I’ve never built a PC before and I don’t know that I know all of the considerations.

I’d like something as a server for automated backup from other devices, like phones. I may also do video reencoding on it. I’d like it to be fairly small, but it doesn’t need to be that small. This is what I’ve picked out: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L3pxGP.

The case, motherboard and power supply I plan to use is the AsRock Deskmini, but it wasn’t an option on Part Picker: https://www.newegg.com/asrock-deskmini-x300w/p/N82E16856158068. This was attractive because it says it has a built-in RAID setup. This is for backups, so I’d like RAID, but I don’t know anything RAID, so a built-in option sounded convenient. The Deskmeet would have been fine too, but it’s out of stock.

Is the cooler OK for that processor? I don’t care about a video card, and the 5700G has integrated graphics, but I don’t know if I need something else to get the graphics working. Is there anything else I should consider?

Thanks for any help.

  • @[email protected]
    1•1 year ago

    per the newegg specs of the barebones it only supports 2.5" drives but you have 3.5" drives on your pcpartpicker list.

    I’d also stay away from hardware raid and consider software raid, especially if you’re going to use this like a NAS for backups. look into ZFS, Unraid, or TrueNas.

    Cooler seems fine dimensional (65 tdp should be fine too assuming there’s airflow), and I think the integrated graphics should be fine but I’m not familiar with the x300 chipset so idk