Your thoughts on this NAS build, my first

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I want to replace my old NAS that I’m using now, wich is basically my old “main” PC that runs Windows 10 on it and then I share the harddrives to my new
main PC and my Nvida shield. It’s going to be most of the time one user at the time.

No transcoding with Plex

I want to make a new build beacuse the old system has run 24/7 for the last ten years, could not get ubuntu server to install no matter what I did. It’s not that I can’t get the installation process going,
but it always end with some sort of error code. I’m not a total noob and I’m not an expert but it’s so frustrating to sit there for a day trying different things, googeling, try again and still don’t get it to work.
Maybe I could get it to work by installing a realy old version of Ubuntu server, but I still end up with a system that is on its last legs.

I also have problem with that system when it’s time to upgrade W10 to a newer version, has to try it like ten times before it succeeds.

I have built a couple of computers before. I have used a Raspberry Pi with an external HDD before as a “server”, superslow.

I have looked at your NAS Killer 4.1 thread and about that, I live in Europa so it’s a little more difficult to find those components you are listing and about the prize, it’s not that big of a different.

I also want it to be a little smaler in size and
don’t have to use one of the sata ports for a SSD disk to install OS.

I’m not going to have Unraid as OS, that is beacuse I’m going to run a torrent client plus VPN (mullvad) on it. So therfore I’m going with Ubuntu server with a
desktop enviroment. I have seen that some people can get torrent client with VPN to run on Unraid, maybe I will give it a try.

Basically I have looked at this build in this forum and that looks appealing to me:

What I am thinking is:
Part: Name:
Case: Fractal Design Node 804 Amazon.com
Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B450M-K II https://www.amazon.com/Prime-B450M-K-2GLN-SATA6-4XDDR9-dp-B08K96B2CT/dp/B08K96B2CT/ref=dp_ob_title_def
SSD: Kingston 250GB A2000 M.2 https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Internal-Security-SA2000M8-250G/dp/B07VYG5HQD/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Kingston+A2000+M.2+250GB&qid=1606166703&sr=8-2
PSU: Seasonic FOCUS GX-650, 650W 80+ Gold https://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-GX-550-Full-Modular-Application-SSR-550FX/dp/B077J9QTDR/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Seasonic%2BFOCUS%2BGX%2B550W&qid=1606078458&sr=8-1&th=1
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400MHz 2x8GB (CMK16GX4M2Z2400C16) https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CMK16GX4M2Z2400C16-Vengeance-PC4-19200-Internal/dp/B06XDBJ6NR
CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G https://www.amazon.com/AMD-4-Thread-Unlocked-Processor-Graphics/dp/B0815JGFQ8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=S8V1FEZ8QX0D&dchild=1&keywords=amd+athlon+3000g&qid=1606078815&sprefix=AMD+Athlon+3000G%2Caps%2C242&sr=8-2
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 Amazon.com
HDD: WD Red

CPU: maybe a AMD Athlon 200GE, AMD Athlon 220GE or even a AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
PSU: maybe a 550 w instead
RAM: not that big of a differnet in prize between this and a realy cheap ones and I just picked one that was in the “Memory QVL for AMD Ryzen™ & Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors” list for this motherboard
HDD: I have three WD red, but I will buy one extra and put the old ones in this build to.