August 9, 20187 yr Hi all, Could someone have a quick look over these components and give me the all clear? I basically only use the server to watch my movie rips on my Nvidia Shield and HTPC. I do not require the system to be able to do vm's dockers etc. The movies currently (even the 4k ones) work fine off my Nas that has 1gb ddr in Raid 5 Array through a Gigabit switch. I am planning on started the build with 2 x 8tb Seagate Irons wolfs and add a further 4 drives as I sell off my old hardware. Components, Case Fractal Design Node 304 USB 3.0 Mini ITX DTX Case Black $129 Au https://www.pccasegear.com/category/25_1055/cases/fractal-design-cases MB ASRock H270M ITX/AC Motherboard $129 https://www.pccasegear.com/products/42079/asrock-h270m-itx-ac-motherboard Cpu Intel Pentium G4560 $75 https://www.pccasegear.com/products/37702/intel-pentium-g4560 Memory Team T-Force Vulcan 2400MHz 4GB (1x4GB) DDR4 $59 (I could go either 2x4 gb sticks or 1x 8gb stick if needed) https://www.pccasegear.com/products/43373/team-t-force-vulcan-2400mhz-4gb-1x4gb-ddr4 PSU Corsair CX450 450W Power Supply $69 (I can get another brand 450w) https://www.pccasegear.com/products/39233/corsair-cx450-450w-power-supply HHD's Seagate Ironwolf ST8000VN0022 3.5in 8TB NAS HDD X 2 https://www.pccasegear.com/products/37368/seagate-ironwolf-st8000vn0022-3-5in-8tb-nas-hdd Usb Flash SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive 16GB $12 https://www.pccasegear.com/products/42470/sandisk-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-16gb Misc BitFenix 20cm Sleeved 4 Pin Molex to 4x SATA Power Cable, Black $14 https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Power-Supplies/Sleeved-Cables/43863-BFA-MSC-M4SA20KK-RP Thanks for your help.
August 9, 20187 yr What CPU does your NAS have? The parts look fine for what you want to use them for, my only concern would be 4K. I currently play media off my unRAID server over a gigabit lan, but I don't play 4K and I am not certain if playing 4K may require more CPU overhead than your G4560 can offer. Are you using Kodi on the Shield to play your media or Plex?
August 9, 20187 yr Author Its a little atom processor, I use Kodi on my Shield, I believe it is a direct stream? no transcoding done, Shield plays all in native. I have used it with 70gb rips sometimes nil stutter sometimes a second of buffering although those 4k movies where on a separate HDD enclose which is hooked up via USB2 to the Nas.
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