Over Synology, and looking to build my first home lab. Could use some advice on parts...
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I currently have a Synology 220+ and a couple of VPS's, and I'm looking to consolidate, while getting out of Synology's walled garden. I've already got a couple of 3.5's in the Synology, and 4 2.5's lying around and I'm planning on running a number of docker containers and a couple of vms.
That said, I've never built anything before, and basically just went to PCPartPicker, started with the case, and checked 5-stars on each component and went from there. So... how absurd is my build?
Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $135.00 @ Amazon CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler $90.71 @ Amazon Motherboard MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $165.99 @ B&H Memory TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $26.99 @ Amazon Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00 Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00 Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive $159.99 @ Adorama Case Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case $173.89 @ Newegg Power Supply Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Corsair Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1200.56 Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-23 19:32 EDT-0400 -
I currently have a Synology 220+ and a couple of VPS's, and I'm looking to consolidate, while getting out of Synology's walled garden. I've already got a couple of 3.5's in the Synology, and 4 2.5's lying around and I'm planning on running a number of docker containers and a couple of vms.
That said, I've never built anything before, and basically just went to PCPartPicker, started with the case, and checked 5-stars on each component and went from there. So... how absurd is my build?
Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $135.00 @ Amazon CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler $90.71 @ Amazon Motherboard MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $165.99 @ B&H Memory TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $26.99 @ Amazon Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00 Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00 Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive $159.99 @ Adorama Case Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case $173.89 @ Newegg Power Supply Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Corsair Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1200.56 Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-23 19:32 EDT-0400 planning on running a number of docker containers and a couple of vms.
Just FYI, you can probably do ALL of that on a $200 Dell Optiplex 7050 SFF.
Source: my $200 Dell Optiplex 7050 SFF running 3 VMs, 3 LXC containers, and 16 docker containers - not including the multiple containers within the Nextcloud AIO "mastercontainer". There is plenty of overhead to spare.
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planning on running a number of docker containers and a couple of vms.
Just FYI, you can probably do ALL of that on a $200 Dell Optiplex 7050 SFF.
Source: my $200 Dell Optiplex 7050 SFF running 3 VMs, 3 LXC containers, and 16 docker containers - not including the multiple containers within the Nextcloud AIO "mastercontainer". There is plenty of overhead to spare.
Can I make use of two existing 3.5" and 4 2.5" drives with that?
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Can I make use of two existing 3.5" and 4 2.5" drives with that?
Is there harm if you continue to use your existing nas just for storage?
