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I did some research on storage controllers and apparently not all of them work well with unRAID so I'm sticking with the 6 SATA port motherboard for sure. Don't wanna deal with troubleshooting that unless I have to. I think using an ATX power supplie should be fine though. I think I will try using the one that I had in mind first, should there be a problem I can always return it. Thanks for the heads up though. Interesting, had some problems with DOA boards from Gigabyte in the past but I will take a look if I have any problems with the ASRock one. Thanks for the feedback guys, I realize this isn't the most exciting project so I really apreciate the replies.

Hello guys, I am planning my first NAS build at the moment and would appreciate some help. This is going to be used for media file storage/backup. I would like to start with 4TB of useable storage adding additional drives in the future. Maybe I will throw in an old 128GB SSD as cache. My budget for this build is 650€ - 750€; buying the parts in Germany. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€64.60 @ Mindfactory) Motherboard: ASRock H270M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard (€129.23 @ Amazon Deutschland) Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€54.59 @ Amazon Deutschland) Storage: Seagate IronWolf 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (€147.84 @ Mindfactory) Storage: Seagate IronWolf 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (€147.84 @ Mindfactory) Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case (€80.32 @ Amazon Deutschland) Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€76.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) Total: €701.26 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-08 14:47 CEST+0200 This is what I have got so far. Note that the estimated price is not very accurate, I am able to get this for 650€ give or take a few euros. Now to my questions: Are these sensible hardware choices for what I want to do? I chose this motherboard because it is the cheapest ITX LGA 1151 motherboard with 6 SATA 6Gbs ports I can get. Now I am wondering if it would be smarter to get a B250 board with 4 SATA 6Gbs ports only and add a PCIe card with two more SATA ports. If so what do I need to pay attention to when buying a card like that? Thank you for your feedback.