Thought I'd chime in here with my low-cost NAS/backup server/home server. It's running in a 2U case I got from servercase UK that takes 6 hard drives, it's run

Thought I'd chime in here with my low-cost NAS/backup server/home server. It's running in a 2U case I got from servercase UK that takes 6 hard drives, it's running: - Core i3 9100T (35w TDP, configurable down to 25W) - Asrock Rack WS246I (mini itx workstation board, no need for an HBA as there are 8 SATA ports on board, 4 standard and another 4 from the OCuLink) - 32GB ECC DDR4 (2 16 GB sticks) - Solarflare 7 series 10Gb SFP+ NIC (second hand, from ebay) - 6 ironwolf 4TB NAS drives Total cost was just a shade under 1000 GBP and it's racked up with my networking gear in the garage.