ShepsCrook
[H]F Junkie
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So the youngest and middle child are moving out and have had the perk of being able to access my plex media anytime. However, from time to time, I would get requests for shows or movies that are not something I would acquire. (Kardashians, Magic Mike, etc). So I was thinking of maybe setting up their new place with a Raspberry Pi 3 + their own plex/download box. Something simple, maybe 4TB or so and capable of maybe 2-3 streams @ 1080P at most.
The spare hardware I have around are along the lines of Dell Optiplex 755 w Core 2 Duo, 4-8GB ram setups. I was thinking maybe toss a Q6600 in one, 8GB of ram and maybe a small SSD for OS and 2x2TB or whatever I can get my hands on. (I'd have to buy CPU, RAM, and HDD).
Think that would work?
If I were suggesting to someone that was building or buying for themselves, I'd probably suggest the Dell PowerEdge deal that's on slickdeals right now for $299 (E3-1225v5, 8GB, 1TB), however I'm trying to not spend that much for them.
The spare hardware I have around are along the lines of Dell Optiplex 755 w Core 2 Duo, 4-8GB ram setups. I was thinking maybe toss a Q6600 in one, 8GB of ram and maybe a small SSD for OS and 2x2TB or whatever I can get my hands on. (I'd have to buy CPU, RAM, and HDD).
Think that would work?
If I were suggesting to someone that was building or buying for themselves, I'd probably suggest the Dell PowerEdge deal that's on slickdeals right now for $299 (E3-1225v5, 8GB, 1TB), however I'm trying to not spend that much for them.