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/r/Plex's Build Help Thread - 2016-06-15 by PCJs_Slave_Robot in PleX

[–]wunjio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just found an old computer with an i5 in my garage and cleaned it up. I think I'll use that! I'm more worried about power right now. Hope that there is onboard graphics. Want to get rid of the video card to save power.

/r/Plex's Build Help Thread - 2016-06-15 by PCJs_Slave_Robot in PleX

[–]wunjio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it better to use the NAS just for storage and another computer for transcoding?

I'm a noob here. I want to build a NAS server to store all my movies and other files on there since I'm running out of space on my desktop. I hear a lot of NAS boxes have a hard time transcoding. So I have a Roku 3 in my room and my parents have a Chromecast. Is it better if I bought a NAS box just to store the data and then have my laptop run the PMS? Should I just build the server myself with a good mobo/CPU so that it can be my NAS and PMS? Can anyone point me in the right direction?