Recent content by nightrider89

i understand completely. i would like to know what others use and what works for them. which is why there are a plethora of options to take at this point. my goals for this nas set up is to try to save money where i can without taking short cuts as well as a solution that will work long...

I was either thinking about turning into as NAS with NASFree or using linux. but open to OS suggestions. I plan to use it to stream my media to a media box I just purchased (pivos xios) also, i found my old desktop from 02... its a bit old. P4 and using IDE. would it be worth it to buy an sata...

the 2.9 sandy bridge will be a pentium processor, not one of the newer gens. Will this still be okay? and I think i will start out with 2gigs unless I feel the need for more processing power OR i can find a nice deal on 4

what did you mean by the low powered features? are those within windows server 2012 os? I think the plan right now to build a low powered system for under 200 not including the HDs. I think something in the microATX system should do it. and if there is a bottleneck with transcoding... what...

I see. So I am thinking with the specs that mentioned above for a built computer should run the NAS quite well and function to be accessed by multiple units without a problem? I mean it has more processing power than most of the NAS box out there right? Also would I need to add a GPU? or do...

All the NAS boxes that I am looking at have the marvel single core CPU. the dual cores seem a bit out of my price range. Although I prefer the NAS box but I just assembled a micro atx PC consisting of case, 300W PS, Intel dual core 2.9 ghz sandy bridge CPU (with intel 2000 graphics), mobo...

I was thinking more along the lines of buying a NAS. Building one seems to be a bit more expensive. It would consume more electricity than I'd like. At that point, would it be better to build a PC that can be used a primary computer as well as have all the files stored and shared among the...

1) I will be streaming a range of media from compressed DVD to a little more high end... mostly 720p and the occasional 1080p 2) I will be using N wireless. My router is an linksys e1200 so its capable of 300Mbps. its a bit older so it only has 10/100 ethernet ports. 3) for the NAS, I was...

First and foremost, I would like to say hello! First post! Secondly, there is a wealth of information on this site and it has helped me through a lot of the questions that I have had regarding general/advanced computer questions. Now here comes my question: So my goal is to set up a NAS...