blueman Posted July 7, 2016 Share #1 Posted July 7, 2016 Hi Guys, I'm looking at changing my current tower running xpenology to a more compact NAS build. I'd like to utilise the current CPU (i3-4130), 5x 2TB Hard Drives and 16GB DDR3 RAM but replace motherboard with a mini-itx board and a compact case. I'm looking for recommendations about what people think are good compatible boards and cases with no driver or build issues. At the moment I am looking at the ASRock H97M-ITX/ac motherboard - http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/h97m-itxac/ Case I am looking at either: U-NAS NSC-800 - http://www.u-nas.com/product/nsc800.html or Silverstone DS380 - http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=452 Any thoughts on these or other recommendations? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenlez Posted July 8, 2016 Share #2 Posted July 8, 2016 I owned these two case before, and I highly recommend U-NAS NSC-800. It's quiet, well built, and much better ventilation. the fan system in the Silverstone DS380 doesn't pull much air, and hard drives becomes very hot with this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakethekiwi Posted July 9, 2016 Share #3 Posted July 9, 2016 Hey blue man I have that motherboard and cpu Baremetal. works well I put it in a cool master rc-130. added a custom hdd cage http://s.aliexpress.com/yaaU3e6R And 2 bitfenix spectre fans 120mm with the bitfenix fan controller I have them running slowish and it's quiet and cool I had to remove the CD-ROM holder to fit the hdd cage Went with a corsair semi modular Psu Also put a Intel duel Nic The only drama I put in a DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm GABRIEL CPU Cooler and there is only about 2mm between that and the ram so choose low style without all the fins hope that helps you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backslash Posted July 9, 2016 Share #4 Posted July 9, 2016 I owned these two case before, and I highly recommend U-NAS NSC-800. It's quiet, well built, and much better ventilation. the fan system in the Silverstone DS380 doesn't pull much air, and hard drives becomes very hot with this case. Hey wenlez, Where'd you get the u-nas case from? I've been searching for one for a while now! Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manowar123 Posted July 10, 2016 Share #5 Posted July 10, 2016 Bitfenix prodigy, very good model, have 5x3.5 and 4x2.5 https://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/prod ... digy#specs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dh22r Posted July 11, 2016 Share #6 Posted July 11, 2016 My chassis is a Fractal Node 304 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811352027). Hold 6 3.5/2.5 disks with 2 92mm front and 140mm rear fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenlez Posted July 11, 2016 Share #7 Posted July 11, 2016 I was lucky, and bought a NSC-800 from eBay. I don't know where to get U-NAS case now, but if you search for " Will Jaya" on both Amazon and eBay, you'll see the 4 bay and 8 bay version of the U-NAS case. i'm quite sure they are identical. that's Jaya, with Y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dh22r Posted July 13, 2016 Share #8 Posted July 13, 2016 No meaning to start any arguments, but for a SOHO NAS, how important is the hot-swap feature? Wouldn't a good mid-sized quiet tower case, with ample internal space for cooling, be a reasonable option vs some "cramped" NAS boxes with hot-swap capabilities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastrychef Posted July 13, 2016 Share #9 Posted July 13, 2016 I appreciate the hot swap feature a lot. I started my NAS with five 4TB drives and expanded to eight 8TB drives. The hot swap bays made life much simpler for me. Also, as a DS380 owner, I have not experienced any issues with cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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