Tryna build a NAS on a budget

Recommend me stuff. Tryna keep it under $150. What can I grab? I got PC setup already. I want the Nas to be connectable via USB to any machine. So like a drive cage + USB connection.
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Ashank
AshankOP3w ago
Pls take into consideration delivery to Manila, Philippines when recommending products Ty ❤️ Damn
Tamz
Tamz3w ago
thats not necessarily a NAS then, thats just a external hdd or storage
Ashank
AshankOP3w ago
Welp If that's what it is, that's what it is 😂 What would qualify as a NAS then? Independence?
Tamz
Tamz3w ago
Network Attached Storage remote storage thats what nas is
Tamz
Tamz3w ago
if you want usb storage and you want fast read and write then you can go for a m.2 enclosure and like 4tb m.2 but if you want large storage you can buy from WD or other places that sell large storage on hand. amazon is pretty good for that place
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Ashank
AshankOP3w ago
Tbh that looks like a decent deal, pls link
Ashank
AshankOP3w ago
I'm tryna go for mass storage with decently fast drives The fastest read and write I'll need is about 50mb/s Which is really slow.
Tamz
Tamz3w ago
ah ur fine then
Ashank
AshankOP3w ago
My use case is mass file storage and media server
Snow Kit
Snow Kit3w ago
the one I linked should be able to hit the limit of USB 3.2, which is like 1GB/s
Ashank
AshankOP3w ago
Damn alr Is it under the budget of $150?
Snow Kit
Snow Kit3w ago
should be
Ashank
AshankOP3w ago
Yes it is Sure I can grab that ssd, but I don't have a place to put it
Snow Kit
Snow Kit3w ago
although it would be only 2TB of SSD based storage vs 8TB of HDD storage
Ashank
AshankOP3w ago
I'd prefer some kinda drive cage
Snow Kit
Snow Kit3w ago
check the other link
Ashank
AshankOP3w ago
Oh alr

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