ghostwolf59
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Guys,
Ive been running freenas for more than 15 years now - low budget intel lga 775 using 16GB ram, 5 6Tb mechanical NAS disks *no raid* (cant remember what cpu speed but decent for its time)
Generally used locally in my house streaming from Plex but also use it for bog standard file shares and Next Cloud *with 4 users that hardly ever use it ;)
Works just fine for what I need, but just updated my receiver and added pretty much what I need to enjoy DOLBY ATMOS via PLEX, and here's where the problem starts.
Ideally *or at least long term* Id like to be able to enjoy full 4K content but for now Im more focused on the sound and DOLBY ATMOS.
My old gear struggle due to the size of files and the disks Im using *6TB mechanical WD NAS Drives*
Drives is one issue, I fully recognize that - but it seem like the cpu also is an issue, so now leaning towards building something from scratch that would hold up for a while.
What is a decent *not over the top $ wise* configuration I should look at (mobo, cpu, drives) that would enable me to store and play full 4K content with Dolby Atmos pass through?
Need to know basic requirement when it comes to mobo, cpu and memory to allow me to enjoy 4K streamed content with full Dolby Atmos 11.2 channels
My brand new Yamaha RX-A3080 receiver is well capable and initially I though I use my 4K apple tv to hook into plex *streaming via wifi*
Looking at replacing my old Xbox-360 that does the job well, but cant go higher that Dolby 5.1 *not sure if Xbox One will do what I want - so any hints & tips on this would be appreciated.
Ive been running freenas for more than 15 years now - low budget intel lga 775 using 16GB ram, 5 6Tb mechanical NAS disks *no raid* (cant remember what cpu speed but decent for its time)
Generally used locally in my house streaming from Plex but also use it for bog standard file shares and Next Cloud *with 4 users that hardly ever use it ;)
Works just fine for what I need, but just updated my receiver and added pretty much what I need to enjoy DOLBY ATMOS via PLEX, and here's where the problem starts.
Ideally *or at least long term* Id like to be able to enjoy full 4K content but for now Im more focused on the sound and DOLBY ATMOS.
My old gear struggle due to the size of files and the disks Im using *6TB mechanical WD NAS Drives*
Drives is one issue, I fully recognize that - but it seem like the cpu also is an issue, so now leaning towards building something from scratch that would hold up for a while.
What is a decent *not over the top $ wise* configuration I should look at (mobo, cpu, drives) that would enable me to store and play full 4K content with Dolby Atmos pass through?
Need to know basic requirement when it comes to mobo, cpu and memory to allow me to enjoy 4K streamed content with full Dolby Atmos 11.2 channels
My brand new Yamaha RX-A3080 receiver is well capable and initially I though I use my 4K apple tv to hook into plex *streaming via wifi*
Looking at replacing my old Xbox-360 that does the job well, but cant go higher that Dolby 5.1 *not sure if Xbox One will do what I want - so any hints & tips on this would be appreciated.
