For those of you who build your own NAS, what are you willing to buy used?

I've been convinced to build my own NAS again instead of going with a Synology and I'm thinking there are probably parts that don't matter if you buy used vs new but I'm curious what your thoughts are?

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I've purchased almost everything used except for the case (using a Fractal Design Define 7 XL and Fractal Design R5).

Used/retired enterprise hardware has virtually zero market, so it's dirt cheap.

I'm using Dell Precision motherboards and Intel Xeon CPUs in both of my main production servers because each motherboard/CPU combo ran about $30 each.

For hard drives specifically I almost always buy used, but I always buy enterprise/NAS drives (HGST DC, Seagate Exos, and Western Digital Red Plus to name a few).
- I am going to have the Define 7 XL case for a long, long time. It is built like a tank.

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