I'm leaning toward using Unraid for the flexibility with VMs, but not sure if that'd be better than FreeNAS? I keep the NAS in the garage, so I'm no longer using the direct HDMI ports it has and mainly use it as a Plex server, Pihole host, Wordpress/mySQL server, and of course store data (some of which is backed up to OneDrive).Īs I've never gone custom NAS before (had a Synology for 5 years prior to getting this QNAP), I was hoping to get a few more eyes on my plan to see if I'm missing anything. I'm thinking if I buy an MSI Z590-A PRO motherboard, Intel i5-10400 CPU, and 2x 8GB DDR4-2666 RAM, I can get a very capable machine together for around $450. I currently have an old NZXT Noctis 450 case with an EVGA 650W Gold PSU and Corsair H115i as a spare, left over from a previous PC upgrade. Aside from the fact that the QNAP isn't fast enough for any transcoding, I'd love to get a bit more flexible machine together (running some VMs, mixing HDD sizes for future upgrades, etc.).
Hey all, I have a 4+ year old QNAP TS-453A NAS currently (with 4x 4TB WD Red HDDs), but the recent Qlocker ransomware attack has gotten me to think about replacing it with a custom NAS.
