Jasper Slade

Thank you all for your responses, it has been very helpful to see your various perspectives. With this being my first attempt at a home NAS, it's more about just getting something up and running using equipment I already have on-hand. I'm hoping to train both myself and the rest of the family to utilize the NAS to backup our files. If our needs exceed my initial deployment, I'll certainly look into investing into a more expandable build. Before this thread, I had not even considered a NAS specific case, I was just stuck thinking about a standard ITX or mATX case, so I'll certainly look into that, as well as swapping out my CPU cooler for something more low-profile. While I'm at it, I'll likely pick up a smaller SSD as well. Thank you all for your input, I appreciate it!

I have been wanting to setup a home NAS for some time now, thanks to HEXOS, I'm finally pulling the trigger. I have two systems available at the moment. I want to use one to run HEXOS, the other will likely be donated to a family member or something. I plan to purchase a new case to house the system, along with 3 HDDs to start my initial backup pool. I also have a spare RTX 3060 TI, but I don't see how that could be of any benefit to a NAS, so it will likely go with the donated PC. Here are the two systems: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RkMLwY https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bg9bC8 Let me know what you think. Also, if you see that a significant improvement could be made, let me know. I'm 100% new to NAS building. Thank you so much!