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Guessing you just read the first sentence? The build the article is about is a 200 DIY, not the N5 mentioned in the intro.

$200 + board/CPU, the $699 Aoostar includes board/CPU.

The intention is to get one of those ~$100 N100 minipcs for the guts. Still coming in under budget vs the commercial option.

All that being said, there are more affordable NAS cases that would eliminate the labor. This is both an art piece and a because-I-can kind of venture.

Thanks for posting this. I have several family members & friends at work who can use this AOOSTAR unit. I’d love to install TrueNAS SCALE on it, Jellyfin, tailscale, docker and perhaps some VMs via Promox. I’ve been looking for a product just like this and the price is reasonable.

Thanks for posting this, it looks like an amazing value. I need to rebuild my home server/nas soon and finding removal sled backplane is hard enough by itself. I’d prefer a 1U layout, but this is pretty good.