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Over Synology, and looking to build my first home lab. Could use some advice on parts... (pcpartpicker.com)

submitted 1 year ago by themadcodger@kbin.earth to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I currently have a Synology 220+ and a couple of VPS's, and I'm looking to consolidate, while getting out of Synology's walled garden. I've already got a couple of 3.5's in the Synology, and 4 2.5's lying around and I'm planning on running a number of docker containers and a couple of vms.

That said, I've never built anything before, and basically just went to PCPartPicker, started with the case, and checked 5-stars on each component and went from there. So... how absurd is my build?

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$135.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler	$90.71 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$165.99 @ B&H
Memory	TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$26.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $179.00
Storage	Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $179.00
Storage	Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive	$159.99 @ Adorama
Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case	$173.89 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$89.99 @ Corsair
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total	$1200.56
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-23 19:32 EDT-0400

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[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

planning on running a number of docker containers and a couple of vms.

Just FYI, you can probably do ALL of that on a $200 Dell Optiplex 7050 SFF.

Source: my $200 Dell Optiplex 7050 SFF running 3 VMs, 3 LXC containers, and 16 docker containers - not including the multiple containers within the Nextcloud AIO "mastercontainer". There is plenty of overhead to spare.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can I make use of two existing 3.5" and 4 2.5" drives with that?

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Is there harm if you continue to use your existing nas just for storage?

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