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Thank you! The case rec is super helpful actually, I was considering the Fractal Design Define R5 (though I wasn’t sure how to feel about potentially spending the same amount on my motherboard as my case, but people seem to swear by it), so it’s great to have confirmation they’re actually worth it. I had given PC Part Picker a shot, but it seems like it doesn’t quite catch the ECC memory support for some of the AMD systems (maybe because they’re unofficial?) I will give it another shot though, and thanks again!

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three@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ve been running an R5 for going on 8 years now. It has served as an excellent platform for my NAS and I do highly recommend it It’s come to the end of it’s life though (I have too many drives), so I’m upgrading to the Fractal Meshify 2XL.

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- libretech@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Thanks for this! I guess that settles my case deliberation at least. But man, getting all the things you mentioned for $170 on eBay is crazy good!!! I must just really need to dig in there a bit deeper (it’s gonna be too easy to go broke with home networking as a hobby otherwise lol). I guess so long as I am memtesting my RAM and burning in drives right after getting them I should be okay. I think I also am overindexing on trying to get my power draw as low as possible instead of really doing the math out and seeing how long I’d need to be running something 24/7 before the power savings ends up outweighing the price differential. But thanks again!
  
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CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I think the Define 5 is a good option as well. I bought the 6 in 2018 because it was new, was white, and only like $99 at the time and it’s served me well. Every couple of years I’d buy some more drive trays as my pool filled up and I needed more space.

I just rebuilt my whole system a couple of months ago but kept the case because it works so well and there isn’t much on the market like it without getting into fullsize cases. It’s nearly silent even with 5 fans and 9 HDDs inside. It sits about 2 feet from me on my desk and I only hear a tiny hum from the fans.

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