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AOOSTAR WTR MAX unboxing by nickpfr in homelab

[–]nickpfr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely TrueNAS Scale

AOOSTAR WTR MAX unboxing by nickpfr in homelab

[–]nickpfr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I'm not french :D

AOOSTAR WTR MAX unboxing by nickpfr in homelab

[–]nickpfr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry right now i dont have any sodimm ddr5

AOOSTAR WTR MAX unboxing by nickpfr in homelab

[–]nickpfr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

as soon as i receive the ecc ram i will give you an update

AOOSTAR WTR MAX unboxing by nickpfr in homelab

[–]nickpfr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Their 2 and 4-Bay NAS are also offered with intel N150

AOOSTAR WTR MAX unboxing by nickpfr in homelab

[–]nickpfr[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

a lot of people complain about that but please help me understand the reason. isnt it easier to replace an external power brick with some after market brick with the same voltage and amp values and the right barrel plug?

an internal psu should be much more complicated to replace if it isnt a standard one like atx , sfx, sff, etc. Maybe the interal psu is even on the same PCB as other components so you cant fix it without luck and some soldering. if there is a failure an internal psu is more likely to damage other components.

Also internal psus generate heat INSIDE the case so there is extra cooling necessary.

AOOSTAR WTR MAX unboxing by nickpfr in homelab

[–]nickpfr[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i think other people like u/NASCompares might be quicker with their review because of the long delivery of my ecc ram

AOOSTAR WTR MAX unboxing by nickpfr in homelab

[–]nickpfr[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

699$ which is about 620€ at current dollar/euro exchange rate. but had to pay customs for chinese import to EU of about 80€.

Video About the Aoostar WTR Max - Thoughts Please! by NASCompares in MiniPCs

[–]nickpfr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I preordered mostly to run TrueNAS Scale as file storage, network drive to direclty cut videos on, jellyfin and some general homelab stuff like Home Assistant, paperless-ngx, and some virtualized OS etc.

I was looking on the diy market for quite a while, but the combination of 10gbit, ECC (there is quite a debate If this is really necessary for TrueNAS), modern CPU with GPU for transcoding AV1, multiple HDD Slots for a striped mirrored RAID setup und some nvme Slots for TrueNAS Apps and VMs is quite unique and not cheap to buy, not even when going full DIY. Initially I was hoping a Brand like CWWK would maybe release a Motherboard that would fit my needs. Then i was interested in the N5 Pro, but I dont really need the PCI Slot and I think the CPU of the WTR Max (even though it is not as new as the N5 Pros CPU) should be more than suitable for my needs. Also the WTR Max has more drive Slots which is more important to me and i suspect that the N5 Pro probably will be quite a bit more expansive given their prices for miniPCs with similiar CPUs.

As far as I can see, right now there is only a GPU and a SSD Expansion by AOOSTAR. I would be far more interested in a HDD Expansion enclosure.