Hand-me-down PLex server & other shenanigans

[le_fourniquet]

So here's the deal. Got some Parts from My father in law's old pcs. here's what I got:

 

Cpu: Q6600

Mobo: Some Intel board with 6 sata ports

RAM: 4gb

Some old amd 1g gpu (mostly for the hdmi port)

500W PSU

3tb wd green (Iknow I know, not the greatest thing, trying to save money here)

1tb laptop drive

60gb ssd

 

Here's What I wanna do with it:

 

Plex server

Backup file from the main pc ( But nothing important) 

My girlfriend will someday need to back up some files to it too from outside my local network

play emulator games on the tv

 

Edit: I need help with the accessing from outside my network Part.

 

Thanks in advance

[TAHIRMIA]

1 minute ago, le_fourniquet said:

So here's the deal. Got some Parts from My father in law's old pcs. here's what I got:

 

Cpu: Q6600

Mobo: Some Intel board with 6 sata ports

RAM: 4gb

Some old amd 1g gpu (mostly for the hdmi port)

500W PSU

3tb wd green (Iknow I know, not the greatest thing, trying to save money here)

1tb laptop drive

60gb ssd

 

Here's What I wanna do with it:

 

Plex server

Backup file from the main pc ( But nothing important) 

My girlfriend will someday need to back up some files to it too from outside my local network

play emulator games on the tv

 

So yeah, I know freenas is a thing but I cant play games on It, Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance !

 

What exactly do you need help with?

[le_fourniquet]

2 minutes ago, TAHIRMIA said:

What exactly do you need help with?

sorry that'S not really clear, I need help with the accessing the storage from outside my network

[Catsrules]

2 minutes ago, TAHIRMIA said:

What exactly do you need help with?

I think he just wants to know if this computer will work.

 

The answer is it should work, however plex might have issues on the old processor. If your need to transcode anything you probably only going to do non HD content, maybe a single 720p.

 

But for backups and such it shoudn't have any issues.

[TAHIRMIA]

Unraid would be good if you don't mind paying it's only $60 but it seems that you can do a lot more than any normal free solution. 
you could always use Linux as well.

Plex may struggle a little due to an older CPU but you should be fine if you are only transcoding 1 or 2 things at a time

[Catsrules]

7 minutes ago, le_fourniquet said:

sorry that'S not really clear, I need help with the accessing the storage from outside my network

Ahh. ok well for plex you can do some port forwarding see here

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543147-What-network-ports-do-I-need-to-allow-through-my-firewall-

You also need to setup an account with them.

 

For files you have a few options and it really depends on what files and what kind of access you want.

 

For example if you want to sync files remotely I would check out BitTorrent sync. 

 

IF you want some type of web interface like you would get with dropbox or google drive, probly want to check out Owncloud/Nextcloud (be aware this are linux only solutions)

 

[le_fourniquet]

1 minute ago, TAHIRMIA said:

Unraid would be good if you don't mind paying it's only $60 but it seems that you can do a lot more than any normal free solution. 
you could always use Linux as well.

Plex may struggle a little due to an older CPU but you should be fine if you are only transcoding 1 or 2 things at a time

not gonna go unraid for sure, plex will be 1 thing at a time for sure 

[le_fourniquet]

1 minute ago, Catsrules said:

Ahh. ok well for plex you can do some port forwarding see here

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543147-What-network-ports-do-I-need-to-allow-through-my-firewall-

You also need to setup an account with them.

 

For files you have a few options and it really depends on what files and what kind of access you want.

 

For example if you want to sync files remotely I would check out BitTorrent sync. 

 

Thanks, Forgot about this

[le_fourniquet]

1 minute ago, Catsrules said:

Ahh. ok well for plex you can do some port forwarding see here

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543147-What-network-ports-do-I-need-to-allow-through-my-firewall-

You also need to setup an account with them.

 

For files you have a few options and it really depends on what files and what kind of access you want.

 

For example if you want to sync files remotely I would check out BitTorrent sync. 

 

 

2 minutes ago, TAHIRMIA said:

Unraid would be good if you don't mind paying it's only $60 but it seems that you can do a lot more than any normal free solution. 
you could always use Linux as well.

Plex may struggle a little due to an older CPU but you should be fine if you are only transcoding 1 or 2 things at a time

thanks guys !

[jj9987]

I would suggest using VPN to connect from outside world. I just recently found a public Plex server, that I could easily access.

And since I had access to the UI, I was also able to see and add media to Plex (and therefor see his/her personal images/videos).

[Catsrules]

5 minutes ago, jj9987 said:

I would suggest using VPN to connect from outside world. I just recently found a public Plex server, that I could easily access.

And since I had access to the UI, I was also able to see and add media to Plex (and therefor see his/her personal images/videos).

I second this I am using VPN for my Plex server works great,

One downside to be aware of running a VPN with plex is you can only remotely connect devices that support the VPN. So basically only Smartphone and computers, if you have chrome cast xbox, smart TVs ect you can't access your plex server remotely. I have been theorizing of getting a little router or something that can sit infrount of those devices and bridge the two connections but I haven't come up with anything yet.

 

But if your like me the only thing you have remotely access Plex is your phone so it isn't a deal killer for me.