Hello, I am new here. Would like to ask you help me choose right mb and cpu. I did read quite a lot, browsed eshops checked benchmarks however as I dont really do these things, cannot really see the connection between hw capabilities and sw requirements and efficiency (from NAS point of view - simp…

Connect it directly to your router. Never to the Hotel LAN.

2 of the best boards, server grade, for a NAS are IMO still Supermicro X10SDV-4C-TLN2F [image] X10SDV-4C-TLN2F available TrueNAS General Just a heads up for anyone looking into building a small, low power NAS. There are a good amount of X10SDV-4C-TLN2F avail…

Hello, thank you for your reply. Honestly, I couldn`t figure out according to what I should be choosing MB and CPU. Could you please expand your answer? What are the properties I should be looking for when choosing MB and CPU and why those two, you named?

Server boards are made to be run 24/7. Gaming boards are not. Server boards have features such as IPMI/BMC which allows you to remotly manage your server over the network as if you would have a monitor/keyboard/ mouse connected. Server Boards support ECC RAM. The 2 above mentioned have 2x 10G eth…

Thank you very much for your replies. Yes, IPMI was something I liked, when I found out about it. I guess, for similar money(used supermicro from China), it beats options I considered/found? with no ecc or no IPMI as ASUS Pro Q670M-C-CSM asus page link for the board or this N305 from amazon? <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Motherboard-Threads-Processor-Network/dp/B0DDXZLJQJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3ARA30YOIYZ7L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U_dc-Op-Q4jGtRc3kxuZJJUOMN5CBT4BRSK8yHzVCvBL2rDmTP13ycC7ctzGQDn1xwZ2dr326cVG7lDeihaQmMztUoUnmuhtwhieuKHwzhnHs4dajoLfI_UOeA0kKFCcH9nUIJD36N0eBmiqLu4BONIHmLThM_Hf8kUZq7UOBB9m-qw_9wBSZy61S4KJWZyEWIzUhOF4zjdGuczSNtDoUjifqnFmc78bGOUBI4ErNfo.q-dv7tzRT49xs7Jh5OK_r8Gb3ew6EiQlKU2chMCrjPo&dib_tag=se&keywords=n305+motherboard&qid=1778774356&sprefix=N305%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">N3…

In the thread I linked in my first reply, you will find a ton of info by me and also more experienced forum members concerning the X10SDV. Me and @dan both ordered one from ebay china. Others chimed in aswell. Read everything. No, you dont need a GPU if your devices support the video resolutions n…

I personally enjoy having a gpu to transcode, works better imo & is basically a must for tone mapping hdr content for sdr playback.

RAM price is an issue, but DDR4 RDIMM is proabably “less bad” than other options (except for DDR3 RDIMM). The question is: How many drives do you plan to use? Up to 6, a X10SDV is ideal. For 8, a C2x6 board is more indicated.

Currently only 2 HDDs with 12 tb capacity. Probably later I will find use of more hdds. I am all new into this so this right now the scale I am thinking about. I bought 8 bay HDD case Sagittarius so I have a reserve space for more in the future.

this is something I don’t really understand. What is transcoding and how much I really need to have it/use it in real use?

I will read it, was a bit busy now. Thank you for your help!! I wondered would it be ok to use cheaper DDR 4 or DDR 5 rams for now? I read/understood that about it 8gb or 2x8tb should be sufficient for now

Help choose MB and CPU for my first DIY NAS

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Farout May 24, 2026, 4:07pm 2

2 of the best boards, server grade, for a NAS are IMO still
Supermicro X10SDV-4C-TLN2F

Or the
ASRock Rack E3C246D4U2-2T
https://www.ebay.com/itm/397699841422

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