Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Setting up your Minisforum N5 Air NAS and tired of high cloud storage fees? In this complete step-by-step guide, I'll show you how to set up your own private cloud using the Minisforum N5 Air AI NAS!

Whether you're running MinisCloud OS, TrueNAS, unRAID, or Proxmox, this beginner-friendly tutorial covers everything from unboxing and hardware installation to full network configuration.

🔥 What We Cover in This Video:
0:00 - Introduction to the Minisforum N5 Air
0:15 - Unboxing & Hardware Overview
0:58 - Installing HDDs, NVMe SSDs & RAM
4:10 - Upgrading Your NAS
6:56 - Booting Up & First-Time Software Setup
10:00 - Setting Up Storage Pools & RAID Configurations
15:41 - Creating Shared Folders & User Permissions
15:50 - Final Thoughts & Recommendation

💻 Minisforum N5 Air Specs Mentioned:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 255 (8 Cores / 16 Threads)
- GPU: AMD Radeon 780M
- Drive Bays: 5x 3.5"/2.5" SATA HDDs + 3x M.2 NVMe SSD slots
- Networking: 10GbE + 5GbE Dual LAN Ports
- RAM Support: Up to 96GB DDR5

Where to buy:
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