I purchased a Fractal Design Define 7 XL case, where I will install TrueNAS Scale, as OS.
So far, these are the specs I plan to use:
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X processor
- ASRock B550M Steel Legend motherboard
- 18 x 8TB NAS spinners for media storage pool
- 2 x 256GB SSD’s for TrueNAS OS
I need your advice what components do you recommend me to purchase, for TrueNAS running smoothly, without performance issues, while avoiding excessive power consumption. Please let me know if the motherboard or processor are the recommended ones. For example, I’m not sure what power supply capacity I should use.
Also, I’m not sure how I will connect 18 spinners and probably 5 SSD’s to the motherboard. I’m used to build a NAS on Dell servers, where they come with the required hardware. Is the first time I’m building a NAS, based on a desktop case. Thank you for your help.
For reference, my current NAS build: https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/103823/