BUILD Hardware for media streaming

[Dominic Brough]

Hi, I am going to build a nas on a budget of £500 and am going to use it for file storage/access in my home and streaming 1080p mkv (normal file size between 10gb and 20gb) to a tv. I have chosen 2x wd red nas 4tb drives (total price of £270) for raid 1 but am wondering on what other components I need. I am thinking of 8gb ram and an i3 4160 cpu with an antec earthwatts 380w psu with a basic motherboard but would the cpu be over kill for what I need as I probably won't be transcoding? I would also like to keep the nas wattage down to a minimum. Any help would be appreciated. Dom

 

[marbus90]

Lenovo TS140 or Dell T20 with an additional 8GB ECC DIMM. Selfbuild in that price range is impossible.

 

[Dominic Brough]

Hi, cheers for the reply. Why would a self build in this price range be impossible? I already have a case from an old pc I could use.

 

[MtK]

Search for the new ''budget" thread by @DrKK (or generally through the forum), it'll explain why...

 

[Ericloewe]

I think the key part here is the definition of "basic motherboard".

Do not confuse that with "el-cheapo motherboard".