Not quite sure where to post this exactly, so I'll try here. Been thinking about building a NAS for a while, and bouncing back and forth between just getting a prebuilt or having a bit more fun and building my own. Would appreciate some feedback.
NAS would primarily be a media-server, possibly doing some light transcoding (heavy stuff done by my main PC then copied over), and also used for photography storage. I want a small, quiet solution, with good performance (hence CPU choice). Reds will be in a FreeNas Raid5 equivalent, and I've read about ZFS loving a ton of RAM (hence 16GB). However if RAID is not the best option (I want data security) please let me know.
If I was going with the home build, I was looking at :
Corsair Builder Series CXM 430W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PS
Corsair CMV16GX3M2A1333C9 Value Select 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1333
Fractal Design Node 304 Case- Fractal Design
Western Digital - 3TB Desktop SATA Hard Drive for NAS - OEM - Red x 4
Intel Core i3 3220 Dual Core CPU ( 3.30GHz, Socket 1155, 3MB Cache, Ivy Bridge, 55W
Intel PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter - Network adapter - PCI - EN
Gigabyte SKT-1155 H61N-D2V Mini ITX Motherboard Gigabyte
Have read about some issues/poor performance with Realtek NICs and FreeNas, so I want an Intel NIC but they are v difficult to find on mini-itx boards (hence the adapter card), also the only board I could find reasonably priced that had a PCI slot (would prefer PCI-E but hey-ho), other options are welcome!
So is this horribly unbalanced/expensive/overkill? I am budgeting between £800-900 (pounds not dollars!)
NAS would primarily be a media-server, possibly doing some light transcoding (heavy stuff done by my main PC then copied over), and also used for photography storage. I want a small, quiet solution, with good performance (hence CPU choice). Reds will be in a FreeNas Raid5 equivalent, and I've read about ZFS loving a ton of RAM (hence 16GB). However if RAID is not the best option (I want data security) please let me know.
If I was going with the home build, I was looking at :
Corsair Builder Series CXM 430W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PS
Corsair CMV16GX3M2A1333C9 Value Select 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1333
Fractal Design Node 304 Case- Fractal Design
Western Digital - 3TB Desktop SATA Hard Drive for NAS - OEM - Red x 4
Intel Core i3 3220 Dual Core CPU ( 3.30GHz, Socket 1155, 3MB Cache, Ivy Bridge, 55W
Intel PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter - Network adapter - PCI - EN
Gigabyte SKT-1155 H61N-D2V Mini ITX Motherboard Gigabyte
Have read about some issues/poor performance with Realtek NICs and FreeNas, so I want an Intel NIC but they are v difficult to find on mini-itx boards (hence the adapter card), also the only board I could find reasonably priced that had a PCI slot (would prefer PCI-E but hey-ho), other options are welcome!
So is this horribly unbalanced/expensive/overkill? I am budgeting between £800-900 (pounds not dollars!)