Today I wanted to show off a cheap $200 NAS/server I put together. I think for starting out with budget storage, you don't need to spend crazy amounts of money, and can actually put something together for reasonably cheap.

Some of the following product links are affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Build your own $200 NAS (affiliate)
6tb EXOS Drives https://ebay.us/5yOq6s
LSI HBA https://ebay.us/AiqHrC
Dell Optiplex - https://ebay.us/X3CoVJ
Xeon E3-1226 V3 - https://ebay.us/d7cNcy
8GB DDR3 Ram - https://ebay.us/EQAJGy
GTX 650 - https://ebay.us/LOrFm0
GTX 1050 - https://ebay.us/QxsaPZ

My Gear (Affiliate)
Sony A7s ii - https://ebay.us/SEfvwa
Godox SL-60w - https://ebay.us/pmmjRM
Canon 50mm F2.5 Macro - https://ebay.us/G8ouDi
Canon EF 28-70mm F2.8 - https://ebay.us/7UDmqQ