Vanderploegr1

It's a good point. I did consider that, but simply because I didn't have the time to design a case that I could print in parts on my small print bed then assemble, Unless there are some good designs people have already made, I could be persuaded to swap to that if I got back a little bit of space.

Just following up with the completed build! It turned out great, and the standoffs you shared with the foam adhesive pads were crucial as none of the original mounting posts lined up with the holes on the motherboard. So I used the other plastic standoffs of the same length the help keep the motherboard from toughing the metal where the plastic adhesive ones couldn't fit. I still have to wire in the power button, and it looks like the front panel controls are just hard soldered, but at least the back panel lines up and I still have access to the network port and a couple usb. The last thing I wish I would have considered was that my sata cables were not right angle, which in this case made it a right fit. Thanks for the help, hopefully that can help anyone looking to do the same thing! The next step for me is to 3d print a cover for the back panel and PSU.

Thanks @ubergeek! That helps, So, if I'm planning this out, I should be able to use this case: https://a.co/d/1FYA1K5 right? I'm trying to find adapters for the front panel, but I didn't see one specifically for the 3050. Closest thing that looked legit I found was: https://a.co/d/iRIh82o And lastly I would just pick up a standoff kit I'd likely have all the ones I would need? https://a.co/d/1Yj7ZqO It doesn't need to be pretty, I just want to get it all safely enclosed in a case so I don't accidentally damage any drives.

Hey there, I've got a dell 3050 SFF that I've converted into a NAS with HexOS and a SilverStone Technology SX500-G Power supply to help power the two PCIE SATA expansion cards and 6 3.5" drives. Since I misunderstood the form factor of the PSU, I've just got that and the drives sitting on top of the old SFF case which isn't ideal. Can anyone recommend a case that I could put the Dell motherboard in with the SFX PSU and ideally house the 6 or more hard drives? I've been reading that Dell has their own motherboard layout so I'm having a hard time figuring out what will fit or not. Any help for is appreciated!

Hi everyone! I'm excited to join the Beta program with HexOS and build my first NAS which I plan to use for basic file storage and maybe computer backups down the road. Currently I have 12TB of storage hosted as a network drive on a always on micro PC and my goal is to replace that with this setup. To do that I'm planning on using: Dell OptiPlex 3050 SFF Intel Core i5-7500 | 8GB DDR4 RAM M.2 128GB drive for OS SATA 1 : SEAGATE TERASCALE HDD 4TB ST4000NC001 5900 RPM 64MB 3.5" SATA 6GB/S SATA 2: Identical 4TB drive as above PCIE SATA Expansion card: 10 Port PCIE Expansion Card PCIe SATA 3.0 Controller Adapter 6Gbps for Desktop In that Expansion card, 3 more of the same 4TB drives I know they are slower drives, I'm not super concerned with the performance, so that's fine with me. My biggest concern is power. There are no other power leads coming out of the power supply. I'm guessing I can't just get a SATA power splitter cable to power the 5 drives off the power supply technically made for SATA 1? Is there anything else about this setup I should be concerned about? With 5 4TB drives would my storage then be 16TB? (Max - 1 drive) with 1 drive failure without data loss? Thanks everyone!