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Over Synology, and looking to build my first home lab. Could use some advice on parts... (pcpartpicker.com)

submitted 6 days ago by themadcodger@kbin.earth to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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

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[–] Sproutling@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You most likely want graphics for initial install and troubleshooting (like when your NAS loses connection for example). I would recommend a 5600G instead. Nice little APU that works great with Jellyfin transcoding. It's what I have in my own DIY NAS.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Everyone else seems to be recommending going with Intel because it's apparently the gold standard in transcoding. But you don't have any problems with yours and being an amd?

[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

The thing is that even quite old Intel CPUs have good transcoding support with Jellyfin. For people buying used desktops is great. AMDs are a more recent development. Since you're building everything brand new, take your pick. With AMD you could run some light ROCm workloads.