So I am slowly building a new PC for myself, with the idea of turning my current PC into a FreeNAS box. Current PC is an i5 2300 w/ 8 gigs of DDR3 ram. My idea was to put it in a different case and stuff about 4X 3TB drives in since I already have 3, and would just get one more. Before I go further, I know I have to back up all data on the drives currently since they would have to be formatted for the new setup. Also have a 400W power supply. I would assume that would be very close for comfort for spinning all those disks.
This setup would be for general storage, but the biggest use would be media storage and to run a Plex media server off it rather than my new PC. From what I read, everyone says to get at least 8 GB of ram, which it currently has, but everything Ive also read says dont bother if you dont have ECC ram, which I dont think my mobo supports so why bother with the ram?
I know [MENTION=1317]ThirdgenTa[/MENTION] has one, but I was curious if anyone else runs a FreeNAS setup for plex and just data storage in general. TIA .
This setup would be for general storage, but the biggest use would be media storage and to run a Plex media server off it rather than my new PC. From what I read, everyone says to get at least 8 GB of ram, which it currently has, but everything Ive also read says dont bother if you dont have ECC ram, which I dont think my mobo supports so why bother with the ram?
I know [MENTION=1317]ThirdgenTa[/MENTION] has one, but I was curious if anyone else runs a FreeNAS setup for plex and just data storage in general. TIA .