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AOOSTAR WTR PRO 4 Bay NAS (Ryzen 7 5825U, 3x NVMe, 2x 2.5G LAN, HDMI/DP/USB-C) US$376.29 (~A$599.57) Del @ Aoostar AliExpress

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AOOSTAR WTR PRO 4 Bay NAS (Ryzen 7 5825U, 3x NVMe, 2x 2.5G LAN, HDMI/DP/USB-C) US$376.29 (~A$599.57) Del @ Aoostar AliExpressAffiliate
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On sale is this NAS and Mini PC from Aoostar that's packed with features and offers a lot more performance than the usual NAS offerings. This is due to the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U 8 core, 16 thread CPU and AMD Radeon graphics that makes it suitable for use as a powerful NAS, mini PC or media streaming box. Especially since it has a HDMI 2.1 port, DisplayPort and a full feature USB-C port with 4K output and PD100W input.

Featuring 4 2.5/3.5" SATA bays (not hot-swappable), 2x M.2 NVMe Gen3 x4 slots and an M.2 WiFi slot that can be turned into an additional SSD slot (good for the OS drive) using an adapter. For RAM there's two DDR4-3200 SODIMM RAM slots with support for up to 64GB. It has 2.5G dual LAN for connectivity.

In terms of I/O they've opted to add the ports to the side with 2x 2.5G LAN, 2x USB 3.2, 2x USB 2.0, DP, HDMI, USB-C, MicroSD card slot, 3.5mm audio jack and the DC port. On the rear there is a large 120mm fan to keep the system cool.

While barebones it still comes with Windows 11 Pro and you can install any other OS like TrueNAS, XPEnology and more.

  • Add "NO RAM NO SSD" and "AU Plug" to the cart
  • Apply the coupon AUSS80 at checkout

AU$ based on current Mastercard rate, GST inclusive and stacks with cashback.

Alternatively they sell an Intel N100 version for ~A$150 less which only includes a single M.2 NVMe slot and a single RAM slot.

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Comments

    • ozy on 08/02/2025 - 08:38

      Expected delivery date for me is tomorrow 9th
      Not yet shipped.

      The power of ozbargain will bring out the waiting champion mode.

      Also CNY needs to HTFU

      • ozy on 08/02/2025 - 18:16

        Just got an order update, “shipped”… no further tracking.
        ETA still tomorrow, Sunday the 9th..
        Still in China.

        Waiting champion mode activated.

        Lowering my expectations of Aoostar like a lead filled balloon.

  • pw2002au on 09/02/2025 - 08:04
    +1

    Likewise but mine is showing yesterday's date for delivery 🤣

  • pw2002au on 12/02/2025 - 15:47

    received today as an fyi - that was quick shipping!

    • Clear on 12/02/2025 - 15:50

      People are quick to forget it comes from China 😅

      • pw2002au on 12/02/2025 - 17:08

        Its more the shipping notification only came through late last week :)

  • pw2002au on 12/02/2025 - 19:22
    +1

    Drivers located here: https://aoostar.com/pages/drives-systems?srsltid=AfmBOoqbUIn…

  • NachoCheese on 13/02/2025 - 16:24

    Just got mine delivered! Super excited but not sure which OS. I’ve already got the Soyo mini pc from last deal doing Proxmox (thanks ozb)

    What OS are you guys thinking of running?

    TrueNAS bare metal.. proxmox etc?

    • gizmomelb on 13/02/2025 - 22:30
      +1

      if you want to check out the synology o/s, then have a look for auxxxilium.

    • ASA on 15/02/2025 - 17:33

      Got mine 2 days ago and playing with UNRAID. I was tossing between it and Proxmox (with unraid or truenas vm-ed)

      • CyberMurning on 15/02/2025 - 17:34

        Too bad unraid is not free

        • ASA on 15/02/2025 - 17:39

          Yes, and also beer, wine, whisky, … ;)

          I get it :) I have an old Truenas on a very old HP N36L. Wanted to check out unraid so am on the 30 day trial license. I think its around AUS$100 if I decide I like it. It's not terribly unreasonable… We will see :)

  • dunnoz on 13/02/2025 - 17:47

    Just got mine too! first time building a NAS..

    Any recommendations on ram size and whether to get ECC or not ? Read that CPU supports it but bios may not… what is everyone else installing?

    • pw2002au on 13/02/2025 - 20:48
      +2

      I ended up just grabbing the CORSAIR Vengeance SODIMM 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz C22 Memory for Laptop/Notebooks off Amazon for $80 . Slightly more expensive now but no issues

      • dunnoz on 13/02/2025 - 20:50

        thanks!

