The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/uwu___ on 2025-02-11 15:30:02.
So my old 4590 system just bit the dust and I need to replace it for cheap, ideally low power. It looks like my best option will be the asrock n100m with an as1166 card and maybe a 2.5g NIC down the line. It'll be running windows, managing 8 drives (1 boot SSD + 7 hdds) in storage spaces, though I'd like to condense those at some point. The system is almost purely used for Plex. Total cost of that system will be about $239 for the motherboard, ram and as1166.
Are there any other options I should be looking at? Mini PC+das seems a little too expensive for no real benefit, while I would like a newer processor if possible, though the system needs to transcode at least as well as the 4590