Posted September 27, 2018 hey there! I have an old pc (intel core i5 3470 with 8GB of ram and a boot SSD) I want to use as plex server and a back for the stuff on my computer/ I have a couple of question and hope you can help me: 1. is my pc strong enough? 2. is it worth it to install a debited server system (like FreeNAS/unRAID)? 3. now it's running windows and I made it network drive' when I try to write to it I get only 10MB/s my new pc have a 1GB network card and the old one 100MB if I will upgrade it to 1GB network card what speed should I be expecting? thanks for the help, I hope I was understandable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2018 i'm interested to see what other people say about this as well as I have similar questions (only mine's an i7 960 w/12gb ram lol) As for the network card, a transfer speed of 10MB/s (mega-byte) in windows works out to about 80Mb/s (mega-bit) so sounds about right for the speeds you'd be getting using an old 100Mb/s NIC. Assuming your switches/router aren't a bottleneck then I believe getting a 1Gb/s NIC would help increase the transfer speeds. in ideal situations it'd be close to a 10x increase in transfer speed (10MB/s to 100MB/s) but that depends on if you have any other bottlenecks. Hopefully that helps! **** (: Check out my current [Build Log] - Dark Predator Build :) **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2018 1 - Yes, in fact prob overkill, use the SSD elsewhere IMO 2 - I'd say no but some will disagree 3 - Not a networking guy CPU: Core i9 12900K || CPU COOLER : Corsair H100i Pro XT || MOBO : ASUS Prime Z690 PLUS D4 || GPU: PowerColor RX 6800XT Red Dragon || RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance (3200) || SSDs: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB (Boot), Crucial P2 1TB, Crucial MX500 1TB (x2), Samsung 850 EVO 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM850 || CASE: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini || MONITOR: Acer Predator X34A (1440p 100hz), HP 27yh (1080p 60hz) || KEYBOARD: GameSir GK300 || MOUSE: Logitech G502 Hero || AUDIO: Bose QC35 II || CASE FANS : 2x Corsair ML140, 1x BeQuiet SilentWings 3 120 || LAPTOP: Dell XPS 15 7590 TABLET: iPad Pro PHONE: Galaxy S9 She/they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2018 for file server use you might want to run Linux... just because Linux won't reboot your pc without your permission like Windows does. i don't think anyone wants a file server to restart on it's own... She/Her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 28, 2018 Freenas or a linux distro would be good. I have my server with an i3 and 8gb ram and a boot ssd with a few TB of storage. Works fine for me. I also got server16 free from my school so I used that. Yes putting in a pcie 1Gb nic should solve your problem granted you either have a 1Gb switch in between them or the switch side of your router is 1Gb. And your running cat6 cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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