WTB: MOBO & CPU for building a NAS

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pistol

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#275823 11-Sep-2020 11:25

Hi guys,

I'm looking to build a DIY NAS running Openmediavault or something.
This will only be used as a NAS and won't need to run other apps, handle video transcoding or anything extra.

So far all I have is a case and PSU.

Space is tight in the case (it's 2U and only 30cm deep) so looking for a small Motherboard (mATX or mini-ITX) and a CPU to go along with it.
Not sure if I need integrated graphics. I'm guessing not so hopefully I can get away without this.

Probably the wrong thread for it but any advice would also be appreciated.

fritzman

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#2562259 11-Sep-2020 12:44

The mATX board in here https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=77&topicid=275705 is still available if you would like it.

I may have an original cooler for it, but am away up north atm, so can look once home Tuesday.

Cost you shipping (unless you’re coming to Tauranga).

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NAS: DS1819+ - 52Tb in Raid6

My rig: HP Elitebook X360 Lappy with a 2Tb SN850.. woohoo.. I've retired!

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iamsammajor

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#2563684 14-Sep-2020 13:05

did you find anything useful?

pistol

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#2563702 14-Sep-2020 13:25

Sorry for the late replies.

@fritzman Thanks for the great offer. I don't know much about motherboards but think that board might be a bit old for what I'm after? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm happy to pay for parts.

@iamsammajor I haven't found anything else so far, so still looking at this stage.
I thought there would be quite a lot of spare parts floating around here.

iamsammajor

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#2563712 14-Sep-2020 13:46

pistol:

Sorry for the late replies.

@fritzman Thanks for the great offer. I don't know much about motherboards but think that board might be a bit old for what I'm after? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm happy to pay for parts.

@iamsammajor I haven't found anything else so far, so still looking at this stage.
I thought there would be quite a lot of spare parts floating around here.

i think if you are jsut doing NAS for storage, C2D could be plenty of horsepower. i have a atom board that i used to run NAS on it,

could test it and you could have it if confirm it boots up.

Mantis

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#2575113 28-Sep-2020 10:53

A bit late but if you're still looking I'm selling the stuff out of my previous NAS. It's a Supermicro X9SCM-F with a Xeon E3-1230 and 16 GB ECC RAM if you're interested. It's micro ATX sized. It needs a CPU cooler but think I have a few standard intel ones floating round.

AMD X2 4200, 2GB RAM, nVidia 8600GT, Hauppauge HVR2200, Windows XP, MediaPortal RC2