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I currently have a Synology 220+ and a couple of VPS’s, and I’m looking to consolidate, while getting out of Synology’s walled garden. I’ve already got a couple of 3.5’s in the Synology, and 4 2.5’s lying around and I’m planning on running a number of docker containers and a couple of vms.

That said, I’ve never built anything before, and basically just went to PCPartPicker, started with the case, and checked 5-stars on each component and went from there. So… how absurd is my build?

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $135.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler $90.71 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $165.99 @ B&H
Memory TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $26.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00
Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00
Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive $159.99 @ Adorama
Case Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case $173.89 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Corsair
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $1200.56
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-23 19:32 EDT-0400
  • *dust.sys@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 days ago

    Build is solid, but here’s some suggestions.

    1. Another 8TB HDD. the reason being you can merge the 4 drives of the same size into a RAID5 array for data redundancy.
    2. An SSD to install the OS on.
    3. (Optional) More RAM check the mobo to see the max size and speed it can handle, and then fill every slot with that.
    • themadcodger@kbin.earthOP
      1·
      10 days ago

      Thanks! It has space for two more sticks, but I just assumed 32gb would be overkill for what I’d need and was saving it for the future. Good point on the other two.

    • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      There is M.2 on the mobo so I’d probably go with NVMe over SSD.

      I second the RAM recommendation. I have 32GB in my Synology and it needed it for all those docker containers and VM’s.

      As for the mobo, not thrilling, but could work. If you have to add a PCIe card for more drives, 10G network, or more NVMe, you’ll max out pretty quick with a GPU in there too.