Well I have been using an old gaming PC as NAS after it’s GPU died, and even though it has served me greatly, it’s a power hog. Also CPU is pretty old to do any transcoding or AI stuff. I have scored a mini PC with Intel N5105 for free, and its quite power efficient. Also it doesn’t have SATA, but two nvme m2 slots, one of which can work with these m2 Sata adapters (asm1166 chip with 6 SATA ports). Now minipc obviously can’t power up the 5 hardrives, all 3.5" SATA, so I need an external power supply. minipc got it’s own adapter brick, so is there a similar adapter that can work for drives, or I have to get a PSU. But then again, If I am getting a PSU, I wonder if I could power the MiniPC off it as well.
I did came across this , and was wondering if this could be that would work for me.
To answer your question, yes that PSU looks like it should work. I’m not sure I would use this PSU for my NAS due to the quality of the manufacturer being unknown, but generally it should be fine so long as it is not mission critical.
Also if you have access to a 3d printer, there are some great designs for external drive cages to keep them safe and cool.