An Old Desktop Makes for a Great NAS . When I first wanted to upgrade from a 4-bay Synology, I started looking around to see ...

For reference, the current standard is PCIe 5.0 which was introduced in 2019 and has since been adopted by the best motherboards with compliance for DDR5 RAM, meaning far superior ...

Honestly, I'd just consider getting a PCI-E SATA controller card and using that. It has the advantage of being useful if you ever upgrade your system again. It might save you money now and ...