Anyone looking to create the custom external storage solution may be interested in a new kit which has been created in the form of the NanoPi NEO. The kit includes a board to which storage can be attached which is powered by a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor and comes equipped with Ethernet and USB port connections.
Priced at just $13 for a limited time, the NanoPi NEO kit provides an affordable way to create external storage solutions using any old IDE hard drives or new SSD drives you may have lying around, offering room for a 2.5 inch SATA hard drive or SSD inside
The kit comes complete with an external casing and measures 6 x 3.9 x 1.9 inches when fully built. The design is also fanless providing silent operation and its recommended retail price of $17 is still a bargain when compared to whether external storage solutions.
However if you require a 12V, 2A power adapter this will also set you back $10 paragraph more details follow the links below.
Source: Liliputing : NanoPi Neo : CNX Software