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Don't throw away your old PC—it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy (www.howtogeek.com)
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[–] Damage@feddit.it 16 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

So I did this, using a Ryzen 3600, with some light tweaking the base system burns about 40-50W idle. The drives add a lot, 5-10W each, but they would go into any NAS system, so that's irrelevant. I had to add a GPU because the MB I had wouldn't POST without one, so that increases the power draw a little, but it's also necessary for proper Jellyfin transcoding. I recently swapped the GPU for an Intel ARC A310.

By comparison, the previous system I used for this had a low-power, fanless intel celeron, with a single drive and two SSDs it drew about 30W.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, im glad im not the only one that wants a responsive machine for video streaming.

I ran a pi400 with plex for a while. I dont care to save 20W while I wait for the machine to respond after every little scrub of the timeline. I want to have a better experience than Netflix. Thats the point.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 14 hours ago

Eh, TBH I'd like to consume less power, but I mean, a 30-40W difference isn't going to ruin me or the planet, I've got a rather efficient home all in all.

[–] YerbaYerba@lemmy.zip 3 points 12 hours ago

I have a 3600 in a NAS and it idles at 25w. My mobo luckily runs fine without a GPU. I pulled it out after the initial install.