Woopzys Posted Saturday at 07:55 PM Posted Saturday at 07:55 PM I'm still very new to this, my only previous built was my desktop. Now I want to built a NAS. As I don't have hardware laying around, I need to be certain of what I need before buying stuff. For now, my use case would be running HA vm (requirements: 2 cores, 2 GB memory, 32GB storage), Immich (recommended: 4 cores, 8 GB memory) on HexOS (2 cores, 8GB memory, 16GB bootdrive). So for my cpu: adding the above requirements gives me 8 cores, as it quite likely I'll self-host more stuff in the future, doubling that core count sounds precautious. I didn't find any reasonably priced 1851 mobo's with plenty sata 600 so 1700 socket it is. Are the 13th and 14th gen still a no go? Because a i7 14700 is cheaper than a i9 12900K for more cores (20 vs 16). Anyways, this is the list of components I'm thinking of buying. https://be.pcpartpicker.com/list/hMYrjn Could I get some feedback? Quote
Mobius Posted Saturday at 10:34 PM Posted Saturday at 10:34 PM intel has said so many times and were wrong so many times about 13th and 14th gen being fixed so regardless i wouldn't touch it with a 10 ft pole. mobo is good bc it uses an intel nic which is preferred if your case fits it i would go with the slightly cheaper but wayyy better Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V2 definitely consider a different case that has plenty of mesh for airflow purposes. arctic p14 pro has recently been released so i would consider that over the p14 max but yeah overall solid choices Quote
Woopzys Posted 2 hours ago Author Posted 2 hours ago Thank you! I've got a couple of follow-up questions. 22 hours ago, Mobius said: if your case fits it i would go with the slightly cheaper but wayyy better Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V2 I haven't found the V2 in my region, but I've found reviews the not V2 is also better than the Noctua one. I can draw more than double the power though (2 fans vs single fan), but it does seem much better at cooling at low rpm's. Does this mean I should tweak the temp-pwm curves? Or should it automatically find a lower rpm? 22 hours ago, Mobius said: definitely consider a different case that has plenty of mesh for airflow purposes. It can support 9 140mm fans, so I was assuming that to be enough? There are covers included though for if you don't have fans installed and want it to be quieter. I can just remove a couple of those. 22 hours ago, Mobius said: arctic p14 pro has recently been released so i would consider that over the p14 max Thanks for pointing this out. I've noticed my mobo only has 1 m.2 heatsink. Does this mean I should buy a couple heatsinks for my other 2 m.2's? Quote
Mobius Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Woopzys said: I haven't found the V2 in my region, but I've found reviews the not V2 is also better than the Noctua one. I can draw more than double the power though (2 fans vs single fan), but it does seem much better at cooling at low rpm's. Does this mean I should tweak the temp-pwm curves? Or should it automatically find a lower rpm? Ah i tried to look for parts using the same region as you using pc part picker, guess it didn't work. Honestly the different variation of the cooler are all pretty similar so i wouldn't worry about v1 vs v2 or digital or whatever variants they have. It might just drop to lower speeds faster since it'll cool the cpu faster. You can always current the fan curve to once that makes more sense for you 1 hour ago, Woopzys said: It can support 9 140mm fans, so I was assuming that to be enough? There are covers included though for if you don't have fans installed and want it to be quieter. I can just remove a couple of those. You are always better off using less fans that don't have to work hard. In the long run you'll save plenty of money just on electricity from having less fans on top of not having to buy as many fans. Mesh in general will heavily increase airflow and keep it so your system is at s lower temp in general. It might sound contradictory because o just recommended increasing fans for your cpu cooler but that is more fans that don't have to work as hard. 1 hour ago, Woopzys said: 've noticed my mobo only has 1 m.2 heatsink. Does this mean I should buy a couple heatsinks for my other 2 m.2's? Yeah that's a good idea. Just avoid Arctic's heat sink. If you of have a heat sink on the back of your motherboard use a thermal pad to connect the ssd to the case instead (generic advice because too sleepy to check your motherboard again) Quote
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