network storage? nass? other ??

[Rob_the_scot]

I want to be able to have all my games from gog.com and steam back up on 1 place and maybe now and than stream the odd item to the ps3 or my partners laptop.

Thing is I'm unsure what I should be looking at, I will say I am on a low budget income so I can go spending thousands but I don't mind saving up and I'm in no rush.

I have looked at the some of nas boxes where you add you're own hdds

I have even thought of buying a atx/itx case and a cheap mobo with a pentium cpu and filling the thing up with hard drives and using linux/freenas

doesnt have to be the fastest also dont mind only using 2 hdds ( summit like x4tb) and a small 32gb for os

Im willing to hear any suggestions
(btw I am a linux)

 

[tinytomlogan]

Really depends on your budget dude but as youre a Linux user a basic NAS might be fine.

I have a home server and tbh couldnt live without it, it does work out a lot more expensive to build in the first place though

 

[Rob_the_scot]

Really depends on your budget dude but as youre a Linux user a basic NAS might be fine.

I have a home server and tbh couldn't live without it, it does work out a lot more expensive to build in the first place though

Cheers say £300- £500 but I don't mind starting off with 1 or 2 drives than adding more at a later date.

Software side of things doesn't bother me.

I was looking at the itx e350 motherboard or intel NM70, start of with 2 hard drives than add a pci card to add more drives but I don't know if that is doable.

(sorry about grammar and English not my strong point at school)

 

[tinytomlogan]

pci card would be UBER slow tbh.

Id get the lowest power set up you can with a decent usb3 and Sata6 based mobo

Intel cost more initially but power req's will be lower and in all honesty the onboard intel GFX is all you need

 

[hmmblah]

I'd mirror Tom's advice, that's really the way to go. NAS devices are really overpriced for what you get. You really are paying for form factor and ease of administration with them, but at the same time being limited with what you can do with them. And with your Linux experience, all the more reason to build your own. Flexibility and control FTW.

I have an MATX AMD based PC at home with a couple 1TB drives that I've used for a few years now with an external eSATA drive as backup. It's not a powerhouse by any stretch and I'm using software disk mirroring so pretty damn slow, but it's more than enough for bulk storage and streaming movies.

 

[Rob_the_scot]

Cheers for the help guys its really appreciated, Ill take my time and watch the sales on items but thanks again

 

[cooperman]

Have a little look at this video

 

[Rob_the_scot]

Have a little look at this video

cheers for really helpfull