[conspire] More messing around with NAS hardware

[Rick Moen]

I don't have a good excuse for doing this, except technogeekery for its
own sake.  I.e., personally I'm not likely to build a home NAS, but I'm
pretending as if I were.

This thingie seems a thing of beauty.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019FN6D3K/

SilverStone Technology SST-CS01S system case.
o  accepts mini-ITX motherboard
o  includes bottom-mounted, 120mm (large, hence not noisy) 
   fan pushing air upwards
o  can house two 3.5" drives
o  case dimensions: 12.68" (H) x 8.29" (W) x 8.27" (D)
o  accepts PSU type "SFX-L"
o  CPU cooler size limit: 68mm
o  size limit for (1) expansion card:  7.5" x 2.95"
$125

Or, the same model sourced from NewEgg, in black:
https://www.newegg.com/black-silverstone-case-storage-series-mini-itx/p/N82E16811163373
$205

So, can we find a decent mini-ITX motherboard that takes AMD Ryzen CPUs
in AM4 CPU sockets that have Intel NICs _not Realtek NICs, and accepts
64GB of DDR4 RAM?

Here's one of many, $195.
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-b550-phantom-gaming-itx-ax/p/N82E16813157949?quicklink=true

AMD Ryzen 5 3rd Gen - RYZEN 5 3600 Matisse (Zen 2) 6-Core 3.6 GHz (4.2
GHz Max Boost) Socket AM4 65W 100-100000031BOX Desktop Processor $263
(Comes with an AMD "Wraith Stealth" CPU cooler, which is low-profile, so
would probably fit fine.
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-3600/p/N82E16819113569

The ASRock motherboard has two 288-pin SDRAM sockets (dual channel,
unbuffered, optional ECC), so:

NEMIX RAM 64GB 2x32GB DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 2Rx8 ECC Unbuffered Memory
64GB Kit (2x32GB)
DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600)
288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM
ECC Unbuffered Memory
$390
https://www.newegg.com/p/1X5-003Z-018J2

PSU:
SilverStone Technology 500W SFX-L Form Factor 80 Plus Gold Full Modular
Lengthened Power Supply with +12V Single Rail, Active PFC (SX500-LG)
$200

So, I make that to be $1,173 -- plus the pair of hard drives,
about which, see prior posting.

Naturally, all of this can be done a lot cheaper, about which, see
https://blog.briancmoses.com/2020/12/diy-nas-econonas-2020.html