03-11-2025, 11:35 AM
Hello there, I'm Russ from Malaysia, and I'm a big fan of your YouTube channel! I'm new to the NAS and Server world, currently using an i5-6500 attached to a mining motherboard to hoard data. The specs aren't impressive, but they get TrueNAS up and running.
However, I plan to ditch that i5-6500 for a smaller footprint NAS. Here are my future thoughts:
I plan to build one myself.
I stream PLEX at 4K to my TV downstairs.
I hoard photos from the past 20 years.
I hoard other data as well.
My TrueNAS is near the attic, attached to a LAN router. It’s not the best setup, but computer parts are expensive since we live on an island. The internet is decent (300MBps).
My current setup:
Photo dump
i5-6500
ASUS BTC motherboard with 4 SATA ports and 4 SATA extenders
1x Kingston 128GB boot drive
1x 512GB drive
1x 60GB drive
The irony is my main data is hosted on my main PC running on Windows:
2x 1TB on Spaces
1x 2TB on normal
I'd love to hear your thoughts and recommendations on buil
However, I plan to ditch that i5-6500 for a smaller footprint NAS. Here are my future thoughts:
I plan to build one myself.
I stream PLEX at 4K to my TV downstairs.
I hoard photos from the past 20 years.
I hoard other data as well.
My TrueNAS is near the attic, attached to a LAN router. It’s not the best setup, but computer parts are expensive since we live on an island. The internet is decent (300MBps).
My current setup:
Photo dump
i5-6500
ASUS BTC motherboard with 4 SATA ports and 4 SATA extenders
1x Kingston 128GB boot drive
1x 512GB drive
1x 60GB drive
The irony is my main data is hosted on my main PC running on Windows:
2x 1TB on Spaces
1x 2TB on normal
I'd love to hear your thoughts and recommendations on buil