help to choose components

[tetenteten]

Advice for nas components

I want to build a NAS to make backups of files, but the NAS will mainly be used to stream 4K movies on my own network. I already have an old PC, but it consumes too much energy and stuttered during heavier files. I found a few components and wondered if this will be good enough for my future NAS.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 4300G
Motherboard: ASUS Prime B450M-K 2
Storage OS: NVMe M.2 128GB PCI Express 3.0

I can reuse the rest from my old PC.

PSU: 500W
RAM: 16GB DDR4 2133MHz
Case
OS: TrueNAS
HDD: still need to choose

Will the components I have chosen be good?

Thank you

[Levent]

why that APU? 5600G-5700G is cheap enough that I would take that over Zen2 APUs any day.

[tetenteten]

1 hour ago, Levent said:

why that APU? 5600G-5700G is cheap enough that I would take that over Zen2 APUs any day.

"Because the AMD 4300G is cheaper than what you suggested. But if you say that CPU is better for streaming movies, I will consider it."

[LIGISTX]

13 hours ago, tetenteten said:

stuttered during heavier files.

This likely doesn’t have to do with the hardware of your NAS. Any PC basically in the last 15 years can direct play Plex movies of any quality; it’s just reading data off a harddrive and passing it over the network to the Plex client. The issue with stuttering (assuming you are not transcoding…) is a codec issue. Your source either isn’t well supported by the client playing it, or something just isn’t happy. 
 

Building a more powerful NAS/Plex server won’t fix this. You’d need to either get a better client (nvidia shield tv is a great [the best] option) for this. Get the actual shield pro or whatever it’s called, not the tube one. The tube looking version has codec issue with 4k DV content especially. I also have heard the new top line chromecast are solid as well. I’d poke around Plex forums to confirm before you buy.