I Built the Jonsbo N2 NAS - Better than Synology / QNAP? (Full Build Tutorial)

I Built the Jonsbo N2 NAS - Better than Synology / QNAP? (Full Build Tutorial) - 100K Sub Special

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Best Jonsbo N2 Build for Under £500
Jonsbo N2 + Intel Core i5 12th Gen + 16GB RAM + 10GbE Build
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Best Jonsbo N2 Build for £750-1000
Jonsbo N2 + Gen4/5 MoBo + Intel Core i5 12th Gen with Int Gfx + 32GB RAM + 10GbE Build
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Video Chapters
00:00 - SERIOUSLY, NEVER?
01:27 - The Start
01:50 - THANK YOU!
02:20 - The Rules!!!
03:11 - Let's Go Shopping, the Topton Motherboards
04:10 - The Jonsbo N2 Case
04:55 - Power and Cables
05:22 - Shipping Times
06:02 - Unpacking and Unboxing the Jonsbo N2 and Topton NAS Board
12:42 - Removing the Case Panels
15:11 - Accessing the SATA Backplane
17:50 - Correctly Installing the PSU in the Jonsbo N2
21:46 - Adding Power to the SATA backplane
23:55 - Installing the Topton NAS Motherboard
25:48 - Connecting Your SATA Bays to the NAS Motherboard
27:00 - Connecting the PSU to the Motherboard Correctly
27:52 - The Front Panel Pins!!!!
29:07 - It was going so well......
30:26 - FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!
30:55 - RMA/Replacement Time!
32:40 - First Power On...
33:30 - Note on the Front USB Panel on the Jonsbo N2 vs the TopTon NAS MoBo
35:00 - How to Create an UnRAID Boot USB Drive
42:55 - HDD Installation in the Jonsbo N2 NAS Case
46:54 - First Boot!
48:40 - What is the Default OS on the TopTon NVMe SSD?
51:25 - First UnRAID Login
55:01 - Totalling Up the Costs!
58:00 - How Does the Jonsbo N2+TopTon NAS Build Compare with Synology/QNAP
59:45 - The Downsides...
01:01:22 - Verdict and Conclusion
01:03:05 - Thanks for Watching!
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@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

I want to share three builds for £250, £500 and £750 that will suit most users looking at cracking into #unraid and #TrueNAS on a budget! Find out more in the video here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fchdnbBjzd7Hqqs.html and the article here - nascompares.com/2023/09/08/top-jonsbo-n2-nas-builds-for-250-500-750-and-1000/ Have an excellent weekend!

@TwistedMe13 10 ай бұрын

30:47 For the sake of my sanity I've sworn I'd never again use any PSU that is not either a Seasonic, Silverstone, Corsair or EVGA. The juice of saving a few dimes is not worth the inevitable squeeze.

@theironangel767 9 ай бұрын

@nascompares Great video, I love DIY NAS solutions, rocking a 20-bay Silverstone with 150TB myself - I'm not normally a nitpicker, but I don't want people to get the wrong idea about the cool little Jonsbo case. You state "the N2 does utilise different connectors [...] than those traditionally found on your motherboard" I'll give you some degree of free pass on this if you were intending to say "than those found on this motherboard" and had a slip of the tongue. However, I'm reasonably confident in saying that Jonsbo are using the industry standard USB-3-FP header (wide black one) which has been around for over 10 years now as well as the industry standard USB-C-FP header (the one that looks like a really wide H --> l--------l) Both of these are commonly found on most modern socketed CPU ITX boards. I suspect they are missing from the board you have due to not being included in 'cost saver' level mobile platforms (Celeron and Pentium being below the 'Core' series and all) Another minor note (more for the viewers) would be that if you are going to use a converter to make them work with your motherboard you will naturally limit their transmission speed to whatever they are converted to - in this case, they would be getting converted to the positively antique USB2-FP header.

