4.20.2026

Fully silent NAS build




"Temps for the SSD are 45-50 C, with the exception of the ones beneath the metal plate, which go to 55C. Thermal pads seem to help the ones on top.

Some challenges I had with this build:

- Occulink cables are really great in reducing the bulk, but they're hard to find. The first one I ordered from Amazon did not work at all

- Had to improvise some adapters to hold the drives. Case officially supports only 4 SATA SSD, I wanted to double that

- Had difficulties finding a good dual NVMe adapter. Motherboard only supports x8x8 bifurcation and most adapters require x4x4. I found some adapters with a built-in chip but one emitted coil whine, another didn't have space for SSDs with heatsink. The 4th one was finally good."

Source: reddit