I’ve run media servers before but it was years ago. After they died, I relied on WD TV Live boxes with hard drives attached to play movies/shows. But the WD box has become slow and kinda obsolete since it won’t play new codex’s.
Along the way I bought wifi speakers and started using my main desktop as a Sonos music server. Then my drive in that unit failed so now I have to rebuild/upgrade that unit. And on it goes.
I’m fed up with all of that and now I want to consolidate all my movies and music to one Plex/Sonos server running Windows 10 and Storage Spaces with parity. One feature I’m very keen on is hot swappable drives because I don’t want to crack open the machine in case of drive failure (happens to me too frequently).
After checking the off-the-shelf NAS’s, I found them under-powered and too expensive for what they offer. And I figure if I’m going to build a new unit, I might as well give it enough horsepower to do the occasional video editing I do.
So I decided to build my own.
But it’s been a long while since I did a build. A set of new, fresh and experienced eyes on my proposed solution would set my mind at ease before I start buying parts. Any advice and input would be appreciated.
I’ve been researching and using PCPartPicker and this is what I’ve come up with:
PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/WzHMZR
CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($463.50 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Scythe - BIG Shuriken 2 Rev. B 45.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($195.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($194.23 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($189.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.00 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.00 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.00 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.00 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Other: NORCO ITX-S8 Black Black Mini-ITX Form Computer Storage Case ($249.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $1909.21
Along the way I bought wifi speakers and started using my main desktop as a Sonos music server. Then my drive in that unit failed so now I have to rebuild/upgrade that unit. And on it goes.
I’m fed up with all of that and now I want to consolidate all my movies and music to one Plex/Sonos server running Windows 10 and Storage Spaces with parity. One feature I’m very keen on is hot swappable drives because I don’t want to crack open the machine in case of drive failure (happens to me too frequently).
After checking the off-the-shelf NAS’s, I found them under-powered and too expensive for what they offer. And I figure if I’m going to build a new unit, I might as well give it enough horsepower to do the occasional video editing I do.
So I decided to build my own.
But it’s been a long while since I did a build. A set of new, fresh and experienced eyes on my proposed solution would set my mind at ease before I start buying parts. Any advice and input would be appreciated.
I’ve been researching and using PCPartPicker and this is what I’ve come up with:
PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/WzHMZR
CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($463.50 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Scythe - BIG Shuriken 2 Rev. B 45.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($195.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($194.23 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($189.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.00 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.00 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.00 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.00 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Other: NORCO ITX-S8 Black Black Mini-ITX Form Computer Storage Case ($249.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $1909.21
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