My first FreeNAS box - rate my hardware please

[imhotep531]

I'm thinking about giving an old case, PSU and some HD's a second life with FreeNAS. It doesn't need to be cutting edge as I'm happy for a reason to recycle some components. I picked the remaining components on a small budget. I'm just curious how this will stack up as a NAS box.

Intel Motherboard
Intel Pentium D 2.8ghz Smithfield
2 x Kingston 1GB DDR2 533 RAM
Video Card

Already own:
2 x Maxtor 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200rpm
Dynex 500W PSU
Antec ATX Mid-Tower
2 x 120mm fans (mounted as rear intake & front exhaust)

Thanks for your input.

 

[matthewowen01]

very low end I'd get 4 GB of memory and a gigabit NIC. you should be fine as a proof of concept. but don't think you'll see nearly as much performance as you could get.