No budget for now, and I own the SSDs already I just want to know what’s out there and what other people like.
My current setup is cobbled together from random parts and the HDDs are loud in my bedroom. I want all SSD storage (at least 4x) but with enough CPU/Ram to handle a lot of apps/VMs and some above-average demanding tasks (jellyfin, syncthing) than just being a NAS.
The only other criteria is that I would prefer it to be as small as possible (not rack mount).


I’m personally using https://www.friendlyelec.com/index.php?route=product%2Fproduct&product_id=294, sounds like what you’re looking for. It’s got four m.2 slots, up to 16gb ram, the rockchip soc should be sufficiently powerful for anything that’s not crazy demanding.
Wow! This is great! Thanks for sharing.