Seeing how I couldn't find consistant reviews for any of the pre built NAS boxes, I did what any true computer junkie would do... look into building one my doggone self!I just did some pricing on Newegg, and here's what I put together...ASUS TM-210 BMicroATX Mini Tower - $49.99 - Comes with 300W power supplyASUS M2A-VM Micro ATX Motherboard - $64.99 - One of VERY few MicroATX boards that has DVI-D. SATA II RAID, Gigabit Ethernet, and ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 video all on board. ASUS is always my brand for motherboards.AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 2.2GHz Processor - $39.99 - Yeah it's only single core, but it's cheap and fast enough for what I'll be using it for.A-DATA 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - $25.99 - 1GB should be plenty of RAM for this system, and I can always add more later on.Two Samsung SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $104.99 each - Well rated by customers on newegg and by Storage Review.Sony NEC Optiarc DVD Burner AD-7190S - $27.99 - Speaks for itself. One of the better rated burners out there.All that adds up to $441.60 shipped. This system would beat the pants off of my current system which is about 6 years old now (yikes!). This way I could also set up a print server as well, even though we don't print much. As far as the OS, I'd like to try one of the free options out there such as FreeNAS before I drop money on Windows Home Server or the like.It would make no sense to buy a prebuilt NAS box for more money and half the options! Self-built systems win again!
Nice system! I would get a larger power supply though. at least 500W to be safe. I used this PSU on the last syetem I built. I going to use this one for the next PC I build'http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007
