Plex NAS

[hbsterling]

Budget (including currency): Trying to keep under 700

Country: USA

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-9100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte H370N WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 CL16 Memory  ($36.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Crucial P2 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate IronWolf NAS 6 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($98.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $698.92
 

 

How is this for a NAS for Plex?

 

[Ubuntu is love]

No redundancy?

[hbsterling]

55 minutes ago, Ubuntu is love said:

No redundancy?

I will add more drives eventually but just like for a starting base

[Ubuntu is love]

1 minute ago, hbsterling said:

I will add more drives eventually but just like for a starting base

For a starting base its not bad, maybe a little less on the mobo and try to get an i5 in. if you would to like to use down scaling of the resolution if not its perfect.

 

Watch out tho, you can not just add disks and set them in raid or zfs. Because you will lose your data. So then you need a place to temporary store your media files.

[hbsterling]

33 minutes ago, Ubuntu is love said:

For a starting base its not bad, maybe a little less on the mobo and try to get an i5 in. if you would to like to use down scaling of the resolution if not its perfect.

 

Watch out tho, you can not just add disks and set them in raid or zfs. Because you will lose your data. So then you need a place to temporary store your media files.

Yeah the only other motherboard I was looking at was the ASUS Prime H310I-Plus and it was cheaper but the Gigabyte has more features so I thought why not. Also, thanks for the heads up on the raid!