Help setting up server

[Moledier]

So, I recently bought a new computer, and then I thought, why not use my previous computer as a server?

 

What I want is, my previous computer running as a media server with plex, and i also want to be able to store files on it like a NAS, that i can access on my new computer, mostly on my home network.

And be able to run the occasional dedicated server in minecraft, or games like that.

 

My question is how i should set it up?

I'm not that good of a linux user, but could probably learn the basics, if linux should be the best OS for this kind of thing.

 

The specs on it is:

Asus Maximus VIII Gene

Intel I5 6600K

16 GB RAM

No GPU as i didnt buy a new GPU when i bought new computer.

 

Any ideas? :)

[AbsoluteFool]

10 minutes ago, Moledier said:

So, I recently bought a new computer, and then I thought, why not use my previous computer as a server?

 

What I want is, my previous computer running as a media server with plex, and i also want to be able to store files on it like a NAS, that i can access on my new computer, mostly on my home network.

And be able to run the occasional dedicated server in minecraft, or games like that.

 

My question is how i should set it up?

I'm not that good of a linux user, but could probably learn the basics, if linux should be the best OS for this kind of thing.

 

The specs on it is:

Asus Maximus VIII Gene

Intel I5 6600K

16 GB RAM

No GPU as i didnt buy a new GPU when i bought new computer.

 

Any ideas?

There is no "best" OS for running a server. The best OS is the one you are best known with. Yes Linux is more versitile and smaller in size than Windows. But come along with a steep learning curve.

 

Ideally you'll want a hypervisor when combining as many different things as you want to do here. This of course also depends on the OS you want to use.

[Olaf6541]

Take a look here:

Just try out some options and see if you like it, if you have any specific questions feel free to ask.

[Master Disaster]

44 minutes ago, Moledier said:

So, I recently bought a new computer, and then I thought, why not use my previous computer as a server?

 

What I want is, my previous computer running as a media server with plex, and i also want to be able to store files on it like a NAS, that i can access on my new computer, mostly on my home network.

And be able to run the occasional dedicated server in minecraft, or games like that.

 

My question is how i should set it up?

I'm not that good of a linux user, but could probably learn the basics, if linux should be the best OS for this kind of thing.

 

The specs on it is:

Asus Maximus VIII Gene

Intel I5 6600K

16 GB RAM

No GPU as i didnt buy a new GPU when i bought new computer.

 

Any ideas?

Everything you want to do can be done using bog standard Windows 10. A lot of people make the mistake of believing you need to run a server OS on a server, this is untrue. As already mentioned above, stick to what you know and are comfortable with and if you don't need domain control, print servers, disk quotaing, shadow copying, DNS server or any other advanced feature then you'll be fine running a non server OS.

 

Plex will run on Windows 10, you can share drives with Windows 10 and you can run Minecraft server on Windows 10.

 

No need to unnecessarily complicate things.

[Salacious B Crum]

2 hours ago, Moledier said:

So, I recently bought a new computer, and then I thought, why not use my previous computer as a server?

 

What I want is, my previous computer running as a media server with plex, and i also want to be able to store files on it like a NAS, that i can access on my new computer, mostly on my home network.

And be able to run the occasional dedicated server in minecraft, or games like that.

 

My question is how i should set it up?

I'm not that good of a linux user, but could probably learn the basics, if linux should be the best OS for this kind of thing.

 

The specs on it is:

Asus Maximus VIII Gene

Intel I5 6600K

16 GB RAM

No GPU as i didnt buy a new GPU when i bought new computer.

 

Any ideas?

During my search for the same setup that you want I found open media vault (Free) was easy to setup not too much cmd line stuff and runs docker so plex is a go I personally went with unRAID (Not free but cheaper than most components in your build) as I wanted more options and a stronger support base but I built mine around a pre-built i7 6700 (28TB) and its been rock solid for over 2 years now, you can try unRAID for free for 30 days and run the full version no limitations