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HI all! I'm finally planning my first NAS and wanted to ask you, if you can find anything wrong with my configuration. Maybe you can also answer a few questions I have. First of all: What am I planning to do with my NAS? My main use case would be a data-backup and I would also like to stream movies. Other than that, I dont know. The smaller the build and the less energy it consumes the better. Also, less noise is also better. But if not possible, not a problem. Another note: Im not planning on running the NAS 24/7 (at least for now) I have 4 configurations, but the storage is always the same: 3 x Seagate IronWolf NAS HDD +Rescue 8TB (https://geizhals.at/seagate-ironwolf-nas-hdd-8tb-st8000vn004-a2085161.html) For the OS: Patriot P300 128GB, M.2 2280 (https://geizhals.at/patriot-p300-128gb-p300p128gm28-a2237618.html?hloc=at). I have read in a different thread, that 32gb are enough, but 128gb was the smallest M.2 drive I could find configuration 1.: Cost: 1630€ (incl. storage) Case: Jonsbo N2 or N3. The price is very similar but Im unsure what the better choice would be. I like, that the N2 ist smaller, but the N3 has more bays. At the moment I dont think Im gonna need more than 4, but who knows. Also with the N3 I would be able to use a bigger cooler (is that necessary?) and normal PCEi expensions. The cooling in general should also be better. PSU: be quiet! SFX Power 3 450W (https://geizhals.at/be-quiet-sfx-power-3-450w-sfx12v-3-42-bn321-a2508560.html?hloc=at). Cheapest I could find (from a brand I trust) Memory: 2 x G.Skill Aegis UDIMM 8GB, DDR4-3200, CL16-18-18-38 (https://geizhals.at/g-skill-aegis-dimm-8gb-f4-3200c16s-8gis-a2151629.html?hloc=at) Motherboard: GIGABYTE H610I DDR4 (https://geizhals.at/gigabyte-h610i-ddr4-a2661678.html). Should have an intel NIC (because Realtek is a no-go?) CPU: Intel Core i3-12100 (https://geizhals.at/intel-core-i3-12100-bx8071512100-a2659496.html). This would come with the stock cooler. For 20€ or 30€ more I could also get a cooler from Noctua. configuration 2.: Cost: 1600€ (incl. storage). Mostly the same (except: Case and MoBo) Case: Jonsbo N4. Only because I could use a different MoBo. Motherboard: ASUS Pro H610M-C D4-CSM (https://geizhals.at/asus-pro-h610m-c-d4-csm-90mb1a30-m0eayc-a2700920.html). Has more expansion slots that configuration 1. configuration 3.: Cost: 1780€ (incl. storage) Case: Jonsbo N3. Has to fit the MoBo PSU: same as before Memory: 1 x Lexar SO-DIMM 16GB, DDR5-5600, CL46-45-45-90 (https://geizhals.at/lexar-so-dimm-16gb-ld5s16g56c46st-bgs-a3381472.html?hloc=at) Motherboard + CPU: Intel N150-K (https://cwwk.net/products/cwwk-12th-gen-i3-n305-n100-2-intel-i226-v-2-5g-nas-motherboard-6-sata3-0-6-bay-soft-rout-1-ddr5-4800mhz-firewall-itx-mainboard?variant=46991340142824). Should use less power but is not as powerful (?) configuration 4.: Cost: 1722€ (incl. storage) Case + Motherboard + PSU + CPU: AOOSTAR WTR MAX with the Intel I5 1235U (https://aoostar.com/collections/nas11-12/products/aoostar-wtr-max-intel-1235u). Should also use less power than the i3-12100 (less performance?). I chose this one, because Intel should be better for streaming. Memory: 2 x PNY Performance SO-DIMM 8GB, DDR5-5600 (https://geizhals.at/pny-performance-so-dimm-8gb-mn8gsd55600-blk-a3877219.html?hloc=at). Maybe you can correct me on mistakes I made. Also, can you recommend one of these four configurations? I would love any feedback. One last note: the NAS is, without the storage 530€ - 715€. This seems kinda high? Or is that price to be expected (nowadays). If not, where could I save some money? Thank you 🙂

The secondary to questions like your is what do you want. For me I have a pretty powerful and it works pretty good but I started on old hardware I had that just barely met the standards. Plex and Imich (when it worked at all) worked on that hardware. Basic NAS functionality worked just fine on that hardware. Yeah I had slower network. Yeah transcoding was frustrating until I figured out what it was doing. But I can say with complete honesty my new setup is just faster, that's all. Installs didn't fail any more with the old setup. Apps didn't crash or go rogue any more often. Don't lose focus on what your creating. If you need the top of the line hardware and can budget for it that's your call. If you can't then build what you can. But please don't mix up things like want and need. And sometimes the coolest setup is the one nobody believes you got to work. This community, including the admins, is pretty tough to slide something by but HexOS can handle all kinds of equipment so don't sweat it too much because this flexibility is a large part of the charm.

thanks so much for the guide! Managed to follow it to reinstall hexos on a new boot drive. for those wondering, there's another forum post that covers parts replacement explicitly and it complements this guide.

thanks so much for the guide! Managed to follow it to reinstall hexos on a new boot drive. for those wondering, there's another forum post that covers boot drive replacement explicitly and it complements this guide.

