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Just a quick bump, specifically for the bolded part! I'd like to start putting one together in the near future. Just for the record, I built a multipurpose PC early last year. It currently have 8GB ram, 250GB SSD drive, G4600 CPU, GTX 1051 ti GPU, Asrock b250m-hdv and a Corsair CX 450M PSU. Could I just turn my main PC into a NAS and also use it as a PC or would it be better to dedicate a rig just for streaming purposes? The case has a decent amount of space in it for drives.

I'd say about 4 days ago, I knew nothing about streaming and for whatever reason opted into buying a Roku express. I found that I could stream live TV through the charter app (ISP). I could actually log into my sisters account and stream live tv using her account, hence wanting to cancel my cable. I never heard of Kodi though. After reading the replies, I'm thinking that building something from scratch would be better. The only concern I have is keeping this thing on 24/7 with power costs / heating concerns. Is there a recommended parts list for making a streaming device? Nothing fancy really.

I think it came out in 2009 lol Thanks

I just built my parents a new PC and took their old Dell Inspiron 545S for the sake of hanging on to it. I've been building computers for a while but, ironically, I don't keep up with the tech world and am a bit behind in terms of the newest things out there. I just moved into a new house and got internet/tv service and recently learned about streaming services. I don't watch much TV so the thought of cutting my cable bill in half inspired me to buy a Roku. I'm still keeping the cable until I better familiarize myself with streaming and get comfortable with it but, I also just learned about streaming personal media locally/remotely through an NAS device. After reading about what an NAS is, I figured I could try and convert the old Dell into my own "NAS". Ultimately, my goals would be to be able to stream all my media (movies, pictures, music) onto tvs in my house and maybe even remotely on other tvs (multiple streams, 2-3 at most). My recent DL/UL speedtest resulted in 116/11 Mbps, which hopefully is enough. 1. Would it be worth it to convert the old Dell to acomplish this or would it be better to build my own from scratch? 2. If building my own is the better route, are there specific parts which are better geared for streaming media? I thought of buying a NAS but looking at their prices / hardware, building one seemed like the better route, but I don't know any better which is why I came here