Based on the advice of this channel I bought the F4-223, installed TrueNAS Scale and man, it's been awesome. Upgraded to 32GB RAM, put 4x18TB drives in it and it's amazing.
Mine arrived 2 weeks ago and i'm looking forward to watch this video. It's my first NAS and i'm still getting used to some problems, like the fact that the NAS keeps making noises from time to time, while the HDDs should be idle. One big thing was that the NAS OS was set to Chinese time and my Plex account was set to EU time and the daily database check happened at 7pm every day, so every evening it started to check my database while i was at home at my PC... even unhooking the LAN didnt help, but since i found that option it seems to be quiet.
Are you going to make a video about the plain F4-424 Terramaster? Especially about the value comparison with the pro-version, considering the price difference...
Got the F4-424, dont need the pro version for my needs, stayed with tos 5.1 as im not as clued up with networks and settings, but am awaiting to see what arrives with version 6.0 and if it fixes the issues i have
Are you going to be doing a review on the non-pro version? Out of the two what would you recommend for just a Plex server. Mainly home theatre use 4K remux 40-100mbs & Transcode down to 1080p for one of my older TVs. Sharing with a few people that will use it sparingly
Hey I have a terramaster F2-212 and I what to switch to a terramaster F4-424 I have a 8TB and a 4TB HDD from the F2-212 that I been using for Plex and want to put it in the F4-424 but don’t know how to proceed any help would be greatly appreciated?
The AlderLake-N CPU's only support a single channel of memory. Intel have a history of listing "maximum" memory limits of just what DIMM sizes were available at release. 32GB is just fine on AlderLake-N, and even new 48GB DIMM's.
I assume there is an internal port to plug in a usb stick for booting off unraid? If so how much clearance is there? Would it require one of those micro flash drives like the Samsung fit plus, or a little more space to play with?
There’s an internal usb but there’s just enough space for another low profile usb drive after removing the existing one with TOS on it. I’m using a sandisk ultra fit with unraid on it and has been working great
@@booradley4835 Thank you, I appreciate the response. Yeah I'll probably go for a slim usb drive like that then. I'm looking into my first unRAID usb stick and some people were recommending those "industrial" SLC usb sticks but they are generally a bit longer, so just wanted to know if they would work in a case like this (probably not).
Bought the Samsung Fit Plus 64gb, and it did not fit (too long, and MB/case won't close). Had to get a SanDisk Ultra Fit, which worked. Loaded Unraid and its been rock solid.
F4-424 it’s newer and will offer better performance, i have a ds920+ and the ds423+ are literally the same hardware 2/3 years apart. Terramaster for hardware, but Synology software kicks it’s arse
Thanks for the response. I really like Synology. Would be nice if they updated theDS423+ in the hardware department.The software is top of the class!@@JohnPob
Power button on the back & no USB on the front FFS! At this price point would also expect an LCD display on the front at the very least. Apart from that mine's a BEAST!
Was going to but pulled the pin on prebuilt NAS, repurposed my PC, bought a Fractal Design Define 7, power limited my i9 10900k, idling at 15w, plenty of cores and boost clocks if needed.
😂 Intel artificially limiting their low power CPUs (on paper) is nothing new, has nothing to do with "stability" and everything to do with predatory market segmentation. I'm running a single 48GB DDR5 SODIMM module in my N305 Beelink EQ12 Pro perfectly fine. Just as I, and everyone else that's used previous Pentium/Celeron based NUCs in their homelabs for the last decade have run >8GB of RAM flawlessly.
Based on the advice of this channel I bought the F4-223, installed TrueNAS Scale and man, it's been awesome. Upgraded to 32GB RAM, put 4x18TB drives in it and it's amazing.
Hey there, did you buy Terramaster memory, or were you able to use a different brand? and was it a singe channel 32GB?
"so you come crawling back..." interlude with Frank Reynolds - priceless pun 😆
Mine arrived 2 weeks ago and i'm looking forward to watch this video. It's my first NAS and i'm still getting used to some problems, like the fact that the NAS keeps making noises from time to time, while the HDDs should be idle. One big thing was that the NAS OS was set to Chinese time and my Plex account was set to EU time and the daily database check happened at 7pm every day, so every evening it started to check my database while i was at home at my PC... even unhooking the LAN didnt help, but since i found that option it seems to be quiet.
