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Components

Important note: I built my smart home server during autumn 2023, where price situation with RAM, SSD and another components was on totally different level than nowadays. However, even that time price factor was for me very important but in some component selection (like RAM size) I was no so limited.

Case: Fractal Design Node 804

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  • selection comment:  finding ideal case for home server it's very important step, as you can easily find-out after whole server build some major issues with your case design. For me main requirements were:
    • manufacturer that is known and focused on silent cooling
    • compact measurements - server is placed in cloakroom
    • enough slots for cooling options - cloakroom has not ideal temperature conditions
    • enough slots for 3,5" HDD as my server will have also NAS functionality
    • darkness: no fluffy RGB functionalities, ideally close to zero LED's etc...

PSU: Seasonic Focus GX 550 Gold

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Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B450M-PRO II

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  • selection comment:  finding nice motherboard  for home server it's another major step, similar like with case, you can later observe some major obstacles  - honestly I have some lesson learned for myself. For me main requirements were:
    • price: currently with prices for DDR5 RAM is RAM type important, also with CPU vendor selection
    • compact measurements - micro ATX size
    • vendor with good UEFI BIOS support (Asus is known for good firmware support for motherboards)
    • chipset and components compatible with Linux
    • 2 slots for M2 disks ( I will explain this later in OS chapter)
    • enough SATA connectors for 3,5" HDDs
    • enough PCIe slots for potential card expansion

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

  • selection comment: selecting CPU for Home Server was not so much difficult, personally I prefer AMD over Intel, so I just take in consideration these requirements were:
    • price/compute power sweet spot:
    • energy and cooling effectiveness: 7-14W, temperature: 41-44 °C

RAM: Kingston Fury Beast KF432C16BBK2/64

  • selection comment: 
    • RAM usage: 30%

SSD: Kingston SSD KC3000 1TB NVMe

  • selection comment: 
    • SSD usage: 17%

HDD: Seagate IronWolf 12TB CMR

  • selection comment: 
    • usage: %

UPS: CyberPower CP1600EPFCLCD SineWave LCD GP UPS 1600VA/1000W

ARCTIC Case Fan Hub

Noctua NF-S12A PWM

AXAGON PCES-SA6, 6x internal SATA 6G port, PCIe controller

IO CREST Quad 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express PCI-E Network Interface Card 10/100/1000/25000 Mbps RJ45 LAN Realtek RTL8125 Chipset, Black

Luckfox PicoKVM