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Hello! Was looking for some advice on taking the NAS plunge. This will be my first build of any kind so any help is very appreciated.As for my use case, it will be for data backups and storing media for Plex. The plan is to keep running the Plex server on my laptop or get a dedicated mini-PC (Beelink S12 or S13). Here is the build I was thinking of:PCPartPicker Part ListTypeItemPriceCPUAMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor$93.99 @ AmazonMotherboardMSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard$89.99 @ NeweggMemoryG.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory$50.99 @ AmazonStorageKingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive$24.99 @ AmazonCaseFractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case$124.99 @ AmazonPower SupplyEVGA SuperNOVA 550 GM 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply$70.00Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discountsTotal$454.95Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-02-01 17:54 EST-0500For cases, I was debating between the Design R5, the Meshify C, and the Node 804. I'm only planning on putting 4 HDDs in but I figured since this is a first time build, the extra space would be helpful. These cases all have built in fans, would those be sufficient or should I add in/swap out different ones? I am not at all concerned about noise.I was also thinking of going with an Intel build for QuickSync (I'll only be streaming over the local network but I watch a lot of content with subtitles and so transcoding is needed) and running the Plex server on the NAS but I am leaning towards letting the NAS do NAS things.Anything else I should be considering? Am I overthinking this and should I just get a DS923+ when it goes on sale for $480? Thanks in advance!
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