I have a similar setup but some parts of this video were hard to watch. If you are looking at this and want to build a similar setup, I would recommend: - low-profile CPU fan - modular power supply - connect the cables only once the motherboard is bolted in - only close the case once you have everything working properly And for a more silent setup while cooling as required, let the motherboard handle the case fans if possible and then get rid of the fan controller from the case. It can be unscrewed easily.
Thank you for the video it was interesting and informative. I have built several diy nas boxes and all that used a usb as a boot drive have failed in 12-18 months so i would suggest having a spare cloned copy that you can switch out. In the end i went with some old nvme drives installed in usb caddies for my OS and stuck to the frame with velcro strips for all of mine except 1 system. With that system i used a sata ssd with a usb cable adapter i had kicking about again velcroing it to the case frame, i would suggest if you velcro that it is where there is air flow to keep the nvme/ssd cool. Performance wise i saw no differance between nvme gen3/4 drives verse the older sata drives when running truenas core or unraid. Take care, God bless one and all.
as a Node 304 user, I highly recommend using NH-U12S or NH-U14S cpu tower cooler, it'll give more straight airflow and will give more clearance for disk cables :)
It's probably overkill. I'm using mine with stock Intel cooler for i5 10th gen. It's as quiet as it can be, same for fractal fans and temps are fine so far. Plus it leaves you with ample space to maneuver cables.
Is your surveillance recording 24/7? No object detection activated? Not using 1 of the ssd as a write cache? You would be better of getting 3 or 4 normal drives in raid 5. A soundkiller instead of using the fancurve to maximize performance/silence?
Please explain what the extra cable does that you added to the fan and how it works. I think you said it reduces noise? I though the bios has those options?
looking into AsRock n100dc-ITX it's cheap and very power efficient and also fanless. IMHO not sure if is it still worth it to buy extra old sockets in 2023
How much did it cost you total (minus hard drives)? How are the temperatures for the drives? Good thing you didn't go with the Silverstone DS380B. Its airflow is really bad for the drives.
Thanks for watching the video. The whole build without the drives cost me around €315 / $345, of which the case, CPU cooler & usb drive were bought new. On the temperature front all 3 drivers are doing between 30-31°C / 86-88 °F. The server is kept in a non-air conditioned room with outside temps of around 20°C / 68°F. Few days ago the disks complained about higher temps, but it turned out to be the dust filters being clogged, after cleaning them it went back to 30°C :-)
@@pchardwaretherapy Those are really good temperatures! My temperatures are easily 43-50°C in the DS380B. I've been looking for a replacement case with 8 (prefer swappable) drives, but nothing fits the Mini-ITX form factor so far. I may need to go Micro-ATX or ATX case.
Can you do a tutorial on how to build a simple DAS server? Many people keep building NAS servers when really all they need is a DAS Server instead. DAS is way faster!
