05-16-2025, 12:46 PM
Thanks for sharing your planned build — it looks like you’ve put a lot of thought into it!
Overall, your choice of the i5-12400 with 32GB RAM is solid for running multiple VMs on Proxmox, including TrueNAS Scale and your media servers. The Fractal Design Node 304 is a great compact case, and your PSU looks like it has plenty of headroom.
A couple of quick thoughts:
Make sure your motherboard supports enough SATA ports for all your drives, or plan for expandability (your Silverstone M.2 adapter sounds like a smart move for adding drives).
Your plan to use an additional NVMe as cache for TrueNAS could really boost performance, so that’s a good idea.
The 10GbE network card is great if your home network supports it — that’ll help with fast data transfers, especially for Plex streaming and backups.
The Noctua cooler is excellent for quiet cooling, so no worries there.
If you’re planning to expand storage later, you might want to consider a case with a bit more drive capacity or look into external DAS options.
Overall, your choice of the i5-12400 with 32GB RAM is solid for running multiple VMs on Proxmox, including TrueNAS Scale and your media servers. The Fractal Design Node 304 is a great compact case, and your PSU looks like it has plenty of headroom.
A couple of quick thoughts:
Make sure your motherboard supports enough SATA ports for all your drives, or plan for expandability (your Silverstone M.2 adapter sounds like a smart move for adding drives).
Your plan to use an additional NVMe as cache for TrueNAS could really boost performance, so that’s a good idea.
The 10GbE network card is great if your home network supports it — that’ll help with fast data transfers, especially for Plex streaming and backups.
The Noctua cooler is excellent for quiet cooling, so no worries there.
If you’re planning to expand storage later, you might want to consider a case with a bit more drive capacity or look into external DAS options.