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Nevermind. I saw the half size bracket included in the card.

Hi. I have one more question. The case only have half size expansion cards slots on the back. Not full size. Should I look for another one? Cheers.

OK. Thanks for your help. I think I have all my questions answered. I will make a new post if I have any questions about setting up the HexOS. Cheers!

Alright then. It also says that it has IT mode P20 Firmware already. I will go with your build and this extension card then. One last question, I think. I have checked the case details, and it says that the tallest CPU cooler is 70mm. I have then looked at this 65mm Noctua: Noctua NH-L9x65 chromax.black 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler (NH-L9x65 chromax.black) - PCPartPicker There is only 5mm of spare room. Would this not choke the cooler if I go with it? Or should I go instead with Noctua NH-L9i-17xx chromax.black 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler (NH-L9i-17xx chromax.black) - PCPartPicker that is 37mm OR this black Thermalright Thermalright AXP90-X47 42.58 CFM CPU Cooler (AXP90-X47 BLACK) - PCPartPicker 47mm tall?

or maybe this 9207 8I? Amazon.com: SVNXINGTII 9207-8i 6Gbs SAS 2308 PCI-E 3.0 HBA IT Mode for ZFS FreeNAS unRAID 2*SFF-8087 SATA Host Bus Adapter : Electronics

The LSI 9300 8i card I found: Amazon.com: LSI SAS3008 9300-8I IT-Mode HBA JBOD PCI-E 3.0 SATA/SAS 8-Port SAS3 12Gb/s ZFS FreeNAS unRAID 2* SFF-8643 SATA Cable : Electronics

I have found a few Intel mATX motherboards with 6x SATA slots at 220-250 euros, but all of them have Realtek networking. AMD AM4/AM5 had Intel networking. What exactly is the reason why you have chosen the Intel CPU? Why is Realtek something to avoid? What is more important here? The CPU or the Networking? Also also, I would like to avoid Gen12 and Gen13 Intel CPUs, because of the recent issue with them dying. That was the reason why I chose AMD in my original choice. Do I need more than 32GB for NAS? Found LSI 9300 8i with 4x for 99 USD on Amazon, and the Intel motherboard with 6x SATA was 220-250 (but Realtek network), so price-wise your choice is cheaper. I think I may go with it. What do you mean by "flashing it"? Do I need to change the original BIOS on the extension card? Doesn't it work as plug and play? If so, can you please explain that to me? What BIOS, from where and with what tools? I have never flashed the BIOS besides the motherboard. Cheers

Or what if I want to change old drive in Nas and replace it with a new one with higher capacity?

What is the price of motherboard that supports 6x SATA? Can you give me some examples to choose from? Let me think about it. Maybe it will be worth it. I want to stay with this case. Alternatively if I would go with your original build, I would rather go with M.2 expansion for the two cash drives than SATA expansions. Use the motherboard M.2 for the OS and 4x SATA ports for the HDD drives. Is there a way for two expansion cards? One with SATA and one with two M.2 drives? If the price of those expansions cards would add to the price of the motherboard, I could pay more for the motherboard instead with all slots required. How about expansion? What if I want to add more drives to my NAS later. Will I have to rebuild the RAID or is it as simple ass clicking add new drive to the pool? Cheers.

Thank you for your answer. I've looked at your build and the need of purchasing SATA expansion card (or M.2 expansion card) is something I want to avoid. The reason why I have chosen to go with motherboard with 2xM.2 slots and 6x SATA ports is that I want finally use 4x HDD for storage + 1x SSD for HexOS and those 2x M.2 as a cache. Is there another motherboard that I can use that offers this? Worst case scenario is 2x M.2 and 4x SATA so I use only 3 storage drives instead of four. Motherboard price can be up to 150 euro. Did check the Seagate Exos price in my place and is around 20 euro more for 16TB than Iron wolf so no difference for me, if it's better in any way I can change it. As for settings that I want, I meant that I want to set it this way that I can swap drives without the need to rebuild the entire thing. Automate it. For example if I want to change drive because it's damaged or change them into higher capacity, everything with copy and set up itself. With redundancy of course. P.S. I have found Thermalrigh APX 120 without RGB but in grey color. I'll look for black one. Cheers.

Also also, how would I set it for the easiest extendability and best operation.

So, I'm thinking about this build for the HexOS NAS. Is there anything missing or wrong? Is the integrated GPU ok or do I need to have a dedicated one? Thanks! Cheers Case: JONSBO N4 Black NAS PC Case Mobo: Asus Prime B550-Plus AM4 ATX CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock LP RAM: Kingston FURY Beast DDR4 3200 MHz CL16 32 GB GPU: CPU integrated OS: Kingston A400 240 GB SATA SSD M.2: 2x Kingston NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1 Tt M.2 SSD HDD: 3x Seagate IRONWOLF PRO 16 TB SATAIII PSU: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M ATX 550 W

Forgot to add and can't edit this post. OS: Kingston A400 240 GB SATA SSD

So, I'm thinking about this build for the HexOS NAS. Is there anything missing or wrong? Is the integrated GPU ok or do I need to have a dedicated one? Cheers Case: JONSBO N4 Black NAS PC Case Mobo: Asus Prime B550-Plus AM4 ATX CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock LP RAM: Kingston FURY Beast DDR4 3200 MHz CL16 32 GB GPU: CPU integrated M.2: 2x Kingston NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1 Tt M.2 SSD HDD: 3x Seagate IRONWOLF PRO 16 TB SATAIII PSU: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M ATX 550 W

Hello I currently have an old 2x1TB NAS with regular network access and that's it. I want to get a new NAS with HexOS. I'm thinking about 2 drives for now, but 4 drives finally, so must have 4 HDD slots + SSD/m.2 slot(s). So for example 4x20TB HDD + 2x2TB m.2. I also want something that is small and not a normal size PC case. The question is if it's better to build something myself or just get a regular NAS from Asustor/Ugreen/something else. My main concern is future proofing. Will I have to replace it in 5 years or not if I get the regular NAS. Also also, if I DIY one with the drive requirements I have, will I be limited to a big case or are there some Mini PC cases that would work for me? The budget I have for the NAS (without drives) is 500 USD ish. Thanks for all the answers.! Cheers