@PeteBreen 10 ай бұрын

Robbie & Eddie - congratulations on 100K and thank you both for the incredible NAS content!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thank YOU for being insanely generous man. Massively appreciate the donation man. You could have just trusted the KZfaq ads to pay the bills and carried on, but NO, you went the extra mile! Seriously, I'll be impressed if this video makes $100 in a year...staggered in fact. So, it was always going to be a net loss for me and Ed to go ahead and buy the components..but it's a passion thing. Always has been, always will be. I say this because we are human and from time to time, the motivation to attack some projects might be less than it could be (that's life). But when people donate overtly in the way that you have done, it makes us REALLY pleased/proud of what we have made and I really want to thank you for appreciating it and supporting us. YOU are brilliant!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Quick follow up, especially for you and 3 others man - kzfaq.info/love/FyP17HoU-vpxhIpGXnXx2gcommunity?lb=UgkxeuXgwHhXRYGo3Lq1dUE5KyfkpxwODY6s

@MoonMugsUK 4 ай бұрын

@@nascompares Well done thats alot of youtube i hope eddie made a back up

@chekiechen 10 ай бұрын

I subscribed when there were only a couple thousand subs. I thought to myself that this channel would never break 10K because NAS is such a small market. But here you are, 100K. Congrats!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man. I feel/felt almost exactly the same. Cheers!

@mastroitek 10 ай бұрын

Man I would have thought the same, but tbh since 3y ago I did not even know what a NAS was, then I got a DS220j and it completely changed the way I handle my files, it is worlds apart compared to what a normal cloud subscription can do. This little (and arguably cheap) devices have so much to offer even for home users and students such as myself. I hope to see this community grow

@mikemcdonald5147 10 ай бұрын

congrats on the 100k I can't believe you don't have more. You've been around for a long time and have helped tons of people me included. Thank you for all you do.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man for the incredibly kind words!

@tkbronco 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this detailed video. I used it for my own Jonsbo N2 build and it was so helpful with the step-by-step instructions and guidance on the gotchas. It saved me so much time to pre-plan. Excellent video!

@G_Star868 10 ай бұрын

“Nas is like” for the ringtone is just sublime! 😂 Congratulations on 100K subs! This channel guided me on HDD choices for my Jonsbo N1 NAS. Keep up the great work!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your fantastically minor joke on part...really worried that no one would catch that one! You legend!

@turbo_bikini 10 ай бұрын

Massive Congratulations to You! 100K and many more for you and your insanely interesting content. Thank you.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thank man. Massively appreciate comment!

@petercdejong 10 ай бұрын

BIG Congratulations on 100K, well deserved! Keep it up with the very interesting content!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks bud. Appreciate the kind words

@user-db5su8sn6h 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations on 100K I have been interested in building my own NAS and have been watching your channel for some time now. Tons of information you guys are doing a great job!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Hope you also like the vid from an hour ago - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fchdnbBjzd7Hqqs.html

@photomax7483 10 ай бұрын

Congratulation on 100K subscribers. Keep it up and thank you for sharing quality contents and mainly your passion to share unbiased info with us! Fantastic job! 😊👍

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

THAT is a lovely comment..you humble me sir!

@Daniel-kz1ki 10 ай бұрын

@@nascompares how did you put tforce a4440 in the ps5 ? And use elecgear heatsink ? The a4440 has a graphene heat spreader did you just put that in and on top the elecgear heatsink ?

@whitepawrolls 9 ай бұрын

Just a couple notes on this as I have the same case. First if you did NOT use the angled sata cables on the backplane they won't warranty the case. Second I found a flat dual molex adapter that saved me even more room. Between the angled sata cables (same slim blue your using with 90 degree one end), and the molex adapter I was able to replace that loud inefficient 15mm fan with the standard 25mm one. Also replaced those grates on both side with basic wire grills. Both those things got me better air flow as well as less noise.

@blcjck8121 10 ай бұрын

Another great video, and congrats on the 100K subs. You're gonna have to do A LOT more content with this new bad boy. Detailed setup, apps, containers etc. Can't wait for more!!!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

The to-do list on this puppy is extensive and intimidating in equal measure!

@ulkonja 7 ай бұрын

This video is really well done. I have been trying to give an answer to this question for four years now. The problem is summarized at the end of the video. My time costs much more than what I save by building it myself "from scratch". But on the other hand I am too stingy , and I like to build things myself. Frustration.

@WunderTechTutorials 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on 100k - well deserved! Loved the video and it was very cool to see the whole process - especially for the price!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Hugely appreciate the kind words, especially from a fellow NAS'er like yourself! Look forward to getting you on the channel soon!

@dezmondwhitney1208 10 ай бұрын

I do not yet have my first NAS. Even so, to my mind, these videos are informative, helpful and entertaining . Well done and Much appreciated. 100K well deserved.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Buddy. Have fun on your NAS journey

@bogdanmarinescu78 3 ай бұрын

Thaks a lot for this! It made building my N2 NAS a breeze. Different motherboard, different power supply, but this video is an excellent resource in any case.

