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I currently have a Synology 220+ and a couple of VPS’s, and I’m looking to consolidate, while getting out of Synology’s walled garden. I’ve already got a couple of 3.5’s in the Synology, and 4 2.5’s lying around and I’m planning on running a number of docker containers and a couple of vms.

That said, I’ve never built anything before, and basically just went to PCPartPicker, started with the case, and checked 5-stars on each component and went from there. So… how absurd is my build?

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $135.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler $90.71 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $165.99 @ B&H
Memory TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $26.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00
Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00
Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive $159.99 @ Adorama
Case Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case $173.89 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Corsair
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $1200.56
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-23 19:32 EDT-0400
  • themadcodger@kbin.earthOP
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    7 hours ago

    I think I mentioned somewhere, but if not, over the last couple of years I learned a lot about the software side of running my homelab via synology and the vps’s, but I still know almost nothing about hardware, so this is all really useful information. Thanks!

    So I want to reduce the cooling, CPU (get one with integrated graphics), and motherboard, and not necessary but look into adding ssd and more memory.

    I’m okay with spending a bit up front if it’ll last a long time, but I also don’t want to buy too much and be useless.