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Smart set-up, why not G4600 (if your MB allows for DDR4 2400, only a few bucks more)? Use 32GB Transcend SSDs with THIS for OS (cheaper, saves space, to be mounted with Velcro or screws) 
- NET: FTTH, OPNsense, 10G backbone, GWN APs, ipPBX
- SRV: 12 RU HA server cluster, 0.1 PB storage on premise
- IoT: thread, zigbee, tasmota, BidCoS, LoRa, WX suite, IR
- 3D: two 3D printers, 3D scanner, CNC router, laser cutter
Tinkerisk:
Smart set-up, why not G4600 (only a few bucks more)? Use 32GB Transcend SSDs with THIS for OS (cheaper, saves space, to be mounted with Velcro or screws)
Yep would consider the G4600 as well.
Re OS drives I was planning on installing the OS on mirrored 32GB flash drives, using a USB 3.0 mobo header adapter like this - saves both space and cost.
JimmyH:
What is the server going to be used for?
Personally, it it's just to serve files (documents, spreadsheets etc) then the CPUs you mention are fine. But if it's to be a media server then I would go for something a bit beefier, particularly if it has to support more than one concurrent user and/or 4K files, to allow for transcoding.
Simple fileserver, no transcoding - that'll be done on a separate machine. The Pentium CPU range (Especially Kabylake with it's 4 threads) should be more than enough for what I have planned for this build 
JimmyH:
Unless you don't care about fault tolerance, I would also get 3 WD drives not 2. RAID5 will give a much more efficient use of drive space, and easier expansion when using the remaining bays in future, than RAID1. And you can only do RAID1 with 2 drives.
Will be using ZFS on FreeBSD. Plan is to start with 2 drives in raid1, then purchase more next year and set them up in a raidZ2 (ZFS equivalent of Raid 6) ZFS can't convert a RaidZ1 pool to RaidZ2, and it's not within budget to purchase enough drives to make a RaidZ2 pool worthwhile at the moment. Raid1 should be enough capacity for now - unfortunately I'd have to destroy and rebuild the array regardless when I purchase more drives because of the above limitations.
JimmyH:
You also need to think about back solutions, particularly if it's for business rather than a home media server. It's no fun trying to recover multiple TB of critical files that people need urgently at the best of times, let alone without a proper backup arrangement.
Will be a home fileserver - end plan is to have important data mirrored between two sites (Wellington and Auckland) and onto Gdrive once fibre finally arrives.
- NET: FTTH, OPNsense, 10G backbone, GWN APs, ipPBX
- SRV: 12 RU HA server cluster, 0.1 PB storage on premise
- IoT: thread, zigbee, tasmota, BidCoS, LoRa, WX suite, IR
- 3D: two 3D printers, 3D scanner, CNC router, laser cutter
- NET: FTTH, OPNsense, 10G backbone, GWN APs, ipPBX
- SRV: 12 RU HA server cluster, 0.1 PB storage on premise
- IoT: thread, zigbee, tasmota, BidCoS, LoRa, WX suite, IR
- 3D: two 3D printers, 3D scanner, CNC router, laser cutter
- NET: FTTH, OPNsense, 10G backbone, GWN APs, ipPBX
- SRV: 12 RU HA server cluster, 0.1 PB storage on premise
- IoT: thread, zigbee, tasmota, BidCoS, LoRa, WX suite, IR
- 3D: two 3D printers, 3D scanner, CNC router, laser cutter
Still looking for
Send me a PM if you have anything available 
- NET: FTTH, OPNsense, 10G backbone, GWN APs, ipPBX
- SRV: 12 RU HA server cluster, 0.1 PB storage on premise
- IoT: thread, zigbee, tasmota, BidCoS, LoRa, WX suite, IR
- 3D: two 3D printers, 3D scanner, CNC router, laser cutter
Tinkerisk:
JimmyH:
How long is a piece of string?
That's why I asked. With your mentioned "requirements" (let's say 2 codings of 4k) you easily reach a passmark of 16000. A capable Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 @2.4GHz has a passmark of 16982, consumes TDP 110W and it's actual price is 700 US$.
An Intel Pentium Gold has a passmark of 5528, does 2 codings of 1k for 79US$. So what do you mean with a "beefier CPU" for a NAS?
Can you guys please carry out the rest of your convo in PMs - that's getting way off topic for this thread.
As before - if anyone has the following available, PM me!
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