@user6667azxc 10 ай бұрын

Well done & congratulations! Thanks for all the great vids 👍

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Cheers buddy!

@ademkollari8992 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the videos, appreciate your thorough and critical takes!

@SidebandSamurai 9 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the 100K it is quite an accomplishment. Brilliant video. Fantastic presentation. I have a big Unraid system featuring a Xeon E3 with 16 bays. but I do EVERTHIING on this. I have never regretted building my own NAS. I spent way more than 350 quid but that build, I might build one myself to have as a secondary NAS to play with. I loved your video so much I subscribed. How you presented your information was a lot of fun. I am always watching SpaceInvader One and love his channel as well.

@metrotechguru5863 9 ай бұрын

Very nice tutorial. So thorough and complete. My hats off to you.

@stevenmorris5546 2 ай бұрын

Very helpful thanks for taking the time to put this together 👍🏻

@leatherwiz 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I watched it until the end. Skipped some during the video but watched minimum 90%. I may try this at home. 👍

@nascompares 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the honest feedback and comment bud

@tyyuuuihycyctct 10 ай бұрын

What an epic intro!!! And congratulations 🎉

@OVERKILL_PINBALL 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations on 100K Robbie! Well deserved!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man, appreciate the positive words!

@zippi777 10 ай бұрын

Robbie & Eddie congratulations and thank you for the always interesting videos!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Cheers dude for the kind words!

@davidlucavish7948 10 ай бұрын

One recomendation I would make is using a way better power supply like an FSP or Sparkle to enhance the reliability and stability of the build (start with a good foundation) and to turn the power supply around so the vents allow the power supply to suck in cool air and the rear to exit the heat. Most newer motherboard do use the USB3 connectors provided by Jonsbo. The rest of the video is great. Congratulations to your subscriptions! Dr. Dave

@wyattarich 10 ай бұрын

The irony of this statement is that FSP/Sparkle are both considered a generally lower quality. The point you make is correct though.

@davidlucavish7948 10 ай бұрын

@@wyattarich Well I do not know how your basing your opinion (rated power maybe?) but I have been in the industry for 35 years and used Sparkle and FSP in an industrial environment and they have been very reliable (some machines working continously for 7 to 10 years). They are the manufacturer for many good names including Antec, Thermaltake, OCZ, Silverstone and Zalman and probably many others. When you open them up they generally use big heat sinks and quality fans and the switching transformers use larger than average wire. The problem with the power supply industry is what a power supply is rated at and what it will deliver and deliver over heat extremes. If you look at just the difference in weight between the 2 power supplies (2 pounds versus 2.7 pounds which is probably mostly heat sink) should give you somewhat of an idea. I am not saying that Sparkle and FSP are the best power supplies on the market but in general for the price you get a conservative rated power supply that will deliver what they say it will, deliver that power over wide range of temperatures and will last a long time. I get what the KZfaqr was trying to do is build for a particular price but since it's for storing your data being conservative using a good power supply to start with is important. In otherwards go with a cheaper case or just say the build cost more.

@22vvv 10 ай бұрын

UI've built Jonsbo N2 nas a couple of months ago. It is important to order the angular SATA cables. I also advise 65mm cpu fan. I've also decided to mount psu with fan facing to the outside of the case. Front connectors for usb c and usb3 were matching these found in MSI Edge z790, so I had no issues mentioned in vid at 34:00

@Nalianna 10 ай бұрын

100% fresh cool air from the side vent (which i feel is designed for this reason)

@sgoolgekonto5015 7 ай бұрын

what 65 cpu fan? i have the default fan and its very noisy

@falldownandgoboom 10 ай бұрын

Great content! Congratulations on a well-deserved 100K!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man...also...10/10 username

@jeffhex 10 ай бұрын

I *loved* this build video. So much detail, great explanation, and it is clearly a done with love for this topic. I'd be interested in a similar build video if you can find a low-cost build with drive trays rather than those off rubber-pull attachments.

@TheBStylez 10 ай бұрын

I was planning to build exactly the same thing with the same board. This will be useful once I got around to building mine. Thanks much!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Sit tight, N3 case build with an Intel Core board is next

@alopexlagopus1488 10 ай бұрын

I've been wanting to build a NAS for months. Why has it taken this long for the algorithm to recommend this channel? - Subbed

@dougrohde3598 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on the 100k,. Keep going!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!

