d3zmodos
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Hi everyone
I've used FreeNAS for several years running on an old desktop but that's starting to give up and so I figured it was time to construct a purpose-built machine to function as my home server.
For context: So far I've used FreeNAS primarily as a file server for storage and backup, with a few jails for syncthing, transmission and the like. With this new build, I'm considering adding some media streaming to that (via Plex or similar, probably out to Kodi or similar) but it wouldn't ever be more than a single concurrent stream and very unlikely to be anything over 1080p any time soon.
I'm looking at the following specs: (I couldn't find the Motherboard or PSU on Amazon)
CPU: Intel Pentium G5420
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSM
Memory: Crucial 16GB DDR4-2666 ECC Unbuffered
PSU: Be Quiet! 300W Pure Power 11
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB x2 (the existing drives)
Boot: Kingston A400 120GB SSD x2
Apart from the general "does this look like it will work" query, I have some specific questions:
I've used FreeNAS for several years running on an old desktop but that's starting to give up and so I figured it was time to construct a purpose-built machine to function as my home server.
For context: So far I've used FreeNAS primarily as a file server for storage and backup, with a few jails for syncthing, transmission and the like. With this new build, I'm considering adding some media streaming to that (via Plex or similar, probably out to Kodi or similar) but it wouldn't ever be more than a single concurrent stream and very unlikely to be anything over 1080p any time soon.
I'm looking at the following specs: (I couldn't find the Motherboard or PSU on Amazon)
CPU: Intel Pentium G5420
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSM
Memory: Crucial 16GB DDR4-2666 ECC Unbuffered
PSU: Be Quiet! 300W Pure Power 11
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB x2 (the existing drives)
Boot: Kingston A400 120GB SSD x2
Apart from the general "does this look like it will work" query, I have some specific questions:
- The motherboard is only listed as supporting up to DDR-2400 but I'm struggling to find DDR-2400 UDIMMs in the UK (where I am), although DDR4-2666 is fairly easy to find. Will the higher-clock-rate memory step down to the 2400MHz supported by the board or will it not function entirely (IE do I specifically need DDR4-2400)?
- Do you think this is sufficient power? I expect I'll add another pair of WD Red's in future (maybe 6TB if I'm feeling gluttonous) but probably not much else. PC PartPicker seems to think so, would you agree? I see a lot of other builds with significantly higher wattage PSUs listed here.
- Do you expect this CPU to be sufficient for what I'm planning to do? Which amounts to "what are Plex's CPU requirements" because most of the rest of my usage is pretty low on CPU-usage. Plex's help page suggests it might struggle if I'm understanding that and the capabilities of the G5420 correctly.