I want to make another home server. I had a Beelink Mini S12 Pro Intel N100, on which I tinkered with Proxmox and Unraid. I ended up choosing Unraid starter because it was the easiest to transfer files over smb, and I could use the whole SSD as storage. Now I want to expand, I got two 12 TB WD Elements and I'm planning to build a real NAS this time, so I came here to ask for advice to be sure I won't end up with a paper weight again.
I have an old PC case with 7 bays 3.5" HDD slots and a 2TB nvme SSD which contains all my current data.
I want to buy the following:
I was happy with the Beelink N100, that's why I chose something similar. In Proxmox it ran every VM I threw at it, not very fast but it was stable. Never tried it on Unraid.
My question, is that a good motherboard? Are there better alternatives in the same price? Is the 550 Watt power supply enough for it and 6 drives? Also keeping in mind that I want it to be silent. The old PC has a 420w supply but I don't know if I should trust it being built 12 years ago.