@Antti_Nannimus 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant video! This is the best tutorial and guide I've seen for building a fully-functional, do-it-yourself NAS. I especially appreciated the step-by-step details, and your objective, brand and device-specific recommendations, evaluations, and critiques of each of the components. The Unraid solution allowing the use of such an enormous variety and size of SATA disk drives is likewise amazing. You have motivated me to take this on myself. Thank you! Now subscribed.

@snibushds 10 ай бұрын

Very educational. Thank you!

@JoaoRyanPlim 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks for the good work!

@GeorgeWells00 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful build, nicely done, and I love the "on the cheap" side of things (so much, must be the Scottish in me 😁) Makes me want to do this rather than get another Synology. I have the skills, but Synology just made things so "easy" that I got lazy. Thanks for the video and congrats on 100K! Here's to the next 900K 🥳

@scampilover00 10 ай бұрын

Been waiting for this video... Same as intro, surprised you haven't done one 😮 Great vid, thanks very much Robbie

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

I got there in the end!

@praetorxyn 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations mate. I'm a recent subscriber, and I don't watch every video (I mainly skip the ones on low-end NAS's like the Synology 225X or whatever, as I know I'll never get those), but you've provided great information and even when I feel I have a pretty different lean on a lot of things, I enjoy it nonetheless. And here I was expecting the 100K special would be Robbie embarking on The Great Seagull Massacre of 2023. Maybe an idea for 200K!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Pfft... If I can stop the seagull noise, I'll do that for a 101K special... *polishes cricket bat*

@DivineMisterAdVentures 10 ай бұрын

Hey - nice job here. There is also the value of the learning that is in depth - you can also upgrade individual components to go with as you need. The cost of upgrading a turn key is quite a bit larger - you have about the same 2x factor I think. Interesting - worth the hour invested to watch here! And congratulations!

@davidg5898 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on 100k subs! I also built a NAS/HTPC (with TrueNAS) in this case recently. For the most part, I love it and would absolutely recommend it for DIY NAS/HTPC builds. Regarding the not-so-quiet case fan: if your motherboard has an extra fan header, connect the fan to that instead of the drive backplane. The backplane has no speed control and runs it at 100% speed 100% of the time. But hooked into the motherboard you can set the speed in the system's BIOS. Mine now runs very quietly while still keeping the drives at 30-45°C (depending on load). My only gripes with the case are: 1/ I wish the shank (the unthreaded part) of the bolts for the drive track grommets were longer so that they could be screwed in tightly. 2/ Why is the dust-catching mesh only on the side grills of the motherboard section but not on the top grill? It should be the opposite since the top is where most air intake will be happening and the sides would be exhaust (or they could have put mesh on all the grills). I removed the mesh from the sides of the motherboard area and hot-glued a mesh to the top. 3/ Too many different bolt types for the exterior. One part has Phillips thumbscrews, another has small hex flat head bolts, another has Phillips truss head bolts, and still another uses the standard Phillips hex head case bolts. If those hex flat head bolts were Phillips instead, the whole case could be managed with a single Phillips screwdriver. And the truss head bolts could have just been standard case bolts.

@JosephFrietze 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip.

@mrtechie6810 9 ай бұрын

Why would intake be from the top? That would be fighting convection!

@davidg5898 9 ай бұрын

@@mrtechie6810Air convection at computer temperatures is so weak that a gentle wave of your hand can overwhelm it. It's not something to worry about unless you're planning a passively cooled build.

@gwojcieszczuk 10 ай бұрын

Thanks guys. Congrats on 100k subs.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

I swear! If you donated JUST because of my watch, you sir are Brilliant! Jokes aside, thank up for supporting us and our content. The Jonsbo N3 and components for the scales up 10G build are in progress and I hope this will be put there as soon as possible. In the meantime, there IS a follow up Jonsbo N2 piece coming this Friday and likely making a weekly piece on this system/build, as we explore what it can/cannot do. It's ALOT of time and energy to commit to a project that (unlike alot of other vids) starts with me and Ed in the minus (financially)..rather than 0. That's why it's so bloody great when people donate and why...and I'm gonna repeat myself...you are bloody brilliant!

@m8harry 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on the 100k subscribers!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Cheers bud! Appreciated.

