I've been calculating and with the same price, I could literally buy a 2tb yearly subscription of google drive, plus I don't have to maintain it.
but NAS sound tempting to build, I've been thinking about the hardware but not the software itself though so I still have yet to understand how to actually set it up.

any tips on choosing computer parts for NAS?
what about electricity bill for running them 24/7?
any tips at all?

>>105927455 (OP)
or should I get a raspberry pi for that? I don't know jack shit about setting them up either. fuck

>>105927455 (OP)
Do you need more than ~5-10TB worth of storage?
>No
You don't need a NAS and will only end up wasting time and money.
>Yes
Build a NAS, skip DDR3 bullshitery, just buy a cheap N100 board and 4x20TB HDDs. Run them in RAIDZ1 or RAIDZ2 and enjoy the storage space.
>Yes but I need tripple digit+ storage
Whole other story and at that point you shouldn't need anyone telling you what to buy.

>>105927455 (OP)
>2tb yearly subscription of google drive, plus I don't have to maintain it
>upload any copyrighted content
>whoops sorry chud you're locked out

>>105927487
Most people use oneclick hosters to stream 700mb reencodes. Not even those kind of retards use cloud shit to store movie rips anymore, except you I guess.

power draw on those thing must make them really costly in the long run

>>105927455 (OP)
You should think more ahead.
Personally you can grab a Odroid h4+ for 140 plus the 4 sata cables and the mini ITX conversion kit and have a way better machine that uses a fraction of the power that dinosaur will sip while being idle.
>>105927479
Is also a good option but I like the SBC aspect being more tidy

>>105927479
>just buy a cheap N100 board
can't really find them cheap around here so idk. and like why don't I buy things like Synology?

>>105927571
Get a odroid the board is better than that and is at a great price

>>105927539
>and have a way better machine that uses a fraction of the power that dinosaur will sip while being idle
I've been thinking about it too but then again i'm still doing a research on ts

>>105927571
>and like why don't I buy things like Synology?
You were talking about building a NAS. If you just want a more or less retard proof solution yeah buy a NAS enclosure and be done with it.

>>105927584
Regardless of the route you take, you will get a better machine than those meme prebuilts but the truth is you should be mindful of power especially when the better alternatives are relatively priced.

>>105927593
I was just trying to say that those n100 mini-pc with a decent price are hard to find around where I live and its price is roughly around the price of cheap Synology so that is what I was tryna say.
Let me look up the groups that sell this stuff and I'll report back

>>105927594
>those meme prebuilts
is it really that bad? also I can't find any Odroid board where I like, the best thing I got are those raspberry pi boards, thought?

>>105927455 (OP)
you don't go out of your way to build one retard. you either retire one of your own old computers or pick up a shitbox for cheap. plenty of intel 6xxx-10xxx computers (dd4) that can picked up for less than $100 on the second hand market.

don't believe these people telling you to buy some shitty mini pc. you had the right idea. buy an old pc as a starting point. then you can upgrade parts as needed and aren't stuck on some dead end platform.

>>105927735
>and aren't stuck on some dead end platform
>DDR3

>>105927766
yes, and he can upgrade the motherboard/ram/cpu cheaply from ebay when necessary. he'll be able to reuse his case, psu, etc. have you even used one of these bottom end intel chips? they're horrible.

>>105927455 (OP)
>what about electricity bill for running them 24/7?

>>105927785
>he'll be able to reuse his case, psu
Have you ever looked inside one of the cheap used OEM machines you're recommending? Unless he specifically looks for something that's using exclusively standard gear he'll end up with some shitbox with proprietary pinout, motherboard, psu, and probably even case layout.

>>105927820
yes, and so he should just find an old normal pc on ebay.

>>105927584
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>105927880
Cinnabrit

>>105927455 (OP)
If you just need 2TB the answer is no

>>105927455 (OP)

If you have already PC then I would consider using all 6 SATA before getting a NAS

6 x 4 TB = 24 TB

>>105927537
Agreed. OP should get something very low profile and with a very low power draw. A raspberry Pi with a SATA port can do the job for way, way less.

>>105927455 (OP)
If you don't value the electricity bill, then yes.

the only reason to buy a sbc is for the gpio header. if you're not using that a pi is the wrong solution.