I was considering getting a NAS box for media storage and for a backup (mostly family photos/video/documents), however with an aging HTPC, I decided to build a new one that also serves as storage.
The furniture that the HTPC is in has a door that's usually closed and the PC is hidden, so I decided for a normal PC case on it's side, rather than a more expensive HTPC case, few of which have capacity for 4 x 3.5" HDD. I added just 2 drives for now due to budget reasons, but intend on buying 2 more soon.
Other than that, I may do the occasional gaming on it, but not new cutting edge games, just older steam games or arcade emulators.
Other than that, does this setup look reasonable? I am not too sure about the motherboard, I just liked the price.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
The furniture that the HTPC is in has a door that's usually closed and the PC is hidden, so I decided for a normal PC case on it's side, rather than a more expensive HTPC case, few of which have capacity for 4 x 3.5" HDD. I added just 2 drives for now due to budget reasons, but intend on buying 2 more soon.
Other than that, I may do the occasional gaming on it, but not new cutting edge games, just older steam games or arcade emulators.
Other than that, does this setup look reasonable? I am not too sure about the motherboard, I just liked the price.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW)= £50.79
- 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £69.16
- 2 x Seagate IronWolf 6TB NAS 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST6000VN0033)= £149.99
- 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £149.99
- 1 x Asus H110-Plus Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £49.99
- 1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX424C15FBK2/8)= £82.49
- 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £116.66