@vidx9 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on 100k sub!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Cheers man!

@SirBladey 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on 100k! Could have done with this vido, when I built in my Jonsbo N2 a few days ago!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Sorry mate. Tbh I wanted thia vid live last weekend JUST as we crossed the 100K line...but the PSU failure was Friday and ended up delaying things. Fair play to the N2 case... One of the nicest 'multiuse' server tower cases I have ever seen. Wasn't a big fan of the N1 and tunneled chassis packing, but this one has had some serious forward planning for cable management and component placement. That said, not a big fan of the SATA bay rubber straps.aybe they reduce vibration and/or noise a bit...bit they also feel like they could snap pretty easy on a hot swap in a hurry.

@SirBladey 10 ай бұрын

@@nascompares Yeah, agree with the rubber straps - although I'm hoping I won't need to remove drives too frequently! I was tempted by the N1, but I wanted to use the NAS a home server - just wanted a little extra cooling, which it looks like the N2 had. suprised to see how easy it was to build it, too. (although I've gone mainstream with an i5-12400 for a ittle more ooomph.)

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Mate! If I had been making a video about making affordable powerhouse builds...THAT or a Ryzen would have been choice #1. Even toying with a new build altogether for another vid (ie custom build vs £2K Syn/QNAP NAS), but it felt like more of a challenge for this particular vid to go 'as low as possible, but emulate the turnkey options). Pretty sure Ed @spaceinvaderone is looking at this build like it's some kind of nursery level time waste lol

@davewhite7182 10 ай бұрын

Well done to reach 100k subscribers!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Cheers man.

10 ай бұрын

Congrats on the 100k subscribers. Nice setup. 🙂

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Cheers bud. After all the content plans for this system are completed, we are debating giving it away on the channel. Stay tuned

@hornetbad 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on 100k subs

@Cr4ft3r99 10 ай бұрын

Nice set up ... both the intro and the target NAS Jonsbo N2 build idea ;-)

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man. Genuinely appreciate your kind words

@MrTwixraider 10 ай бұрын

Greetings from Germany. I also discovered your channel a few months ago and subscribed. Congratulations on 100k subscribers. I like to watch your channel and it has also helped me in the decision which NAS I buy and then landed on the Synology DS 920+. Self-build is no longer an option for me. I used to assemble my PC myself, but that's long gone. The professionals can still better assemble a system than me and it's enough for me if I then only perform the one or other upgrade.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words and (forgive the potential xenophobia) it genuinely always makes me pleased when a German comments on my vids, as I consider the Germans easily among the most IT aware nationalities in the world! The general standard of tech knowledge I've observed when visiting DE (both in end users and right the way down to the detail in tech advertising) is top tier! Thank you for your kind words!

@KunouJS 10 ай бұрын

Fun! Wish I had build it like this myself last year, but that motherboard didn't exist back then. Man, what a beautiful case. Mine is huge. Just as you've described, both NAS solutions have their ups and downs. I like both. My Asustor has been nice to me. The ones I built are used to back it up.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Lovely summary and bang on point! Cheers for your input mate

@semuhphor 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Great video.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

@rustyshackleford7200 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on 100k!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks bud. Solid username btw

@PoppaCYS 10 ай бұрын

I've built many computers over the years. For me, assembling the hardware is fairly easy, configuring the software/OS is what will be a challenge for me. I have two old synology NASes and they're ok. I'm looking to upgrade, so having the option to build a new NAS is a good thing to have. Knowing me, I probably won't build because the software seems like something I would have to invest time into learning (and I don't have the time unfortunately). The detailed guide on the website is really good and I will be bookmarking it in case I change my mind.

@Hansen999 9 ай бұрын

Have a look at Spaceinvader One on YT, he has a lot of tutorials on Unraid, and it is actually quite user friendly. I was in your situation about a year ago and decided to go for something else than Synology, and I'm very happy I did. I would have outgrown the Synology system I could have bought for the same money as my current Unraid system, and I get the benefit of having enough compute power to run a desktop as a VM plus a ton of docker applications. If I want to try something new, I just spin up a new VM Basically my Unraid is future proof for the next many year to come where the Synology XS system I could have bought, would be outdated already (especially with the VM's in mind)

@teezee1000 10 ай бұрын

Well you got great musical taste... That NAS ringer is 🔥🔥

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Really glad someone spotted that reference

@doddsnow4714 10 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this and I appreciate you.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man. I'll be straight with you... That comment gave me the warm fuzzies and I appreciate it. Have a lovely weekend!

