I have my NAS in a Node 804, using the X9SCL, 1270v2 and I used the CM i71C RGB. I was also worried about the height issue. There is a switch that you can turn off the RGB so don’t let that stop you. I’ve been using the existing case fans and the i71C without any heat issues and it’s been running for about 8 months now. I have a faster processor so you should be fine with the 1230v2.
I’m currently running 9 dockers, all the usual suspects with 16gb of ECC ram and my memory utilization is 24%. Personally I would just go with 16gb, but I understand costs, so I would suspect if I only had 8gb it would be 50% utilized.
I’m not too familiar with power supplies, so I can only tell you what I’m using. 630w power supply. I’m also running all my systems on a Cyberpower 1500 ups backup.
I’m running a SAS controller because from what I remembered the motherboard controllers sucked, and everyone was recommending the SAS controller for ease of use when adding disks down the road. I have a cable that breakouts out the SAS port to 4 SATA.
I’m using the HP290 for Plex and that’s all it does. It’s running Ubuntu and Plex nothing more. All my other stuff is in dockers on the NAS along with my media. So delugevpn, radarr, sonarr, sabnzbd, tautulli, krusader, ombi, jackett, letsencrypt, etc. I’m supporting about 30 friends, all remote, and have had no issues.
A couple tips, the Node 804 hard drive cages do not mount up properly with shucked drives. I could only get 2 mount points at the top to match up so the drives swing. Another member posted that you can contact fractal and they will send you free adapters for these drives. I did contact them and I’m waiting for them to be shipped. I just had to create a support ticket and upload my proof of purchase from amazon (not sure how that works with you being in Australia, but it’s worth a shot). If you’re using any SSDs they need to run on a true SATA controller and not off the SATA cable from the SAS. It will degrade the SSD over time due to the SAS controllers not using the TRIM functionality.
FYI, Here is a link to my build.