Bugs Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Hi All, I have a QNAP-TS-209 and its great but its a bit old now, and noisy so as i`m tight and never want to part with my hard earned money I got my hacker thinking cap on and was thinking why don't I just replace the main board. So I found the VIA EPIANR10000EG on amazon for £30 which looks like it would do the job, says it would run Linux so hopefully there shouldn't be too many issues. the board doesn't need to be overly powerful as long as I can download and stream of it in at least 720 then im a happy bunny. Iv not had any dealing with these via boards before and just wondered if anyone else had, or if anyone see any potential issues with what i'm planning.
mrwoberts Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Just curious, does it have to be a nano-itx board, or would a mini-itx fit (roughly 25x25cm..)
Bugs Posted January 26, 2016 Author Posted January 26, 2016 No it doesn't have to be nano-itx. I have checked out some mini-itx boards which measure 17x17 and they only just fit inside the NAS case, the main issue is height there isnt much room between the bottom of the case and the hard drives and most mini itx have heatsinks (even the fanless ones) I have even thought of using a NUC mainboard or a brix but id have to add a mini PCIe sata to give me two SATA ports and im unsure of how the NUC will like that.
newpersn Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 No it doesn't have to be nano-itx. I have checked out some mini-itx boards which measure 17x17 and they only just fit inside the NAS case, the main issue is height there isnt much room between the bottom of the case and the hard drives and most mini itx have heatsinks (even the fanless ones) I have even thought of using a NUC mainboard or a brix but id have to add a mini PCIe sata to give me two SATA ports and im unsure of how the NUC will like that. I think some of the NUC's have 2 Sata ports.
twin--turbo Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 No it doesn't have to be nano-itx. I have checked out some mini-itx boards which measure 17x17 and they only just fit inside the NAS case, the main issue is height there isnt much room between the bottom of the case and the hard drives and most mini itx have heatsinks (even the fanless ones) I have even thought of using a NUC mainboard or a brix but id have to add a mini PCIe sata to give me two SATA ports and im unsure of how the NUC will like that. Is the PSU at all suitable?? Fanless boards are more likly to have a larger heat sink.
Bugs Posted January 26, 2016 Author Posted January 26, 2016 yes I think the i5's and I7's have 2 sata's but im cheap so I was looking at celerons and adding a pcie card. twin--turbo - how'd you mean psu, think iv have to replace the PSU if I changed the mainboard. I was also thinking of getting a board with a fan but operating the fan elsewhere in the case.
mrwoberts Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Hmmm, I guess you could grab yourself a case from a pc that is destined for landfill, buy a semi-decent itx board, and ask politely on these forums for any remaining spare parts like ram... Alternatively, this little puppy on ebay might do the trick Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 Dual Core E5800 3.2 GHz | eBay
Bugs Posted January 26, 2016 Author Posted January 26, 2016 Thats the thing I really wanted to utilise the case from the TS-209 but its starting to look a bit of a tall order
mrwoberts Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 I think it just really limits the options for you sticking with the case - you could still go all MythBusters on another setup :-D
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