Whether you want to connect a graphics card for video output, a network card for faster networking speeds, or want to connect a SATA card for connecting more hard drives, it is highly important to have enough PCI-E and Expansion slots in your motherboard to ensure that you can build a high-performance NAS. I’m excited because I have quite a bit of faith from my firsthand experience with the motherboard using it in the earlier DIY NAS build. Sure, it won't be nearly as well-engineered as an R630, but for people who want a compact NAS it seems like checks lots of blocks. With the AM4 socket, you can pair this motherboard with a low-end and affordable AMD Athlon 3000 series CPU. I’m also hopeful that people who are reading this blog a few months down the road will have a greater opportunity to still be able to obtain the motherboard.

All memory is brand new, comes with a Full Lifetime Warranty and is packaged and protected by bespoke Mr Memory Anti-Static shield bags, recyclable plastic packets inside a Jiffy or a cardboard box. The X570 has a lot of SATA ports, but if I go NVMe storage pool, I can’t add another PCIe card, except in the 4. The Gigabyte B650I Aorus Ultra isn’t the best at overclocking, just like other ITX motherboards, and it becomes rather constrictive when expansion cards and other parts are added to the PC setup.

Even though both NAS and servers have similar functionality to each other while having large amounts of storage, a NAS has very limited features.

Instead, invest a little extra in a motherboard that supports higher-generation processors to give it a longer lifespan. If there’s room in your budget, then the power supply is a component that I would certainly recommend upgrading in this build.I expected a NAS with this many features would’ve been considerably more expensive than last year’s EconoNAS. com/product/infinity-c-13/ which is way more than I need, but its very good value and easy to work in. Drives with a smaller capacity exist, but if they’re from a company that I recognize, they’re usually as expensive–or sometimes more expensive! The MSI MAG B660M Mortar with Micro-ATX form factor is the ideal motherboard for building a low-profile NAS due to its small size and lower power requirements.