The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Cryptking999 on 2024-08-25 14:05:54.
Like the title says, I’m finally moving out of my parents place into my own condo and need help building an ultimate setup. Not sure if this is the right subreddit but any help is appreciated.
Here is what I currently have (can upgrade/buy additional equipment as needed):
- (3) 14TB External hard drives
- Simple Gaming PC (Ryzen 3700x, Nvidia 3070 graphics, 2TB SSD)
Not much, just essentially building up from scratch as I only recently bought the above.
Here’s the setup I’d like to have:
-movies/tv show storage so I can watch my favorite past/upcoming media on a living room tv. I would also like to be able to stream for the occasions I don’t feel like waiting for tv shows to download. I read up on Plex/Jellyfin servers but my main concern is media playback. If I have my own server aren’t I still “streaming” it through WiFi? I have lots of frustrating experience with choppy movie streaming due to bad WiFi connection, and I’d rather skip that and play downloaded content directly to the screen without lagging or freezing.
- Ultimate gaming setup (roms/emulators/batocera) - For this, I might be overcomplicating it but the goal is to be able to play off my gaming pc and desktop, but have to ability to switch over to the tv screen while still playing off the gaming pc. I’m trying to avoid getting a separate MiniPC for the tv since the gaming computer already has decent specs.
- Lastly, storage for personal media so I can finally offload photos from my phone and Google drive and reliably save old media offline. Already lost old photos on my iPhone due to running out of storage and not syncing with iCloud.
Again, not sure if this would be the right subreddit to post in but any help is much appreciated. In terms of budget, I’m open to all ideas and may save up for any higher end setups suggested, but I’m mostly likely going for upper middle end setup.