I want to take my existing UnRAID setup and make it the backup system. I want to build a TrueNAS system as my main media/family file vault for storage and streaming from. Currently have 14TB of files. Goals: Run Plex and sustain up to 4 x 4k streams with and without transcoding. Be able to downl…

[image] DaringMrHanky: Noctua NH-D14 I use an NH-D9L with my Xeon E5 1650 v3, and it’s more than plenty good. The 120/140 mm coolers are getting into overkill territory for most applications.

I just checked my build log :slight_smile: I used a Noctua NH-U9DX i4 on my Norco build. Plenty of cooling for either a Xeon E5-1650v4 or E5-2699Av4 :slight_smile: Tested with Prime95. Xeons don’t get overclocked. 125mm tall “full 4U case compatibility”

Awesome guys thank you for the feedback on the CPU cooler!! Looking at a Fractal Design Define 7 case and others. Sucks I didn’t know about the CS380B cooling issues with HDD’s but it is what it is.

The Lian Li a76 is what i use with 12 ‘hot swap’ bays (that you need to buy backplanes for). Three 120mm fans up front keep the Pool drives cool and a hacked @Stux script keep the rig quiet and the disks at 30C or below. The only reason I had to hack at all was the SATADOMs on the motherboard cause…

[image] DaringMrHanky: Also a user mentioned the board being VERY finicky with RAM. Is that common? That would be me and my n=1 motherboard sample. All I can say is that I bought RAM sticks based on the QVL. Both resellers sent me sticks which featured RAM dies with a later revision than on t…

[image] WiteWulf: I’ve been researching adding a basic GPU to my own Plex server recently, and the accepted wisdom seems to be that, for transcoding, your GPU doesn’t need to be in a high speed PCIe slot. I highly recommend looking at an Arc A310 or like GPU for that application. Very inexpen…

Thanks for the advice. Sadly it turns out that my system is so old it won’t even support a x16 card in a x8 slot. I suspect the problem lies with power negotiation: the card needs 30W, but the x8 slot spec only allows up to 25W. The card doesn’t even show up in the BIOS as a consequence.

Any update on the components you have finally chosen? I‘m in a similar situation and very interested in what you ended up getting.

Configuration I just started up yesterday. Got it to boot first time with the following [image] DaringMrHanky: Case: Silverstone Technology CS380B with modified panel for better cooling HD: 8 X 10TB Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD (RAIDZ2 + Spare) GPU: RTX 1050 Ti Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI…

Before you update read the following thread as your video card may not have default support anymore. It affects 25.10 and later versions. [image] NVIDIA Kernel Module Change in TrueNAS 25.10 - What This Means for You Announcements With the upcoming release of …

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SmallBarky April 20, 2026, 6:49pm 73

Before you update read the following thread as your video card may not have default support anymore. It affects 25.10 and later versions.

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