Are you going to make a video about the plain F4-424 Terramaster? Especially about the value comparison with the pro-version, considering the price difference...
Which nas would you recommend to run a plex server ? I'm lost and don't know what will work best . I only need a 2 bay system.
Got the F4-424, dont need the pro version for my needs, stayed with tos 5.1 as im not as clued up with networks and settings, but am awaiting to see what arrives with version 6.0 and if it fixes the issues i have
If it can be wiped and loaded with TrueNAS or Proxmox then I would say it's the best small business NAS on the market.
Agree. Or UnRaid.
Are you going to be doing a review on the non-pro version? Out of the two what would you recommend for just a Plex server. Mainly home theatre use 4K remux 40-100mbs & Transcode down to 1080p for one of my older TVs. Sharing with a few people that will use it sparingly
Hey I have a terramaster F2-212 and I what to switch to a terramaster F4-424 I have a 8TB and a 4TB HDD from the F2-212 that I been using for Plex and want to put it in the F4-424 but don’t know how to proceed any help would be greatly appreciated?
I’ve been absolutely delighted with my F4-423 that I got at £100 discount from Aliexpress. Such a huge speed upgrade from my old arm based Qnap
I reached out to Terramaster and they said it has hdmi 2.1
In the video it says 2.0 so was wondering are you wrong? Or are Terramaster wrong
The AlderLake-N CPU's only support a single channel of memory. Intel have a history of listing "maximum" memory limits of just what DIMM sizes were available at release. 32GB is just fine on AlderLake-N, and even new 48GB DIMM's.
I assume there is an internal port to plug in a usb stick for booting off unraid? If so how much clearance is there? Would it require one of those micro flash drives like the Samsung fit plus, or a little more space to play with?
There’s an internal usb but there’s just enough space for another low profile usb drive after removing the existing one with TOS on it. I’m using a sandisk ultra fit with unraid on it and has been working great
@@booradley4835 Thank you, I appreciate the response. Yeah I'll probably go for a slim usb drive like that then. I'm looking into my first unRAID usb stick and some people were recommending those "industrial" SLC usb sticks but they are generally a bit longer, so just wanted to know if they would work in a case like this (probably not).
Bought the Samsung Fit Plus 64gb, and it did not fit (too long, and MB/case won't close). Had to get a SanDisk Ultra Fit, which worked. Loaded Unraid and its been rock solid.
For me, this box would be the ideal box for building a PROXMOX server.
I just want a plex media server is this good enough? Or should i spend a bit more for qnap or synology?
For just Plex, definitely a good choice
First nas for me. Would you recommend the F4-424 or the DS423+ for Plex server, surveillance, photos etc.?
F4-424 it’s newer and will offer better performance, i have a ds920+ and the ds423+ are literally the same hardware 2/3 years apart. Terramaster for hardware, but Synology software kicks it’s arse
Thanks for the response. I really like Synology. Would be nice if they updated theDS423+ in the hardware department.The software is top of the class!@@JohnPob
Does anyone know of any other NAS on the horizon with the i3-n305?
I have been looking and didn’t find anything unfortunately..
Power button on the back & no USB on the front FFS!
At this price point would also expect an LCD display on the front at the very least.
Apart from that mine's a BEAST!
It is i3-N305 according to specs on terra master site not N300
i3-n305 can use up to 48GB DDR5 single channel single stick... no problem at all with it.
Like the info, only I don't even know what the hell this is, or does.
Im rolling my eyes at the annoyingly repitious use of that clip.
As a huge Liz Lemon fan, to put it mildly, I'll wholeheartedly disagree, good sir!
Was going to but pulled the pin on prebuilt NAS, repurposed my PC, bought a Fractal Design Define 7, power limited my i9 10900k, idling at 15w, plenty of cores and boost clocks if needed.
The same Tina and Danny cuts are getting annoying. Take my DV!
😂 Intel artificially limiting their low power CPUs (on paper) is nothing new, has nothing to do with "stability" and everything to do with predatory market segmentation.
I'm running a single 48GB DDR5 SODIMM module in my N305 Beelink EQ12 Pro perfectly fine. Just as I, and everyone else that's used previous Pentium/Celeron based NUCs in their homelabs for the last decade have run >8GB of RAM flawlessly.
Repeating the same "funny" clips over and over isn't helping. It's not even actually funny. Please resist the temptation to include them in future.