got aliexpress? 

however too late alrdy though. already bought. nice but expensive 
dont plan to install graphics card anytime soon. using the igpu in the ryzen 7600

for pcie card installing sfp+ 10g 10gtek

ordered some Seagate exos x12 - 12tb exos. about rm 719 each

these are 7200 rpm , 256mb cache hdd rates for 24/7 in NAS/server. write speeds got me about 240 MB/s tested

Are there any better deals than this? Or is this as good as it gets?

I ran smart, long test, and also block burn test, all came out no issue.

I think the 4tb drives go about Rm 400-500 or something? 4tb not enough for me these days. bumped it up to 12tb, at this price is still ok for me.

Just wondered though if anyone found a better deal for roughly this capacity size?
Also these drives come with a 5 year warranty which is nice.

ordered some Seagate exos x12 - 12tb exos. about rm 719 each

these are 7200 rpm , 256mb cache hdd rates for 24/7 in NAS/server. write speeds got me about 240 MB/s tested

Are there any better deals than this? Or is this as good as it gets?

I ran smart, long test, and also block burn test, all came out no issue.

I think the 4tb drives go about Rm 400-500 or something? 4tb not enough for me these days. bumped it up to 12tb, at this price is still ok for me.

Just wondered though if anyone found a better deal for roughly this capacity size?
Also these drives come with a 5 year warranty which is nice.

sifu share the link for these deals pls

found something on aliexpress
FOR Seagate IronWolf Pro 16TB Internal Hard Disk 7200RPM 3.5" (ST16000NE000) HDD

MYR745.71
discount ends Ends : Nov 19

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007783782928.html
no idea about warranty for aliexpress.
the one i ordered from shopee, when i check seagate it says it's genuine but for warranty, to ask from the seller. so i asked seller, they explain 3 year seagate, 2 year seller for warranty. so a bit odd. but when i ran the short, long and block scan on one drive, it came out fine 0 errors.
for 12tb exos i got from here. others reported ok (not sure if anyone tested warranty. seller claims international warranty and 5 year though)
https://shopee.com.my/Seagate-12T-Helium-Ha...352.18188395289

well to be fair, i did not recommend my build to others. this is simply what i built for myself. its my first time, be kind    but yes you are right, probably overkill. this was simply a diy nas project of mine for homelab. rather than buy a prebuilt like synology, i wanted to try something like this for once, also a rack nas build rather than tower (i got 4 of these already which i am phasing out   )

but i had future uses in mind, maybe convert it to a desktop gaming rack by adding graphic card. maybe use proxmox then i can setup vms for different usage (1 for truenas, 1 for OS e.g. windows or linux desktop for gaming but then for that use case, maybe the ryzen 7900 would have been better since more cores and threads to share compared to the ryzen 7600. even wendel recommended it in leveltech1)

however this mobo is a pcie 4 (not 5) despite being an am5 mobo. so it has it's quirks. would i be able to later move a RX 7800 XT nitro plus to it in future? even if i remove the middle bay to hopefully make space for it? i dont know.

but a rack case that may allow for big graphics cards is this one

https://www.sliger.com/products/rackmount/storage/cx4712/

they have more cases. some allow you to install the graphics card horizontally using a riser rather than vertical. This solves the issue where there is a height issue where u cant fit the power cable connector.
example with graphics card installed

if i could have done things different, i could have gotten a better rack case for a better price/value. probably from aliexpress. sliger is good but not sure about shipping and availability, or that would be a great pick (but expensive)

also my open rack cannot adjust the depth, making finding compatible rails a problem.

This would have been a much better open rack
https://www.amazon.com/NavePoint-Profession...B084T9NQF2?th=1

12u or 18u navepoint open rack. but i did not see any local stock 
This was another motherboard i was initially considering, for am4 build.
https://www.gigabyte.com/Enterprise/Server-...MC12-LE0-rev-1x

but there is special instructions to update to allow new bios. has some quirks and not enuff pcie slots to fit my stuff, so i went with the msi b650 tomahawk wifi instead
this was another another board i was looking at
https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B650M-HDVM.2/...p#Specification
some of these motherboards if u populate all m2 slots, it MAY deactivate 2 of the sata ports (most of these only had 4 or 6 sata port). Only the msi i got seemed didn't have that issue.

If you need more sata ports, then you'd need pcie slot to then use a hba card (IT mode) to add more sata ports. need more m2 slot, then u get the m2 pcie card (also requires bifurfaction support which AMD tends to have. u have to check ur motherboard specs first)

well the nas booted up and running truenas. now just restoring datasets from backup right now :}

well i'm using a 15U rack, it fits all my switches and the 4u rack in it. As for the OLD tower nas, putting that on an ikea box shelf along with the rest of my collection. Thinking of replacing that with a sturdier metallic shelf.

if you check shopee they got 15u open rack. for homelab this size is good for most builds. But i would recommend navepoint 12u or 18u open rack



but i didn't see any local stock, but you can't go wrong with this one. it's depth adjustable (which you would need if later you want to use rails for something like the 4u nas case i got)
well nothing wrong with going desktop pc case. as long as it can fit ur drives, the motherboard psu etc... thats really all u need 

I have a synology at home Malaysia.
My home using unifi 300mbps (Pro Upgrade 500mbps)

May I know is there a way I can let my family download file from it ?
Family is in Singapore.

** Because file is 400gb, looking away to let them download directly instead of using google drive **

I have a synology at home Malaysia.
My home using unifi 300mbps (Pro Upgrade 500mbps)

May I know is there a way I can let my family download file from it ?
Family is in Singapore.

** Because file is 400gb, looking away to let them download directly instead of using google drive **

One way is to setup Tailscale or Zerotier on your Synology NAS, and they need to install Tailscale or Zerotier client on their devices. Then they can directly connect to your NAS.

Another way is if you got public IP then can setup port forward and use DDNS for OpenVPN or QuickConnect but this is more technical.

I have Unifi 100Mbps Pro Upgrade to 300Mbps, lost my public IP last week. Migrated some services that I share with my parents to Cloudflare Tunnel and non-shared services using Tailscale.

For Synology, didn't they have File Station and QuickConnect feature that can be Synology drives remotely?