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Build Your Own Minisforum N5 Inspired Mini NAS

Print your own 5-bay N5 Mini NAS! Inspired by the Minisforum N5, this 175mm x 175mm design fits most small beds—use any mini PC you prefer.

I’ll end up releasing the raw shapr3D files after a month or two of debut online; I like to make sure I work out any earth shattering issues there may be prior to dumping the source for everyone to poke freely. (And you’re seeing that right; The NAB6 had a wifi card in the middle, and I shoved an E-key to m.2 nvme adapter in there, and used a mild riser for the SSD to clear the HDMI port in back… look, put the OS on whatever you can, right? This cost DOESN’T include the mini PC itself, as we’re making a general assumption that you’re going to put something inside that fills your needs (an N100 with no guts to easily run Xpenology via proxmox on 6w of power?

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