Building this homelab storage server did not go to plan!
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Casual guy, serious about PCs & Linux. I’m Nick, based in Sydney, Australia. I’ve been into tech since I was a kid, always tinkering, fixing, and figuring things out. These days, that obsession shows up in everything from building PCs and reviewing hardware to running Linux on just about anything I can. I love retro tech just as much as the latest gear, and I’m usually deep in a project - whether it’s a server setup, a weird case build, or getting something obscure to run on open-source tools. You’ll find most of the mainstream hardware content here on Gear Seekers. For the strange, the retro, and the stuff that doesn’t quite fit? That lives over on the second channel, Printed Circuit Bored. I don’t do hype - I do honest opinions, solid builds, and videos that actually help people.
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This is not my first rodeo but this is just a series of unfortunate events. When building servers that live in your house you need to make some sacrifices but I think I kind of hit the sweet spot. I'm so happy that I finally got the opportunity to build in the Silverstone RM43-324-RS for use as one of our main storage servers. I hope you enjoy this adventure that stretched on for over 2 weeks of filming Silverstone RM43-324-RS Video: https://youtu.be/3-wLdgii4Fk MSI D3052 Motherboard - https://geni.us/BMr49XS (Amazon) AMD Epyc 4564P - https://geni.us/ccijHKT (Amazon) Seagate Ironwolf Pro HDDs: https://geni.us/ginnsU (Amazon) Silverstone RM43-324-RS - https://geni.us/c5rlbU (Amazon) LSI SAS 9400-16i HBA - https://geni.us/wnihxQH (Amazon) QSFPTEK 10G SPF+ DAC - https://geni.us/5GON9T5 (Amazon) Startech 12U Rack - https://geni.us/kVbdR (Amazon) Quad M.2 Card - https://geni.us/jXhLk (Amazon) Samsung 870 Evo - https://geni.us/Lt908ov (Amazon) Mini SAS Cable - https://geni.us/dAmxkS (Amazon) U.2 to NVME: - https://geni.us/yoIYU (Amazon) Slimline SFF-8654 4X 4 NVME to PCIe x16 - https://geni.us/DYEhkBR (Amazon) QNAP 10GbE Switch - https://geni.us/AhjgA (Amazon)
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