Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NN8tK8
So my plan is to build a decently powerful mini-itx server to stream multiple 1080p streams and a single 4k stream in my house and perhaps a couple of remote 1080p streams. I will also be backing up all 5-6 of my home computers constantly throughout the week and would like to keep this build under $1000. I plan on putting the three HDDs in a raidz zfs config in FreeNas.
I have a couple of questions regarding my currently planned system:
For my power supply, my system will probably be streaming about 5-10 hours a day, perhaps even more on the weekends. Do I really need that much power, or can I get away with something a bit less?
I put an i3 as the processor because I have heard positive reviews about it being used in different FreeNas setups. However, with what I plan to do, do you think I may need something with a bit more power? If I do, please feel free to suggest other options but try to keep it around S200 at the max.
Any and all feedback and opinions are wanted! Thanks!
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fcyCFT
Cheaper, better... and has wifi
Thanks for the feedback! I took at you suggestion and I have a question. Do I really need the power of a Xeon for what I plan on using it for? I am still trying to get it as cheap as possible! I don't think the server will need to handle that much transcoding since most of the time I will be using direct stream. The only thing I am worried it about is the 4k stream.
could get by with an i5, but they're practically the same price as the xeon... so... I'd just get the xeon... might be an extra $20-40 but it's worth it in the long run... I would imagine the i3 stressing out a good bit from multiple streams running at the same time... you could get a cheaper mobo without wifi from the B85 chipset... otherwise, not a lot you can sacrifice without a big performance loss... (unless you just didn't need that much storage)...
the GPU I just added for initial setup, and if you wanted to be able to access the server directly without remote access... of course it's just $10 anyways... with an i5 you would have a built in GPU...