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The title image drink has nothing to do with the content of this article; Only for scale display purposes~
Reason for purchase
I have played several NAS cases and ITX chassis before, the main regret is that there are not many hard disk slots, and this time I started the Josper N1 NAS chassis to perfectly solve this pain point.
Exterior display
Let’s take a look at this Josper N1 – a chassis built for NAS.
The outer packaging of the chassis is relatively simple, and at the same time, it is intuitively printed with the product shape and model, which is clear at a glance. On the side is the specific product parameter information, my this one is gray.
Referring to a 330ml glass bottle of drink, the front of the N1 chassis is really not big, and the overall appearance is small.
In addition to the power on button, the connector section on the front panel also provides a USB-A and a Type-C port, as well as an audio port.
The shell is a drawer-type package, and after extracting the hardware inside, you can see that the heat dissipation mesh on the left and right sides is symmetrical.
The bottom is fixed in a slide style to avoid excessive assistance when pushing and pulling.
The main hardware structure and front 14cm fan can effectively provide heat dissipation for internal equipment.
As the key part of the NAS, the hard disk compartment area can accommodate five 3.5-inch hard disks, and some small partners said that 5 hard disks are relatively dense, and 4 are just right. The benevolent sees the wise, and it is enough to install one less piece in the middle. After all, there is a large fan at the front end, the airflow is relatively fast, and the heat collection will not be as bad as the 5 hard disk bits without a fan.
The bottom of the hard disk PCB has in addition to the SATA interface also provides 2 large 4pin interfaces, directly converted into SATA power supply, and there is also a fan power supply interface, has been connected, want to change the fan of the little partner can remember here.
Other accessories, in addition to the basic fixing screw washer, are provided with 5 soft rubber hard drive handles and 4 aluminum alloy feet (vertical placement) and cable ties.
The basic structure is like this, other friends have also done a lot of unboxing and drying things, I focus on combining the installation machine to talk about the installation experience.
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Internal hardware configuration:
intel E3_1265L v3
Intel B85 chip ITX motherboard
Branch Endowment DDR3 2400 8G*2
Toshiba 256G SSD & Toshiba 8T HDD
230W SFX lightweight power supply
Josber_radiator
The CPU was bought by picking up garbage at the seafood market and replacing the long-serving Celeron processor in this platform. As a low-power version of the 45W Xeon processor, the feature is stable, silent frequency 2.5G, up to 3.7G, and on-board graphics card, after loading Black Synology, you can open core graphics card decoding such as H.265; of course, it is also related to the installation of Black Synology’s version. Price: At present, it is about 425 yuan, which is more than 100 cheaper than E3_1275L v3 and i3 10105F. Of course, there will be some gaps in performance, which is acceptable from a price point of view.
When accessories such as the motherboard are loaded into the chassis, the installation is very smooth, and since the whole is a small accessory, there is no need to bother.
There will be restrictions on the height of the radiator, it is recommended to use a downward pressure radiator below 70cm high, because I am a 45W CPU, it directly adopts passive heat dissipation, with the fan at the front of the chassis, it can also meet the heat dissipation needs of the CPU.
This SFX power supply is also designed with a short body, and you can see that the saved cable management area is still very abundant.
The power supply itself also has a small fan of 4cm, which is enough to dissipate heat for itself. There is a large area of thermal cutouts on the right side of the motherboard I/O interface, which also provides conditions for passive heat dissipation.
Hard disk installation requires screwing on the rubber washer of the screws, as well as the handle.
Insert the slide into the corresponding interface of SATA.
The installation position of the hard disk is deliberately prioritized to the side near the power supply, leaving a space on the left side, so that the air intake at the front can blow down the memory and CPU cooler area. Of course, the hard disk will be fully plugged in one day, and a thin fan may be added to the CPU at that time.
After the installation is ready, close the chassis shell, this fixing screw is really big! And with texture, it is convenient to screw it directly.
After installation, the whole machine is laid flat
It can also be placed vertically
You can see the large area of anti-slip mat at the bottom, which not only has the effect of anti-slip, but also plays the role of shock absorption when the hard disk is running.
That’s it for the installed part. In terms of platform, I have only studied two kinds, one is the simple and fast black group, and the other is the server configuration method of Windows servers, which can play the service effect of NAS.
summary
This chassis is generally very much in line with expectations, except for the price. It can be experienced well in terms of compatibility and heat dissipation, and it is convenient to expand the hard disk in the future. Its own weight + platform + hard disk has achieved a very “stable” effect, and on the outside, it is almost impossible to feel the resonance. The current color is only this gray, if there are black, white, red and other colors in the future, it can be more marketable!
The home theater formed by NAS, projector, and echo wall is also almost in place, and then send a sharing post and chat back!