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TERRAMASTER

TERRAMASTER D2-320

TERRAMASTER D2-320 USB RAID Enclosure - USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type C 2Bay Direct Attached Storage Supports RAID 0, 1, Single, JBOD (Diskless)

GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE BRIX Intel N250 Barebones

The N250 barebones BRIX, a step up from the N150 on the same build-it-yourself terms. A quiet always-on box for a media front end, a small server or a point-of-sale terminal.

Unverified: Memory and storage slot counts, supported capacities and port layout were not stated in the retailer listing.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi 5 / 16GB

The 16 GB Pi 5, for a workload that actually needs the memory rather than the cores: a larger container stack, a self-hosted database, or compiling on the board itself.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Kit (8GB)

A complete Pi 5 desktop in one box: board, case, official keyboard and mouse, 27 W supply, both HDMI cables, a preloaded microSD card and the beginner guide. Connect a monitor and it runs.

Unverified: The bundled microSD card is listed as carrying the 32-bit OS image. Confirm which image actually ships before advising a customer who wants 64-bit.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi 5 / 4GB

The 4 GB Pi 5. Enough for Pi-hole, Home Assistant, a print server or a light Docker host. It needs a power supply, storage and cooling, none of which are in the box.

GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE BRIX Intel N150 Barebones

A barebones x86 mini PC with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth already fitted. Barebones means no memory, no drive and no operating system, so budget for all three; the payoff is choosing them yourself.

Unverified: Memory and storage slot counts, supported capacities and port layout were not stated in the retailer listing. Confirm from the GIGABYTE spec sheet before advising on an upgrade.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi 5 / 8GB

The 8 GB Pi 5, and the version to pick if it will run several containers at once or double as a small desktop. Roughly three times the CPU throughput of a Pi 4.

Synology

Synology DiskStation DS423+ (4-bay, diskless)

Four-bay DiskStation with two M.2 NVMe slots for read and write cache. Four bays is the point where you can run a single-drive-redundant array and still grow it, which two bays never really allows.

Unverified: Exact CPU model, and the 72 TB maximum capacity figure. Both came from retailer copy rather than the Synology datasheet.

Synology

Synology DiskStation DS224+ (2-bay, diskless)

Two-bay DiskStation running DSM. Diskless, so pair it with a couple of NAS-rated drives in a mirror. The common first NAS for household backups, Time Machine targets and a media library.

Unverified: Exact CPU model and maximum raw capacity. The retailer listing said only "Intel Celeron 2 GHz" and described the bays as SAS, which is wrong for this unit. Confirm against the Synology datasheet before publishing this row.