Hello there, i’m looking to upgrade my 10 years old NAS/server. I already have the HDD and the case. But i have difficulties to chose motherboard, PSU, CPU & RAM.

So far i’m looking for :

AMD CPU, +12 threads
Because it’s already a RAID6 I’m looking for a bunch of SATA ports, maybe a LSI ? Which one ? And 2 NVME slots for the Motherboard.
More than 16GB of ram, IF possible ECC
All of this available in western Europe
I’m aiming for a budget between 600€ and 900€ for those 4 components.

(I do know why i’m aiming at this kind of hardware. But I have stopped being hardware enthusiast like 9 years ago and I really need some help for this)

Have a nice day and a nice weekend :)

(If it’s the wrong place to ask for hardware advises I’m sorry)

Edit to reflect questions :

  • 8 SATA ports is a minimum, more is good (that’s why i’m looking at LSI)
  • 1Gb/s Network is a minimum, 2.5Gb/s is cool
  • The Motherboard should be at max ATX format, not larger

Have a great day

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    ECC RAM is quite pricey. That could be a stretch.

    Random suggestion, but look for a cheap X3D CPU if it’s in the budget, like a 7600X3D or a 5500/5600 X3D.

    They’re a nice low TDP out of the box, super efficient, and the cache disproportionately speeds up a few potential NAS specific workloads like encoding. It “hides” the performance penalty of cheap RAM. They’d also perfect for game servers.

    …But don’t go out of your way if they’re pricey.