mambo1888
Distinguished Member
Hey folks looking for a bit of advice, I just ordered a 8TB Seagate IronWolf drive and was going to stick it in my gaming PC to store movies and music etc for Plex.
What are the key benefits to using a NAS compared to storing the HDD in my PC? I have an Nvidia Sheild TV coming to be used as the main Plex client as I want HDR and Atmos, which I believe will need to be done using direct play so the Plex server shouldn’t have to be too powerful. If I am just using 1 8TB drive should I just stick it in my PC and then if I want to add more drives in the future look at getting a NAS, or is there other benefits that I should look at the NAS option now.
The other option is to build a dedicated Plex server/NAS with some old pc parts lying around. They are;
Corsair VS450
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4
i5 750
8GB DDR3 1600 (2x4GB)
ATI RADEON HD5850
Would these make a decent server or are they going to be too dated?
Any advice greatly appreciated, cheers
What are the key benefits to using a NAS compared to storing the HDD in my PC? I have an Nvidia Sheild TV coming to be used as the main Plex client as I want HDR and Atmos, which I believe will need to be done using direct play so the Plex server shouldn’t have to be too powerful. If I am just using 1 8TB drive should I just stick it in my PC and then if I want to add more drives in the future look at getting a NAS, or is there other benefits that I should look at the NAS option now.
The other option is to build a dedicated Plex server/NAS with some old pc parts lying around. They are;
Corsair VS450
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4
i5 750
8GB DDR3 1600 (2x4GB)
ATI RADEON HD5850
Would these make a decent server or are they going to be too dated?
Any advice greatly appreciated, cheers