Hello from the Midwest

Velcade

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Hey there,

I'm looking to get into FreeNAS for file storage and Plex streaming. I'm also hoping to run a windows VM that would allow me to rip and transcode my media files. It'd be a family build with at most 4 streams at once. Right now I've got FreeNAS installed on an old i7-2600 to understand the basics.

Here to learn as much as I can in order to figure out what my system needs are to complete the above tasks.

Right now I've been tossing around the idea of building using an old 8700 or buying a Poweredge R720 with two E5-2680v2 chips. Not sure the type of horsepower I'll need yet.
 
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