[NOOB] Replacement NAS - First Time Build

[TheAppleFreak]

Hey Guys,

I'm looking to replace my Netgear Sotra NAS with something more flexible, something I can expand over time.

The main use I guess would be streaming SD & HD films, TV Shows and Music. It would also act as a file storage and I guess backup storage of my 2 Macs, external access would be great too.

Also another reason is, I just want to build something

I been looking around on OC3D and trolling the net and have come up with some spec, now I feel as if I have let myself get out of control and using components that will be wasted in this machine.

As I have only been looking into self build a few days I'm still completely clueless. I have no idea if I'm going to need extra cables and fans, ect.

Please be brutal, I know as much in self build as I do in quantum psychics.... atm.

Specs:

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 - £38.99

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Mast...1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1330726122&sr=1-1

PSU: Corsair CX500 V2 80 PLUS® - £49 (Will I need the CX600?)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMPSU-500CXV2UK-Builder-CX500V2-Certified/dp/B005851O16

Motherboard: ASUS M5A88-M AM3+ AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - £79.00

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/asus-...matx-motherboard-am3-socket-11284301-pdt.html

CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 460 3.4GHz Socket AM3 1.5MB (3x512KB) L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor- £66.00

http://www.ebuyer.com/270556-amd-at...cket-am3-1-5mb-3x512kb-l2-cache-adx460wfgmbox

RAM: G-Skill 8GBXL Ripjaws X for Intel Sandybridge Platforms DDR3 PC12800 1600MHz 8GB Kit - £38.00

http://www.amazon.co.uk/G-Skill-Ripjaws-Sandybridge-Platforms-PC12800/dp/B004HZG4ZO

HDD: Samsung F4 EcoGreen 2TB 32MB 5400RPM 3.5 Inch SATA-II Internal Hard Drive - 3 Year Warranty - OEM - £100 each (I have One 1TB HDD atm from my Stora so for now I will only invest into 1 extra HDD)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Eco...1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330881608&sr=8-2-fkmr0

Am I missing anything? Will I need to buy my own fans? What kinda Cables? Does it even tally up!!!

Thank you for your help. Its most appreciated!!

 

[frufsa]

NAS is one of the few things that theres no point of building youselfe,

buy a preasebled nas

 

[hmmblah]

I built my own in a SFF Silverstone case, AMD X2, 4GB RAM etc. If I were to build today I'd probably go with an HP Microserver. Mine is used for file storage and streaming, so I don't need much power.

Edit: The specs you picked will be more than fine for what you want to do. You really don't need that much RAM, but it's so cheap now it doesn't hurt.

 

[sheroo]

Yeah I've heard good things about the HP Microservers as well. They were doing a £100 cashback at one point as well.