Parts Pile.
All the storage!
New Case compared to the 10 year old NAS it is replacing.
Case gutted, starting to get parts installed.
Motherboard fully populated.
CPU heatsink BARELY clears the chipset cooler.
CPU heatsink BARELY clears the drive cages.
Wires are basically all touching between the drive cages and the PSU, had to use right angled SATA cables for all the connectors. All fans needed grills installed to keep the wires out.
Getting the PSU and drive cage in is a bit of a puzzle as the wires sit right on top of each other.
120mm fan mounted for exhaust on a PCI fan bracket as the case does not come with an exhaust fan, unless you count the PSU.
View of the fan from above, couldn't get it any closer to the side vent due to tight clearances.
Project Alexandria
Upgrading my in house NAS PC to a full solid state storage solution.
The goals:
-Keep it as small as possible while trying to avoid any proprietary solutions
-Keep future repairs, upgrades, an maintenance in mind to ensure long term sustainability of the equipment. Benchmark of 10 years.
-Move from HDDs in the previous NAS to SSD for improved access speed and a possible reliability increase.
The goals:
-Keep it as small as possible while trying to avoid any proprietary solutions
-Keep future repairs, upgrades, an maintenance in mind to ensure long term sustainability of the equipment. Benchmark of 10 years.
-Move from HDDs in the previous NAS to SSD for improved access speed and a possible reliability increase.
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: Mini-ITX
Type: General Build
Hardware
CPU
$ 199.00
Motherboard
$ 255.00
Memory
$ 239.40
Graphics
$ 0.01
Case
$ 200.88
Case Fan
$ 34.95
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 3,024.87
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