Sub $1000 USD NAS and Media Center builds

[Tyson Gibby]

A discussion thread for posting sub $1000 USD builds with these concepts:

• Parts are available (not rare) so other people can copy the build
• Build is less than $1000 USD
• Build has basic NAS function
• NAS has basic media center abilities (streaming, etc..)

[Tyson Gibby]

This is a build I put together on PC Part Picker:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Unconquered/saved/#view=ps4TP6

What improvements can be made while still staying under $1000? Or what did I screw up since this is my first x86 NAS build?

Edited 2 hours ago by Tyson Gibby

[PsychoWards]

Hey,

A couple of remarks:

The selected GPU is very week and cannot handle 4k transcoding.

If you are going for Media Center you need a lot more storage (you can get significant more storage with HDDs compared to SSDs for the same price).

You should probably look at an Intel CPU (their CPUs are shit for gaming but man, Intel QuickSync on the on-board GPU is one heck of a power house for transcoding). This way you don't need a dedicated GPU and can still transcode.

Your currently selected Motherboard has a Realtek NIC, Realtek NICs are mostly not supported and/or are not working correctly with Hexos/Truenas so if you choose a MoBo with a Realtek NIC you also need another (preferably Intel NIC) to get any network connections. In combination with the HBA card and a dedicated GPU (if you are going that path) you need to make sure to have enough PCIe slots and PCIe Lanes for those 3 extansion cards to work properly.