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TBS-h574tx - Enquiries - 10-03-2025
After reading your response, I'm going to go with the tbs-h574tx with 5x samsung 990 pro 4tb nvmes in raid z1 and swap the fans for Noctuas. A self built jonsbo n2 or more likely n3 seems a bit challenging to reach the same or better levels of storage, power usage, network connectivity, and ultra quiet cooling. My only real question is that in your response you mentioned that the ram was upgradable to 32gb for the tbs-h574tx. Everything I've read(including your initial review) said the ram is soldered and is 12gb for the i3 model and 16gb for the i5 model. I read that to use all of the features of QuTS, I'll need a minimum of 16 gb of ram. At this point, I'm just planning to get the i5 model, but just wanted to make sure the ram wasn't actually upgradable, and that 16gb is enough to handle dockers for qbitorrent, radarr, sonarr, plex, and maybe a VPN and a couple(literally) extra containers? Thanks again for all the advice.
RE: TBS-h574tx - ed - 10-03-2025
Great choice with the TBS-h574TX — that setup with the Samsung 990 Pros in RAID Z1 and a Noctua fan swap is going to give you exactly what you want in terms of quiet, compact, and still very capable. You’re right that reaching the same balance of noise, efficiency, and connectivity with a DIY Jonsbo N2/N3 build is possible but trickier, since you’d be piecing it together with more variables.
On the memory: you are correct, the RAM in the TBS-h574TX is soldered and non-upgradeable. The i3 model ships with 12GB, and the i5 with 16GB, and that’s the maximum you’ll get. My earlier note about 32GB was a mistake, so thanks for catching that.
The good news is that 16GB is sufficient for what you’re planning. QuTS hero’s ZFS layer does like memory, but in your case — RAID Z1 with five NVMe drives and services like qBittorrent, Radarr, Sonarr, Plex, VPN, and a couple of lightweight extra containers — 16GB will hold up fine. Plex especially will run well as long as you stick mostly to direct play and let the clients handle decoding. If you were planning on heavy VM use or running dozens of containers, then soldered RAM would be a limitation, but for your workload it’s a safe fit.