GMKtec Nucbox G9 4 Bay M.2 NVMe SSD NAS (Intel N150, 12GB/64GB, 2x 2.5G) US$177.99 (~A$286.90) Del @ Topton Computer AliExpress
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If posting NAS deals was a crime, I’d be serving 3 consecutive drives! This time it’s GMKtec, serving up a NAS with 4 M.2 NVMe SSD slots and powered by an Intel N150 (4 cores, 4 threads). Unlike the X86-P5 4 Bay SSD NAS I posted earlier, this one isn’t barebones and GMKtec has thrown in 64GB of eMMC storage with Windows/Linux pre-installed, so you can save all 4 SSD slots for storage instead of the OS. They’ve also packed in 12GB of soldered LPDDR5 RAM, so it’s RAIDy to roll right out of the box.
Featuring 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x2 slots with official support for up to 4TB in each slot, 64GB eMMC storage with Windows/Linux dual boot, 12GB LPDDR5 RAM (soldered), 2x HDMI 2.0 4K@60Hz, 1x USB-C full feature with PD, Data & DisplayPort output, 1x USB-C PD, 3x USB 3.2 10Gbps ports and 3.5mm audio.
For connectivity it’s using two Intel i226-V 2.5GbE network ports making it more suitable for TrueNAS and similar OS’, as well as WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. For cooling there is a CPU fan and two smaller fans for the SSDs. I recommend installing heatsinks on each SSD as they’re not included.
Unfortunately due to CPU constraints the M.2 NVMe slots are limited to 2 PCIe lane (x2) instead of 4 PCIe lanes (x4), however this is still faster than having mechanical SATA HDDs.
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