Not so much looking to build a PC as buy one, because I’m lazy these days. My old one is forever old and filled with randomly upgraded parts and HDDs. I’ve also got an old and under performing NAS for Plex. Looking to turn my current PC into my new NAS, and buy a mini PC for my new rig. (I don’t game on PC anymore).
The problem is, I want one(ish) large capacity drive on the mini PC. Not 100% tied to a mini PC, just like the idea of being minimalist on this rig.
Any suggestions? 2 monitors. Not much else special.
Maybe an external drive? Or drive bay? Speed isn’t critical on the large capacity.
Thoughts?
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Next, you can build an APU-only build with some pretty small ITX cases that basically can only fit an ITX motherboard and a flex PSU. You’ll have all the capabilities of modern CPUs and 1-2 slots for m.2 drives. Unfortunately, ITX builds can be expensive, depending on what you buy, and your part options are more limited. If you can wait until Christmas, computer parts typically have their best sales around then (not Cyber Monday).
If you don’t care about future upgradeability, there’s some interesting mini PCs I’ve seen that sometimes have replaceable hard drives and/or RAM, and they can be a little cheaper. I don’t remember any specifics, but they’re out there.
This looks like a pretty good solution. I’ll scout the out.
Thanks