@Spreadie 10 ай бұрын

congrats on 100k Looks like a nice reference point for comparing the Storaxa review unit :)

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Let's be honest, there is no way that this isn't going to be referenced. The build in this vid is lesser in most hardware respects than the baseline storaxa system and STILL cost me £260 without storage media. The first 3 tiers of storage ranges from $199 to $239, with a Pentium N6005 CPU.... I mean, even factoring bulk buying at 'cost', it's still insane price point. This jonsbo/topton system will definitely serve as a good comparison for consumer DiY price comparisons. Also, I forgot to add in the vid, this jonsbo system will be compared against a bunch of similar systems soon. Cheers for watching

@Spreadie 10 ай бұрын

@@nascompares are they sending you the 5825u model?

@bertramlefarge69 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on the 100k subscribers. BTW i've contacted the Build Police so expect a visit anytime soon lol.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

*hides under table from the in coming flames*

@savery1967 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations on 100K subscribers.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks playa'h!

@compudude 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on 100k! This was an interesting video... I look forward to seeing you put it through it's paces. It's a shame that the Jonesbo case only holds five 3.5" drives, though... if it at least held the full 6 that motherboard and cable supported, it might be more of a contender for my next upgrade dollars, once my 4-bay Synology is no longer adequate. (Doesn't seem worth the money to upgrade and add only a single drive)

@c0p0n 10 ай бұрын

Great video. A few notes though: * the metal thing you call "backplane" is actually called "i/o shield". There's a backplane on this case though and that's the green board on the drive bay where you connect your HDDs * truenas would've worked, although it'd have complained about not enough memory. it would've probably been fine though, ZFS arc cache is not strictly necessary and for a home NAS 2GB is probably plenty * never, ever cheap out on the PSU! Spend a little extra for a good brand with better reliability and power efficiency And congrats on 100k subscribers mate.

@clipperbob960 Ай бұрын

All good points. I am adding not to go cheap on USB drive to as they were not meant to be used so heavily.

@SidebandSamurai 9 ай бұрын

@35:00 - I love the very cool special effects in your video.

@okoeroo 10 ай бұрын

Congrats and fun build

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Ya very much mate!

@jj-icejoe6642 10 ай бұрын

The good thing is that the fan is not at all cluttered by all those badly managed cables, and the air circulates perfectly well.

@peerview 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Cheers man. Also, I don't know why but I find your username deeply intimidating...

@richardbryanesq 24 күн бұрын

Thank you. I'd love to see the next steps: actually connecting the box to the internet and your in-house network and configuring the system to function as intended. Good job!

@EuroPC4711 10 ай бұрын

100K congrats.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Ridiculously chuffed and thankful for your kind words.

@jaytitus902 21 күн бұрын

Car sick Mate!

@stephenfromfing4430 9 ай бұрын

"Nas Is Like" at the beginning. Excellent touch 😆👌

@nascompares 9 ай бұрын

Seriously, you are like one of about 4 people, total, that noticed this. Thank you for being awesome bud!

@ricardocappucci9571 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations on 100k keep up the good work I enjoy watching and maybe one day you'll try xpenology on that build

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Shhhh every time you say Xpenology...an angel gets a video tutorial up about it that gets taken down in about an hour!

@PitboyHarmony1 10 ай бұрын

congrats Robbie

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Thank man

@YooWhatsPoppin 10 ай бұрын

Pretty Nice Video of this build! But the most important question i have is how high is the power consumption ? Is it the same like the Qnap / Synology or is the power consumption much higher because Qnap / Synology did some optimization of their used components ?

@danieltwodevs 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Video! Very nice and interesting! Mind doing some plex transcoding (4k hdr) tests with this system

@donaldhiggs2075 10 ай бұрын

One of the best channels on youtube

@thedomsi1 10 ай бұрын

No, thank you for the fantastic video. Hope you hit 200k soon you guys deserve it. Really appreciate the thorough details My one tip would be to invest in a build mat for that poor old scratched table, helps dampen noise, stops things rolling, can be anti static or have a brand logo.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Tbh I think that's a bloody good idea...the table is...well..it's seen better days!

