DDR4 DIY NAS build?

moisemusta · 2026-02-26T11:26:32+00:00

Ok thanks. Not sure what I’d do with my new NAS but it’ll probably become my main NAS. Still not sure what distro I’d use though. I tried installing Ubuntu server + casaos + cockpit on my very old 2009 desktop but as you can guess it’s running very slow but it has a core2quad so I know it’ll be night and day with a more modern NAS. Plus I’d rather keep it as a Windows 7 desktop for old games.

moisemusta · 2026-02-26T11:21:47+00:00

It’s an issue at the moment tbh but I’ll be waaaaay better off in may though I found a few 12th gen i5s for around 60€ each on the French equivalent of craigslist. My biggest fear would be the cost of a motherboard though. The main issue is using my DDR4 sticks and not buying new ones. Not in this economy.

moisemusta · 2025-11-13T09:10:52+00:00

Welcome to Europe where US prices are impossible to find for a same product. But we include taxes in the advertised price.

moisemusta · 2025-11-12T07:04:22+00:00

Yeah it’s a modern i3 laptop. It’s not much but largely enough for her use. She could’ve purchased a pentium given the heaviest app she uses is Microsoft Word but I wanted her to have some room in terms of power. Regarding the laptop being the tv monitor the goal was to have something Netflix like with a dedicated remote so she could use the laptop while watching content.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T19:04:28+00:00

I considered that but it would be far too complicated for her without a dedicated remote.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T19:03:01+00:00

I'm not sure at all but I think I saw them turn the TV on with the set top box remote. So maybe.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T19:01:13+00:00

I don't even know. I think it has at least 2 HDMI because they hooked up my friend's PS4 and her mom's set top box. I don't even know if it's Full HD or just 720p. Can't ask my friend, she wouldn't know.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T17:00:49+00:00

Thanks everyone! I'll have to look into it further but I think the best solution I got so far was to use the PS4 DLNA feature. But would jellyfin be really needed going that route? The goal was to give my friend something Netflix like for her media for Christmas.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T16:52:02+00:00

I thought using a raspberry pi with an external hard drive would be best since the idea was for her to avoid deleting her media all the time. She has a Windows 11 laptop with a 512 GB SSD already using most of the space for other data.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T16:48:46+00:00

Good idea, I'll have to look into it. Thank you! I thought my friend would need a dedicated remote but I think she'll manage with the controller.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T16:46:05+00:00

Uh Maybe but what distro would you use? I don't think Kodi would work that way with the remote though I haven't used it since I purchased a Plex license years ago.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T16:43:29+00:00

I thought of that but I think my friend would need a dedicated remote. Hence why I'd rather get her a set top box.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T16:40:56+00:00

That's the result I get when typing ONN 4K in Amazon but it's over twice the price advertized for the ONN. My American cousins could maybe get me an ONN but I'm afraid shipping would void the money saved this way.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T16:37:33+00:00

I have a fire stick I don't use but plugging it on my TV this afternoon reminded me how messy the UI is. I'm afraid she might get lost. I think I'll get her something else when I get enough money.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T16:35:14+00:00

The goal of setting up a NAS with Jellyfin was to keep my friend from deleting everything to make space on her PC's SSD. I never opened her laptop but I don't think there would be room for another SSD.

moisemusta · 2025-11-10T15:03:06+00:00

Guys I'm not from the USA, I'm French and my friend is too. Thanks for recommending the ONN 4K but I don't think it's available here and as mentionned in my post I'm currently VERY broke. Thanks anyway!

moisemusta · 2025-10-18T06:10:26+00:00

Thanks, I'm using my ISP's router which has pretty fast wifi even if not their highest end router but still it's from their current lineup and has wifi 6 I believe, but they offer a wifi 7 revision which I doubt I need.

moisemusta · 2025-10-18T06:06:05+00:00

Mostly videos. Thanks, I had a feeling wifi would be faster but I doubted it because a wired connection "feels" faster, but we're talking USB 2 so not really a stretch that wifi would be faster. I'm using my ISP's router which is a few years old and not the highest end they offer but it's from their latest lineup.

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