Recent content by Vndii

So I decided to rebuild the server in the Norco 4020 case. Here’s what I used. I7 -12700 MSI 790A PRO WIFI 128 GB DDR5 Noctru NH-U9S CPU fan (2) LSI Logic SAS 9207-8i Storage Controller LSI00301 Coolermaster 750 power supply (4) WD NVME .M2 1TB drives (6) 12TB Seagate hard drives (1)...

Not opposed to a nas. The Synology I looked up that did cpu transcoding was $800 without drives. My current largest drive is a 8tb. Then I have a bunch of 2tb drives. Seems if I go that route I'd need a few new hd's also. So I'd be well over $1000. Seems I can rebuild this old case for...

Its been broke and out of service for a few years. I recently took my old Q6600 and got it running again to get the data off it. The Q6600 will transcode maybe 1 stream. Anything more and it chugs. Since the case and drives are all ok I figured Id refresh it. No specific budget.

I'm rebuilding my 10 plus year old home server. Its will be used for Plex and backing up other PC's. I have a Norco 4220 case and plenty of hard drives. I haven't built a server or PC in 10 years so I'm not up on the current hardware. I'd like to replace the motherboard, CPU, OS hard drive...

Turns out I found another old PC laying around. It's a hp Compaq ssf. It has an I5-3470 in it. Would the motherboard, chip and 4gb of ran be better to use than the q6600, EVGA mb, and 8800gt I have currently installed? I'm undecided if I should try to use some of these old parts til they die or...

I have a Norco 4020 case that I built a home server around 2003-2005. Its was running WHS2003. Hardware was all from the 2003 area. Its got 14 hard drive in it totaling 19TB at this time. The server software got so bad around 2016 that I pulled it out of the system and its been sitting ever...