Hey all, So I want to upgrade my mini-PC based homeserver, which is slowly dying to a NAS/homeserver. Right now it hosts a Homeassitant istance and some photos.
Initially I wanted to use the jonsbo N4 case, because it has the perfect size and i could use cheap uATX boards. But others reported bad cooling with this case. So two Options: Jonsbo N3 - limited to mini ITX Jonsbo N5 - rather big and a bit more expensive
So what’s your opinion on this ? Thanks !
OP, avoid N4 especially if you live in hot/humid country.
I threw mine after my HDDs overheated many times when parity check ran or prolonged r/w happened (it was > 60c if i remember correctly).
Not really feasible to remember to turn on aircon, remove the front cover, and put a fan in front of the HDDs whenever heavy read/write happens .