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Xerosese
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Would it be worth while to re-purpose my family's old Vista Desktop as a NAS for the house, or would using my personal computer be more viable?

If it's better to use my personal rig, what should I even do with this old pile of junk?

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6 minutes ago, Xerosese said:

Would it be worth while to re-purpose my family's old Vista Desktop as a NAS for the house, or would using my personal computer be more viable?

If it's better to use my personal rig, what should I even do with this old pile of junk?

What are the specs.  Of both.

Linux Daily Driver:

CPU: R5 2400G

Motherboard: MSI B350M Mortar

RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4

HDD: 1TB POS HDD from an old Dell

SSD: 256GB WD Black NVMe M.2

Case: Phanteks Mini XL DS

PSU: 1200W Corsair HX1200

 

Gaming Rig:

CPU: i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270-N Wi-Fi ITX

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4

GPU: Asus Turbo GTX 1070 @ 2GHz

HDD: 3TB Toshiba something or other

SSD: 512GB WD Black NVMe M.2

Case: Shared with Daily - Phanteks Mini XL DS

PSU: Shared with Daily - 1200W Corsair HX1200

 

Server

CPU: Ryzen7 1700

Motherboard: MSI X370 SLI Plus

RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4

GPU: Nvidia GT 710

HDD: 1X 10TB Seagate ironwolf NAS Drive.  4X 3TB WD Red NAS Drive.

SSD: Adata 128GB

Case: NZXT Source 210 (white)

PSU: EVGA 650 G2 80Plus Gold

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If you have a watt-o-meter - check the power usage of the Vista Desktop vs your computer on idle.

If it's not that different - I'd just use your own computer.

 

The older computer can, at most, be an interesting testing rig.

CPU R7 1700    Motherboard Asus Prime X370 Pro  RAM  24GB Corsair LPX 3000 (at 2933Mhz)    GPU EVGA GTX1070 SC  Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro M    

Storage 1 x 1TB m.2, 1x 500GB SSD, 1x 1TB HDD, 1x 8TB HDD  PSU Corsair RM1000  Cooling Thermalright Macho Rev B (tower)

Synology NAS 1 x 4TB 1 x 8TB

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With a NAS it all comes down to reliability, noise and power consumption!

A old desktop pc is usually quite noisy and needs a lot of power. Reliability is questionable too, as it has to run 24/7.

I would recommend buying an actual NAS. You can find some older models on ebay for pretty cheap.

 

 

 

 

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