JDMsol SFF DIY home NAS Plex 1st Build

Builds [LGA1155] NAS Killer 4.0
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Hello there! :bb8:

I want to show my current (the first!) project:
A simple but still cool SFF DIY home NAS for my personal projects & my family.

Prerequisite:

The goal of the project is simple:

  1. This NAS should be used for data storage, entertainement (video/music player, photo album sharing)
  2. The price of this NAS should be cheaper than a NAS that can be found in the general public like Synology or Qnap
  3. This NAS must be more powerful at equivalent price
  4. This NAS will be used as a PLEX server, it must be able to transcode at least 1080p
    Its capacity will be able to transcode at least 3 sources simultaneously
  5. This NAS will be able to virtualize
  6. This NAS can be used from the internet to save documents, files, photos from a laptop or smartphone

Ecological and economic aspect:

  1. The parts used must be second-hand or reconditioned or possibly refurbished
  2. In order to limit the carbon footprint, the parts must come from as small a range as possible, as far as possible.
    Preferably with a hand delivery. A real challenge!
  3. The total cost should not exceed 400 € for the complete setup without disks.
  4. This NAS should not consume more than 300W in maximum power.

Technical requirements:

  1. This NAS should be as quiet and discreet/compact as possible
  2. This NAS will be used with my audiovisual equipment (TV, home cinema) in HDMI
  3. This NAS will be connected to my network using two gigabit ports (BONUS : WiFi + Bluetooth)
  4. This NAS must have at least a 4-core CPU and 8GB of RAM, it will be able to host some virtual machines

After this “short” introduction, let me show you the configuration that I selected after a lot of research:

Selected Parts List:

Number Type Make Model
1x Motherboard Intel DQ77KB
1x Processor Intel Xeon E3-1265L V2 (4 core/ 8 thread)
1x Memory Crucial 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR3L-1600 SODIMM
1x Case Fractal Design Node 304
1x HBA Card ? SAS2008 Chipset
1x PSU Seasonic/Silverstone/Be-Quiet! 400W maxi full-modular
1x mSATA disk Samsung 840/850/860 series
2x SSD disk Samsung 840/850/860 series
6x sata disk ? 3TB/4TB SATA3 6Gbps 3.5inch

And after some shopping on internet:

Buyed Part List:

Type Make Model Ref. In € shipped Country
Motherboard Intel DQ77KB 89,98 € United Kingdom
Processor Intel Xeon E3-1265L V2 (4 core/ 8 thread) 110,00 € France
Memory Crucial 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR3L-1600 SODIMM 60,00 € France
Case Fractal Design Array R2 Mini ITX 44,97 € France
HBA Card IBM ServeRAID H1110 (SAS2004) 81Y4494 15,00 € France
PSU Seasonic X-400FL FS2 62,10 € Belgium
mSATA disk Samsung V-NAND SSD 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 40,00 € Belgium
SSD disk Samsung SSD 850 EVO SATA3 250GB 35,00 € Belgium
SSD disk Samsung SSD 850 EVO SATA3 250GB 38,00 € France
sata disk HGST UltraStar 3TB 0 Belgium
sata disk HGST UltraStar 3TB 0 Belgium
sata disk HGST UltraStar 3TB 0 Belgium
sata disk HGST UltraStar 3TB 0 Belgium
sata disk HGST UltraStar 3TB 0 Belgium
sata disk HGST UltraStar 3TB 0 Belgium
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