    • mduncan2 on 13/02/2025 - 21:09
      +1

      Yeah, mine arrived this afternoon. Just dropped in the 2x 16gb crucial ram cards, also trimmed the included A/E to M.2 card to be 2260 in length and fit around the ram slot. Slipped a small Velcro tie around the adapter, Screwed it down to the mobo, Transferred my nvme m2 card from my mini pc, (with proxmox host and vms/containers on it) and wrangled it into the adapter, and wrapped the Velcro strap around it. The adapter 2280 screw position would have been impossible to get a screw driver to to tighten it up, so I removed that end of the adapter, and needed a 'something' to help hold the nvme ssd in-place. A quick adjustment of the lan number on the proxmox host and it works. Will need to get some new ssds for the two empty nvme, and will transfer my hdds from my xpenology set up on a HP proliant ml10v2

      • gizmomelb on 13/02/2025 - 22:32

        stick auxxxilium on a usb stick,boot from that and it will auto detect the DSM installation from your xpeneologu setup and re-create it just running on your new hardware (with all the correct bare metal drivers etc.).

    • ASA on 15/02/2025 - 17:41
      +1

      Depends on your plans for it. Do you want to run VMs? Docker containers? If just using a NAS 16GB is probably fine. I put 32GB in mine. Non ECC.

      • gizmomelb on 15/02/2025 - 21:17
        +1

        Im running 9 docker containers (arrs suite, smart hdd manager and jellyfin), all of them running uses just under 3GB RAM.

      • dunnoz on 15/02/2025 - 22:34

        New to home server setup stuff, but to start just planning on using it as a NAS for backups, media storage, plex/jellyfin.

        Someone also mentioned with DSM you can auto backup photos from your phone once it connects, so might go with proxmox and auxxxilium

        • gizmomelb on 16/02/2025 - 12:15

          personally I'd just go bare metal with auxxxilium, since we're talking about a fairly low cpu power device and I'd be paranoid about the cpu running the RAID (whichever NAS software you go with) as well as needing to passthrough exclusive access for the SATA and iGPU to auxxilium/DSM. But that's just my opinion which as said, may be paranoid and wrong. I will note that CPU usage is heavy when adding drives / building the array, otherwise most of the time it barely peaks even when transcoding video in jellyfin (oh and I'm assuming you're talking about the intel n100 model, the AMD would have way more cpu power avalable). I've got 3x intel n100 mini pcs plus an n5059 NAS (similar architecture, but uses a little more power.. bought it as it has 12x sata ports on the motherboard).

          • dunnoz on 16/02/2025 - 12:38

            @gizmomelb: Thanks for the feedback! I'll do some reading and decide when I get the HDDs.

            I actually got the Ryzen CPU, not as good with transcode but should be ok.

  • pw2002au on 13/02/2025 - 20:43

    FYI for those installing win 11 pro it didn't auto detect internal network card so used a USB dongle. Also prompted for windows key but no issues activating post installation.

  • ASA on 15/02/2025 - 17:45

    Anybody know why the BIOS reports only 19GB RAM when I have 32GB installed? Linux is saying there is 32GB there but only 19GB available. Is it the iGPU? Seems like a lot for it to hog…

    • Clear on 15/02/2025 - 19:17
      +1

      I believe the RAM allocated to the iGPU is dynamic and can be changed in the BIOS. It may be called "UMA Frame Buffer Size".

      • ASA on 15/02/2025 - 20:13

        Thanks, will check for that!
        :)

        (I think I read somewhere that that option governs the minimum size rather than the max)

        • Clear on 15/02/2025 - 20:37
          +1

          Usually it's set to auto by default and has a heap of different levels to set it to instead. I.e. 2gb, 4gb, 8gb etc.

        • ASA on 16/02/2025 - 12:12

          Set UMA Frame Buffer to 256M… no difference

  • plaking on 17/02/2025 - 20:28

    Back on sale for 622.19 AUD till the 24th of Feb

  • BrodensNephew on 17/02/2025 - 21:58

    Any idea what screws can mount a SATA SSD into the disk caddys?

    I'm having trouble as any screw I use has clearance issues due to not being flush

    • Nom on 18/02/2025 - 12:04

      Drive trays need "slim" screws - use something like this https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/363128074789

      • BrodensNephew on 18/02/2025 - 13:39

        Thanks, yes those style look good, but M3 x 3mm should do it. Think the ones you linked (6mm) would be too long to go into an SSD?

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