Hi, my workplace is shutting down and my boss is letting me take home quite a few unused TeamGroup MP34 4TB NVMe SSDs for free. I thought about making a NAS / home server out of them. Given the lack of prebuilt solutions that support NVMe drives, I thought about making a homemade one.

My use cases:

• File server
• Plex
• Docker (PostgreSQL DB etc.)
• Hosting game servers

So below is my proposed build. This type of build is quite new to me (i.e. PCIe bifurication, PCIe to M.2 adapters) so I wanted to see if I’m doing something wrong:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor ($124.00 @ Amazon)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Amazon)
• Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($45.99 @ Amazon)
• Storage: Western Digital Blue SA510 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($30.99 @ Newegg)
• Storage: TEAMGROUP MP34 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($171.99 @ Amazon)
• Storage: TEAMGROUP MP34 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($171.99 @ Amazon)
• Storage: TEAMGROUP MP34 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($171.99 @ Amazon)
• Storage: TEAMGROUP MP34 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($171.99 @ Amazon)
• Storage: TEAMGROUP MP34 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($171.99 @ Amazon)
• Storage: TEAMGROUP MP34 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($171.99 @ Amazon)
• Case: Fractal Design Ridge PCIe 4.0 Mini ITX Tower Case ($129.99 @ B&H)
• Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS SGX 500 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
• Custom: ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 4.0 X4 Expansion Card Supports 4 NVMe M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) up to 256Gbps for AMD 3rd Ryzen sTRX40, AM4 Socket and Intel VROC NVMe Raid ($74.98 @ Amazon)