Help me build a Plex Server

[BigC_13]

Hey guys, I'm looking to build myself a NAS to house all my media without having to leaving my main PC on 24/7. I've done some digging around to get a general idea but thought I would come here for some more suggestions before pulling the trigger. 

 

So without further adieu here's the guidelines I'm looking for:

• Location: Canada
• Primary use is going to be a Plex server
• Able to transcode at least 2 1080p streams 
• Plan to use FreeNAS
• Quiet as possible
• Looking to make this as budget friendly as possible but will spend what is needed to get the performance necessary 
• I plan on re-purposing some hard drives I already have for now and will be upgrading to larger drives at a later date
• was thinking mini-atx case to keep things as compact as possible

Thanks for any suggestions

[Chronos5618]

I've been thinking much the same thing. Here is a build I am currently pondering, though I'm sure the lovely people on the forum may have a better suggestion

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BLJWCJ

 

Note: I'm also going to repurposing an SSD as the boot drive and use FreeNAS as the OS.