mr gothic
Prominent Member
hi
im looking at building a server which i can add expaned storage over the years,ive looked at nas from synology and qnap which look very expensive,i dont need it to be on 24 hours.
i will be streaming to a zidoo streaming box.
i need plenty of storage and at the moment i have 5 6tb external harddrives with my 4k and 1080p bluray rips on and need to cut space to one case.
i would like to build a cost effective pc server around a fractal case or similar with maybe 8 internal bays a motherboard with 8 sata ports,windows o/s on a m.2 and using windows storage spaces for grouping the drives together.
would this sort of build be ok for streaming 4k and 1080p films? what sort of parts/recomendations should i be looking at ie type of motherboard,ram,processor.
or should i be going the nas route all input welcome my budget is around £600.
hope this all makes sense cheers
im looking at building a server which i can add expaned storage over the years,ive looked at nas from synology and qnap which look very expensive,i dont need it to be on 24 hours.
i will be streaming to a zidoo streaming box.
i need plenty of storage and at the moment i have 5 6tb external harddrives with my 4k and 1080p bluray rips on and need to cut space to one case.
i would like to build a cost effective pc server around a fractal case or similar with maybe 8 internal bays a motherboard with 8 sata ports,windows o/s on a m.2 and using windows storage spaces for grouping the drives together.
would this sort of build be ok for streaming 4k and 1080p films? what sort of parts/recomendations should i be looking at ie type of motherboard,ram,processor.
or should i be going the nas route all input welcome my budget is around £600.
hope this all makes sense cheers