Build a Nas Server with Jonsbo N3 - Cheaper than Synology?

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In this video, I walk you through building a DIY NAS home server using an Intel Alder Lake N100 CPU. With 8 accessible drive bays and the ability to support up to 32GB of RAM, this build aims to challenge off-the-shelf NAS options like Synology. I cover the components needed, assembly process, NAS software options, and a cost breakdown to determine if building your own NAS is worth it. Plus, I compare it to the Synology alternatives and share my thoughts on which might be the better option for you.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:46 Off the shelf costs
01:05 The aim
01:55 The case
03:24 Motherboard choice
04:24 CPU Fan
04:35 Case fan
04:42 RAM
04:52 PSU
05:20 Sata cables
05:27 SSD
05:40 Costs
06:10 The build
07:56 Boot up
08:00 Hard drive handles
08:18 Software choice
08:50 Data protection
09:41 Unraid USB
10:00 Cache drive
10:10 Synology and UnRaid comparison
11:15 Noise level test
11:37 Build vs Buying worth it?

Parts
Motherboard

CPU Fan/Cooler

Case Fan

RAM

PSU

Sata Cable

SSD

USB Drive

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Overhead and travel camera

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Secondary Lens

Travel lens

Lighting

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Microphone

Microphone Arm

Audio Interface

Wireless Mic

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Not sure how I haven’t seen your videos before but this was great. So underrated, thanks for sharing your build

melvincooly

Hi sir congrats on the NAS! Love your review. I know you will be big someday haha

allenfpascua

Best NAS case on the market. Paired with a CWWK q670 is a beast of a machine

moogs

I like your style, narrative and voice. However, if you shoot in 30fps it would be more appropraite for tech channel vibe and it will spice up your relaxed ambient. Good luck!

kashmeer

Very good video man! I have almost identical setup except mainboard and use it for half a year, so want to add some info to it... I currently use CWWK AMD NAS mainboard (7940HS) which perfectly fits to Jonsbo N3 (it has native 9 SATA slots and chipset is ASM - discuss it later). I also have and tested CWWK N100 as yours in the video, but finally decided to switch to AMD board. Why? IMHO CWWK N100/N300 mainboards have a lot of drawbacks - suprisingly power draw when idle (and no HDD) is higher than AMD, N100 is very weak CPU (4 cores/4 threads), it has only one NVME M.2 (second NVME M.2 is shared with PCI slot), only one DIMM slot, SATA chipset is JMB (known for problematic adjustment of ACPI power), PCI slot is only x1 (shared with one NVME - you have to decide what you want to use), also there is only 6 SATA ports build-in, while N3 has 8 SATA bays + one internal non-hotplug internal SATA SSD. The only advantage of N100 board is QuickSync in iGPU - from my perspective it also very controversial issue, especially if you get in mind that AMD has 780M iGPU. In other hand AMD board has much powerful CPU and iGPU. CPU has 8 very power efficient cores (16 threads), iGPU is best in class 780M, with much better graphics performance than weak Intel UHD iGPU. AMD CPU is better performant (at least 4x faster in comparison to N100), CPU is very power efficient Zen4 with TSMC 4nm process (like mobile CPU right?), 2 x NVME M.2 (not shared), 2x DIMM slot, 9 SATA port built-in with ASM chips (much better than JMB and you can get full advantage of your Jonsbo N3 case), full 16xPCI slot (with 8x PCI lanes). In comparison N100 board takes about 18-20W idle (measured from wall). Identical configuration on AMD - 13-15W. On AMD with running lots of services (on Proxmox) - 2 NAS services, over 30 docker services (Immch, MariaDB, Bitwarden, Guacamole, WEB servers and many more), 3VMs (Win11 + Ubuntu Desktop + HomeAssistant) and while disk are in sleep mode it draws only 24W. Of course AMD has higher price (N305-280$ vs AMD-480$), but you usually build your NAS for years, right? So in general adding 200$ you will get more poverful and capable 9-bay NAS instead of 6-bay...

pabloszi

Excellent video! I am looking to build something like this but with ECC RAM, and this is the problem, not a lot of options unfortunatelly.

FernandoScheps

You don't need to 3d print custom fan holder for Jonsbo n2. I replaced the stock fan with a Noctua fan.

DaweGu

HI, a little info on Synology, on most models you cannot use NVME for storage, only a system cache. If your Synology system hardware crashes dont expect excellent help or service.

awesomearizona-dino

Thanks for this video! planning to do a similar build and your video was very helpful. Unrelated question, do you mind sharing where did you get the drawer cabinet behind you?

dainci

Hi! I want to build one in a few weeks, any good tips after this month and after receiving comments?

konradstepien

Nice video after hours of search for my purpose. Can I use Jonsbo D31 Micro-ATX case with same parts mentioned in the build?

everest.basecamp

Just one comment, since you have two nvme slots, you could use that for mirroring your cache drive. Now, if you loose that drive anything on it is also gone if it was not yet written to the data pool.

bluesquadron

N400 is not necessary imho. In case you already have some CPU with an embedded GPU (many people most likely have), for the same €190 (or €120- used, refurbished plus a used CPU) you can get Gigabyte Aorus B550/ROG Strix B760: 4xSATA (vertical), 2xM.2, Wi-Fi, DDR4. If you need more SATA (up to 8), you still have a PCIe slot. And you don’t need an M.2 wifi card, and so you can put the NAS into a darkest, coldest corner.
Ryzens are cold. 65W of TDP is a piece of cake for the Noktua. And you can run some heavy tasks meanwhile in a container in parallel in opposite to N400

scor

With the motherboard you chose, does it give you the enough sata ports for future upgrades that the case can manage? also will this setup be good for 4k editing on the network?

rahproductions

Can I ask why you chose the N3 opposed to the N4? I have no clue about computers but keen to build one of these and looking at lots of videos. Thanks in advance

markryan