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Budget Starter NAS Build
(alien.top)
For that price you should just buy something from Synology
I’ve definitely considered that route. My main reasons for favoring this approach:
I was hoping that I could find a good Black Friday sale on Synology and then I’d probably go that way, but I haven’t seen a big sale anywhere
Here is one. But I don't blame you for wanting to build your own. You could just start with an old desktop, throw some drives in it and install your choice of nas software. Might give you more money to buy more storage for your nas.