New to NAS

[Some123Dude]

Im getting a new computer and was thinking of converting my old one into a nas server

 

My old pc specs

CPU i5-4460

Motherboard Gigabyte H81M-S2H

16GB 1600mhz ram

446GB SSD (os)

Widetech 650 psu

 

 

This pc is about 3-4 years old and on multiple time has turned on then off without showing the start screen, so im tempted to dump this. (ill have it looked at and see if its good)

i could get a new one ( if i do my price would be around $300-$500 AU)

 

i was thinking of adding a 2 4-6TB hard drives to this and using it for work/media centre.

 

What kinda of NAS os should i use, which one is easy? You guys have any other advice?

 

 

[Salacious B Crum]

6 hours ago, Some123Dude said:

Im getting a new computer and was thinking of converting my old one into a nas server

 

My old pc specs

CPU i5-4460

Motherboard Gigabyte H81M-S2H

16GB 1600mhz ram

446GB SSD (os)

Widetech 650 psu

 

 

This pc is about 3-4 years old and on multiple time has turned on then off without showing the start screen, so im tempted to dump this. (ill have it looked at and see if its good)

i could get a new one ( if i do my price would be around $300-$500 AU)

 

i was thinking of adding a 2 4-6TB hard drives to this and using it for work/media centre.

 

What kinda of NAS os should i use, which one is easy? You guys have any other advice?

 

 

I took my old pre built i7 6700 and turned it into an unRAID OS server and has been a great experience and a solid running machine

[Olaf6541]

If you still have the windows license available i would just go for windows, otherwise get a free nas os like freenas.

Plenty of cpu power with an i5, you can easily set up a good vpn server virtual machine too.