To old for NAS ?

[Alchemists]

Hay guy 

 

I wanna Build my first Nas server and I want to do it with a second hand computer (i’m pretty tight on budget) and I Found PC with i5 6500 ,8gb ram and hdd500gb os win 10 pro at 70 $ (us) should I go for it? 
Or look for newer pc ? 
 

[Levent]

6th gen i5 is definitely not too old.

[SupaKomputa]

I suggest a lower cpu tier for NAS, look for a celeron / pentium dual core 4000 / 5000, they are very popular in the nas community due to their low power consumptions.

[FRD]

It's better to use as a normal PC than using it as a NAS. Either way it's a good deal though.

Like said, it's better to get a weaker PC if it's just for a NAS.

[PianoPlayer88Key]

When I've been looking at building a NAS, the oldest platforms I was looking at were LGA 771 (the server contemporary to 775) and PGA 604, because those still supported PCI Express slots.  (I would use those for a SAS/SATA HBA.)

 

I still haven't done one yet, for various reasons outside the scope of this post, but for now the oldest I'm looking at is LGA 2011 (Sandy Bridge), with LGA 1366 maybe still under consideration.