@thedomsi1 10 ай бұрын

I'm currently weighing up building a NAS, with the cost of electric just wondering how the power consumption at idle and in use, compares to the likes of Synology, have you done any tests for these recent builds for power consumption? If so could someone point me in the right direction@@nascompares

@truckerallikatuk 10 ай бұрын

That front USB3 is standard, it's just not included on the board you chose.

@Legolad 3 ай бұрын

Wow. another great video. Thanks so much for all the excellent content. I've been gearing up to replace my old Dell PowerEdge r510 12-HDD server. It's such a noise generator and power hog. I wonder if you could maybe do a video that focuses on daisy-chaining servers for more space. I don't want to manage multiple Unraid instances. What I'd like to do is set up one server and then attach multiple SANs as my library grows.

@michaelchen3649 4 ай бұрын

Great experiments! May I ask What’s the power consumption of this DIY NAS? Also if we don’t mind put the power block into the case, can I use my old pc regular power block to power up this DIY NAS? Many thanks!

@inderveerjohal7218 10 ай бұрын

Great video! I’d love you to do a higher spec version of this video and see what you can put together on a £1000 budget. Even if it’s just a demo of what components you’d put together on that budget without the actual build! Would be great!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Already started speccing that up for a new vid!

@Qibbles 10 ай бұрын

I did a 12600k on a asus b760-i motherboard in a jonsbo n2 as well and it's purring along with everything i am throwing at it

@inderveerjohal7218 10 ай бұрын

@@nascompares awesome!

@inderveerjohal7218 10 ай бұрын

@@Qibbles awesome. I’m looking at going with a fractal design define 7 XL so that I can continue to expand in the future. With UNRAID now offering ZFS and the ability to add vdevs to the pool it seems like the perfect high performance solution for video editing directly from it and running Plex etc.

@stefanward-bradley7006 10 ай бұрын

@@nascomparesthe matx board with intel mobile 12th gen that craft computing has been raving about might be a good start and igpu for transcoding is promising

@Bill_CBR 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. You've had it for at least a month now. How have the drive temperatures been? Cooling on that case seems like it might be an issue.

@notreal5311 10 ай бұрын

Cool video idea. It would have nice to see some performance testing on the DIY vs professional NAS. Nice budget build for sure though!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Part 2!

@grahamritchie672 10 ай бұрын

X 1.5 is the correct speed to watch this.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

You sound like everyone I have ever met! I think I need to just BE faster....sigh

@JaredCobb85 10 ай бұрын

0.50 gotta get the view time up.

@santiagolorenzo3374 10 ай бұрын

😂 disagree but… my finger was tempted lol

@X99Zero 9 ай бұрын

1.25 still sound natural 😂

@mlt6322 9 ай бұрын

@@nascomparesI had a computer power supply blow up about 2 weeks ago. I found a deep fried insect that was walking across the circuit board. I've ordered a 1 meter roll of silk screen fabric and decided to put filter mesh over all air vents in all my future builds and caulk all seams along the case edges. I've always gotten tired of vacuuming pet hair and dust out of my systems so it's time to add filtration and silk screen fabric is the finest I could find without restricting airflow. It's fall now and seems like all the bugs are looking for warmth and I'm going bonkers without my computer until I get a new power supply and hope it didn't spike anything else in the system.

@jonh6671 9 ай бұрын

Congratulations on your 100k+ subscribers! 👍 Is Topton a trustworthy brand? I've never heard of them?

@cyberalf2980 10 ай бұрын

Congrats! You've read my thoughts with this DIY NAS. But I had some doubts about noise level of each part (PSU fan, motherboard fan, etc.), then got tired of reading reviews for each potential part of this build... Finaly, I've bought terramaster and cleaned up my shopping cart at Ali. )))

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Gonna follow up on this build later on in another vid, so I'll be sure to touch on noise long term

@cyberalf2980 10 ай бұрын

@@nascompares that's great! Thanx in advance)

@bothellkenmore 10 ай бұрын

"Sorry Captain Planet" you had a few clever comments. I have a Synology DS213 that I now realize is 10 years old but it's all I need with 2 1TB WD Red drives in hybrid. If I had the need I'd be into building my own.

@geoffc7941 10 ай бұрын

Robbie, thanks a lot for doing this! I have a couple of questions: (#1) About 23:18 you stacked up all the PSU wires (of the DOA PSU) behind the fan intake guard. Are you concerned about the reduced airflow from the cabling obstruction, and if not, why not? (#2) The RMA PSU came without cables, how did you handle that? One last note, your closing comments on being time rich-money poor and the expertise needed to do all of this are GREAT! So many people just forget about all of that and it's really important to remember. Thanks again for another very informative video.

