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Thank you Igor, I appreciate the info.

sup everyone, I was wondering what would be the best OS for a home server. It is going to be accessed by 3 windows desktops, and 2 Macbooks. it will be primarily used as a Nas, but will also be used as a media server for Jellyfin. I would also like to use it as the ingest station for physical media that would be Uploaded to Jellyfin. So if anyone has some recommendations or knowledge I would appreciate it. I know That if you want to run Jellyfin on Truenas you need to use scale not core, and does anyone know if it supports running a 5.25 in drive for reading DVD's. Thanks everyone

awesome thanks I will pick one of these up, they are significantly cheaper than the external ones with the same feature set. Plus I will be able to watch dvds at my computer!

I Don't care about a movie, but I would watch a mini doc about LTT. or a Docu-series about Large and successful YT channels, like LTT would be cool.

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So I just checked thingaverse and there are several cages to hold a internal reader like this externally, so I have a couple questions you might or might not know the answer to. Is there a negative to running something like this externally, similar to running running a hard drive externally? And what is the reliability like, have you used one

My case does not have a 5 1/4 drive bay, so i would prefer a external reader, but if they make external cages for these I would totally run one. sorry should have specified. Also does this have playback support? because if so it would make my desk more functional

I am a physical media fan, and because of this I have a somewhat large collection of CD's and DVD's. I am also a Zoomer though, and the only device I have that can actually play DVD's is my Xbox that is hooked up to the family room tv. So I would like to watch my media on my phone or pc. I don't have a home server but My desktop could totally run a small plex server for myself. What CD/DVD reader/burner is good. I want mine to last for a while, because I plan on collecting more media, plus I don't know how to privateer stuff from the internet. I looked on amazon but they all look janky, and my sister got one that immediately ate her DVD, and I would prefer for that not to happen to any of my DVD's. I wouldn't mind spending around 60 bucks. Read and write is important because reasons. Sorry Mods if this is in the wrong spot, feel free to move if necessary. TLDR: What CD/DVD burner/reader is quality, and wont damage my media

Optimum tech is awesome. He is a sweaty fps boi, so that is often the angle he pursues when reviewing a product. I'm still going to watch ltt, but I haven't watched their product reviews in over a year. I watch their fun content, intel/amd tech upgrades, house content

Thanks everybody. I am going to list ram and try to sell it. and donate everything else

What do you do with old hardware and cables? haven't thrown any of my old stuff away, but I have 3 or 4 European cables that came with a some monitors, and a bag of ddr3 ram. Its literally like 20 sticks. I don't have space to keep it, but I don't to just toss them IMG_0593.HEIC

Thanks I will definitely take everyone’s advice, and get a more generic, but over specced arm. I appreciate it, thank you.

Hello, everyone. I have been rocking the stock feet on my gigabyte m32q, but they are big (if you got a feet fetish I can wholeheartedly recommend this monitor). Yet I have been tempted. I saw this video on a cable free desk, and the monitor arm in the video is sick, but it costs a lot (150 dollars on amazon https://a.co/d/79dm9tW ). In the video they talk about it being made by a bunch of different companies. Does anyone know a similar monitor arm that is less expensive. My budget is about 80 dollars

So would it be better to get a core series chip then?

would a system like this with decent HD's be a decent home nas/plex server?