Nas Help

[Kyle]

I have this really old system sitting in my room collecting dust so I figure why not put it to use.

Here are the specs: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nhqd4D

My first question is are the specs good enough to run a NAS system and if so what hard drives do you recommend I get? WD Red drives I assume? I have a 1tb WD Blue Drive sitting around also but not sure if WD Blue drives are good for a NAS.

Thank you

[Oshino Shinobu]

It's more than enough to run a NAS. You wouldn't need the graphics card, though. Maybe selling that or re-purposing it would be a good idea. 

WD Reds would be the drive I would go for with a NAS. Though if you have a 1TB WD Blue, you can use it to backup important information on the NAS. 

[swordsman247]

8 minutes ago, Kyle said:

I have this really old system sitting in my room collecting dust so I figure why not put it to use.

 

Here are the specs: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nhqd4D

 

My first question is are the specs good enough to run a NAS system and if so what hard drives do you recommend I get? WD Red drives I assume? I have a 1tb WD Blue Drive sitting around also but not sure if WD Blue drives are good for a NAS.

 

Thank you

 

That looks like more than enough for a nas, and if your on a budget you could use the 1tb wd blue

[Bgordy2013]

Depends on what you want to do with the NAS, you could have a couple good Plex streams going on it for sure. RAM is ok not the greatest, 8GB is the minimum for FreeNAS. WD reds are great for NAS drives.

[Stardar1]

12 minutes ago, Kyle said:

I have this really old system sitting in my room collecting dust so I figure why not put it to use.

 

Here are the specs: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nhqd4D

 

My first question is are the specs good enough to run a NAS system and if so what hard drives do you recommend I get? WD Red drives I assume? I have a 1tb WD Blue Drive sitting around also but not sure if WD Blue drives are good for a NAS.

 

Thank you

 

Performance wise? yes, it is. 

 

just one problem. 

 

those are all SATA 3GB/s, not SATA 6GB/s

 

It may not make a massive difference, but it would be enough for me to justify PCIe Sata 6 cards.