Will this HW do for a DIY NAS?

[PLAfiller]

Greetings all,

I'd like to take a shot at building a home NAS/media thingy. Plex @720/1080p streaming and common access to shared folders. Something like Seagate Central/WD My cloud with a single drive.....you catch my drift.

I have some parts laying around, I didn't buy them now and not for this. Just left over parts. I would like to ask if this will be enough to do what I described?

List of parts:

Case: Quantax X2 .
PSU: Seasonic SS250-SU (250W) flex atx
CPU: Celeron G5900
RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengenace 2400 Mhz
Sata drive 1 M.2: Crucial MX300 275GB
Sata drive 2 M.2: Toshiba 500GB OEM (left over from pre-built)
Sata drive 3: WD Blue 4TB 5400rpm
Sata drive 4: Seagate 500 GB on Sata 2

That's it. I am missing a motherboard. I can get Asrock H410M HDV for €50 or so.

I've never done it, obviously lots of Youtube videos ahead, but is it worth it? Or spend €100 for a brand new Synology DS120J and call it a day?

NAS owners show your heads whatcha ya think?

 

[A Computer Guy]

Many hardcore NAS builder might recommend you run ECC ram. Being able to run ECC ram will depend on your CPU and motherboard choices.

If your needs are simple and you want to use your time doing other things I'd go with Synology especially for on-sale items to get the best price.
If you love building your own stuff and learning lots of stuff then I'd go with building your own NAS.

To me using Plex on Synology ds920+ felt inadequate when transcoding was concerned so if you need transcoding a better CPU than what pre-built NAS solutions provide will do better with Plex transcoding.

 

[Pickles Von Brine]

Many hardcore NAS builder might recommend you run ECC ram. Being able to run ECC ram will depend on your CPU and motherboard choices.

If your needs are simple and you want to use your time doing other things I'd go with Synology especially for on-sale items to get the best price.
If you love building your own stuff and learning lots of stuff then I'd go with building your own NAS.

To me using Plex on Synology ds920+ felt inadequate when transcoding was concerned so if you need transcoding a better CPU than what pre-built NAS solutions provide will do better with Plex transcoding.

Not really needed. 2 synology NAS here run fine without it. Both 8 bay 32TB each. I also have a plex server that is made with standard hardware zero issues.

As far as a NAS goes that system can work. The processor is weak though you cannot run plex on that. at least an i5

 

[Rover4444]

You should be fine, I think. Intel docs say you can decode some HEVC. Check them for yourself, it's listed under the Intel® UHD Graphics 610. Don't expect an upgrade path, the only way you're getting better media decoding with that motherboard is with a discrete card.

Put everything in JBOD and use btrfs. I prefer Jellyfin.