In general i recommend using intel cpus that have gpus (older than 12th gen or newer than 14th gen) intel quick sync is still superb. Unless you are feeling constrained by the 7700t I would just stick with it. You may also want to think about if the upgrade from 5800x to 5800x3d is worth it for you. While there is a difference, a stronger gpu is more worth it imo. With the 7700t you likely wouldn't need a gpu but the 5800x doesn not have an integrated gpu so you would need one. This is correct apps can't use nvidia gpus older than the RTX 2000 series however you can still attach it to a VM Whatever you add just make sure it is not realtek This is kinda tough, whats available in the used market regularly changes What is available in my area is likely different from whats available in your area. You can also consider getting a "cheap" HBA card (LSI 9305 or newer)

looking to get similar suggestion on a new bill be aware that your 970 is no longer supposed by true nas

great choice, i am running one of those myself

I was reading into it and got the same info. Especially for 16 drives, double the heat and needs a 6pin for power. I ended up getting a LSI 9400-16i

Wow, that's a heck of an alternative to Excel.

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Will do thanks.

i prefer lsi 9305 or newer because of the reduced power draw and heat.

It looks interesting, but right now we are only curating apps that are part of the TrueNAS app catalog. Feel free to reach out to the Grist team and kindly request they submit Grist to the TrueNAS app catalog. You can also share with them the instructions for how to add apps to the TrueNAS app catalog https://github.com/truenas/apps/blob/master/CONTRIBUTIONS.md

Hello, Im looking to replace excel and Apple Numbers for something better. I hear that Grist is pretty awesome. But of course I'm a newb and need a curated app.

At the moment I am looking at backrest and a cron job to mount/unmount drives as an interim solution as it will verify file integrity and encrypt the backup offsite. But it's a bit complicated to setup.

Sorry to revive an old thread but I figured I'd add my +1 I don't have any viable offsite options that have internet/power. I thought about bringing the internet/power while I am offsite but there aren't any Android Apps I could find that support writing to an external drive, other than syncthing, but that doesn't have file integrity verification. It sounds like my best option is rotating two drives offsite every time I visit. For this to be viable I'd need it to be as simple as plugging a drive into Hex OS for some time (overnight?) then unplug before I go offsite. Then if it isn't obvious, swap the drive with the one already offsite then repeat with that one when I get back.

https://docs.hexos.com/release-notes/command-deck/2026-08-28

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I think creating first party apps makes sense for the core features we are directly supporting, but we are being diligent in picking which features we think we can do exceptionally well and provide some unique value, while letting existing, quality incumbent apps own there respective spaces. Case in point with Buddy Backup. With something like photos, I just don't know if we could genuinely do better both short and long term than some of the options out there already. But we do think there's are some things we can do with them to have tighter knit integrations. More soon!

I'm not sure if this is the place to post this, but I am trying to use the burn ISO feature. I have a USB stick inserted, HexOS see's it as an unused drive, but the burning app doesn't. Are there limitations, stick size, file system and such like?

I don't know what gpu acceleration there is in hexos, I was only going to keep it in for troubleshooting. Will remove it to save on power. Thanks for the info on c-states.

I’ve tried that, turned off all oc options. Do you think setting cpu to only run at base would help. Unless there are multiple cstate options I believe I disabled 2

Hey, AMD Ryzen 1000-3000 keeps freezing due to C-States. Disabling those should fix this issue.

I have a server currently running and it constantly hardware locks. All the lights and fans are spinning but nothing is responsive. The only way to reset it is to turn off the psu and flick it back on. It’s running a 3950x engineering sample AMD 100-00000003–02, 48gb of ram one 16 one 32gb, no gpu, 550w psu, 2hdds and 1 boot ssd and a pci Ethernet 10gig card. Is anyone else having or had similar issues. I’m so close to giving up cause I just want a stable server 😞

I can't help on the expansion card, but AMD Ryzen 1000-3000 Series tends to freeze with HexOS/TrueNAS. To fix this, you have to disable C-States. Also the GTX1080 is no longer supported only 2000 Series or higher is supported.