Hello there. I’m thinking of getting/making a home NAS/Server/Jellyfin. I already have an old pc with a i5-6600k, GTX1060, 550w PSU just laying around and I’m trying to understand if it will be enough for it. The other options I saw was getting a Synology or making a Pi_NAS. I’m afraid that the PC will consume much more energy than the other 2 options. What do you guys think?
I started with a Pi 3b+ for a plex server, plugged into my TV as the client player too. With a 2tb USB hdd. It handled most video OK, but only had upto 1080 video files. It just wasn’t quite powerful enough to do the job WELL. Slowed with age too.
After a few different builds, I’m now running headless on an older HP Z400 laying around, slightly older than your pc laying around. Handles multiple plex clients well, while downloading 100s of torrents and copying to several drives all at the same time. Handles it like a champ. Power hungry though. ~90w at idle with 1ssd and 3internal hdds and 2external hdds. ~180w at its higher loads, usually around ~120w with one client playing and no downloads
That’s the thing… I’d like to use it to stream with Jellyfin and make use of my 4k TV bad I’ve read somewhere that with a Pi and even with a NAS it’s not that easy…