AMD for a NAS?

[jimshaly]

Following Linus' advice from a year ago or so about repurposing a computer into a NAS, I found an incredibly cheap PC on eBay that has an AMD A8-5600K. I just want to know that this would be good enough. I know it might seem like a silly question, but most everything I've read concerning building a NAS deals in Intel chips, whether i3's or Xeons.

[Canada EH]

1) How cheap?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_accelerated_processing_unit_microprocessors#Virgo:_"Trinity"_(2012)

[Electronics Wizardy]

it will be more than enoigh for a nas, you need very little cpu for a nas.

[Jrx1216]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

it will be more than enoigh for a nas, you need very little cpu for a nas.

Unless you plan to use it as a streaming server (plex etc) or to do anything else that would require more processing. If you're planning to use it as just a basic fileserver it should be fine.

[ARikozuM]

4 minutes ago, Jrx1216 said:

Unless you plan to use it as a streaming server (plex etc) or to do anything else that would require more processing. 

It'll be good for two-three concurrent users.