but would like to consider unRAID too.
Thanks!
There’s no such thing as “future proofing”, unless you’re just willing to waste a lot of extra money.
We are almost always a few generations behind in guides due to the cost of current hardware. Our community is focused on sensible budget builds.
