Josu Posted April 22, 2019 Share #1 Posted April 22, 2019 Currently i am using DS214 play NAS, and i am happy with it. But now in 4k content time NAS is not strong enough. I want to build custom NAS, prefer to be at least ITX motherboard. As NAS is working 24/7 need really good mobo. Can you advice me motheroard/cpu combo for things what i want to do: Sometimes transcode 4k videos Run 1-2 virtualmachines, nothing serious And of course simply watch movies, store data. 4 HDD for me will be max, but i think 2 is enough And one more thing, can i use serial numbers from my current NAS in xpenology build to be able using quickconnect? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josu Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted April 23, 2019 Anyone please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josu Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted April 25, 2019 ok. looks like xpenology not for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotusd Posted April 25, 2019 Share #4 Posted April 25, 2019 Why don't you just study this tread? Then if you have questions come back to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2trill4925 Posted April 27, 2019 Share #5 Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) I’m new to the scene myself, and if I only needed two HDD bays for my build I would go with a i7 refurb Dell Tower (although I wouldn’t leave it on 24/7). At the most you may need to add RAM for your VMs. I think that your question about Quickconnect can not be addressed here, but you should have a look at the MAC/Serial Generator Tool then make a decision on how to proceed. There are other ways to access your data remotely. Again I went with the default values, and the only feature that I am missing out on is WOL. Outside of a Optiplex 390 and another build with a Asus e35m1-m pro my experience is extremely limited. I never adapted the ITX standard, but if I were to do so I would start with quad core embedded solutions. There’s a chance that you may have to add a network driver. Good luck with your build. Edited April 27, 2019 by 2trill4925 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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