I Rebuilt My NAS for 2025 — Six Bays, Silent, Fully Backed Up does not get a free pass on the bench. We bought it, ran it until the numbers stopped moving, and wrote what survived the week — not what the launch deck promised.
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StorageI Rebuilt My NAS for 2025 Six Bays, Silent, Fully Backed Up
Fan swaps, drive cages, and the decibel readings that finally let it live next to the couch.
Score 8.4/10Storage#storage#homelab~$1,240 all-in14:0696K VIEWSArchived 29 Aug 2026
Source channelLinus Tech Tips
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The Benchlog take
The rebuild was less about raw throughput and more about living with the machine — silence, backups you actually trust, and bays you can service without a weekend project.
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Score breakdown
Category scores from the Benchlog desk after living with the hardware.
Silence9
Capacity / expandability8.8
Backup story8.5
Value7.9
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Benchmarks
Measured runs from the video and the Benchlog desk — not spreadsheet vibes.
Sustained load averageHigher is better · relative index
Bench noteRelative index against our mid-tier reference from the same week. Absolute FPS or MB/s live in the raw logs.
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Pros & cons
Pros
- Couch-adjacent noise floor after the fan swap
- Serviceable cages — drives swap without a teardown
Cons
- All-in cost climbs once you count good drives
- Initial ZFS learning curve if you are coming from RAID apps
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How we tested
Same rack, same meters, same hands. Warm-up discarded, three passes averaged, outliers thrown when a driver hiccup made itself obvious. If a chart looks calm, that is the point.
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Numbers that matter
| Metric | This unit | Peer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idle power | Measured | Higher | Wall meter at the bench |
| Noise @ 1 m | Acceptable | Varies | A-weighted, doors closed |
| Thermals | Stable | Spiky | After 30 min soak |
PullA quiet chart after a loud marketing week is still a verdict.
BENCH · QUICK CHECKbash
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On camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX6eefTta14 · clip
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