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

Good Qs. 1, the cables from the first PSU were funneled at the top of the fan inlet, so although they were obstructing some of the fan, it was maybe 10-15% tops. 2, Regarding PSU #2, it did arrive with cables and I attached them ina similar style/placement, though they did not arrive with mesh covers. Hope that clarifies it bud

@JoaoRyanPlim 10 ай бұрын

Kudos to everyone who made this video to happen

@kabeloo8649 10 ай бұрын

😄 "Nas is like"!!!! Respect 👊

@shaneoneill1338 9 ай бұрын

Looking forward to your N3 build with the i9 mobo - I am planning a very similar build and would love your feedback on the setup (power draw, performance, etc).

@AkaiMiso 10 ай бұрын

I can afford to buy a branded NAS, but I prefer to go through similar to what you see in this video, not because I want to appear tech savvy, but because of the drinking involved during and after the build. I especially relish the heavy drinking involved when it fails and I have no one to blame but myself. Cheers! 😂😂

@bellshooter 9 ай бұрын

Great video, and the case has standard USB 3 and Type C cables and plugs, the board is the problem, with only 1 USB 2 socket onboard.

@ianparr4062 10 ай бұрын

Still laughing at the floppy disk drive sound. Congrats on the 100k!!!

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

THANK YOU FOR NOTICING THAT! I've been waiting almost a day for someone to spot it

@vardagsteknik6576 10 ай бұрын

Did you get the PSU in the right way? Looks like the fan is blowing in to the case? Good job and congratz to 100 000.

@Nixima81 10 ай бұрын

Hmm way less money then i thought. Built my own stuff sense my early teens but never looked in to NAS. Now days whit all the data we have on our hands this might be a good time to start my first NAS project. Grats on 100k and thanks for the info.

@f1v3pm 9 ай бұрын

haha quality intro - happy anniversary

@smartturkey123 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Intrested to see if you can build an all-NVME model without the x1 bottle neck of the consumer models in the market 😮

@nascompares 10 ай бұрын

No THAT sounds intriguing! Are we talking sister card mounted or native board slots? Either way...colour me interested

@smartturkey123 10 ай бұрын

@@nascompares I think adapter cards are needed from a NAS perspective because motherboards max out at only 4 NVME slots. But that adds complexity and maintenance work later on.

@vithorio 10 ай бұрын

That's exactly what I want to achieve, a video on this would be really helpful

@Bytional 10 ай бұрын

I just built one for my friend, N6005 + 16 RAM + H6 case + 1 TB NVME SSD + 250W PSU + Unraid Plus, and spent nearly £330. Of course, I was building this while in China, so the shipping cost is way lower, but spent another £25 mailing it to UK.

@jonh6671 9 ай бұрын

This is the spec that I am looking at, what is it like and how is it's 4k playback? I have a spare fractal Design Node 304 case and a 450w SFF sat doing nothing... Hopefully waiting for this board?

@Bytional 9 ай бұрын

@@jonh6671 If you are not doing HDR tone mapping, it won't break a sweat with 4K. But I would suggest going with n100 or even Pentium 8505, because I built this almost a year ago, and it's a bit outdated.

@jonh6671 9 ай бұрын

@@Bytional AsRock n100? Thanks

@Bytional 9 ай бұрын

@@jonh6671 Sure, for this type of board（n6005, n6412, n100 or n300）, mainly just check if it has enough ports for your needs since you can't ask much from their performance.

@jonh6671 9 ай бұрын

and if I wanted tone ,apping? @@Bytional

@theyorkshiretrophy272 6 ай бұрын

Hey great video just wanted to check what mobo you used for this build as would be really handy as struggling for itx boards. Cheers Phil

@nascompares 6 ай бұрын

It was the topton N5105 board, but I would recommend the N6005 version or wait a little longer for the N100 and N300 versions to arrive

@Phantomfix 10 ай бұрын

Hey, I've been looking for an alternative to my NAS as mine is currently my old gamingpc, which is complete overkill and higher than ideal power consumption. Can I as, why this wouldn't be good to use with TrueNAS at it seemingly fits their hardware requirements. I'm a bit new to all this, so please excuse me if this is a dumb question.