old hardware (some is dead)

[Ready printer 1]

Hey so my original plan was to use my old gaming pc as my nas only to now find that the ssd in it has died and a ram stick isn’t registering as its a pretty old system i5-6600, gtx 960, 16gb ddr4(now only 8), 512gb (ssd dead), 1tb (hdd) am I just best of starting over or should I just try and make this work I’d like to try and use plex and the photo backup app too curious to know what people think 

 

thanks in advance 

[JackJWM]

A replacement SSD and 16Gb of ram is way cheaper than starting over. 

[agame7]

It is definitely salvageable.

8GB of RAM should be perfectly fine (maybe a little slow on caching but if you want to buy another stick of ram would fix that)

than probably would need a new SSD, and another 1TB drive (SSD for boot, 2 drives for a pool, 3 1TB drives if you want that redundancy)

 

[Ready printer 1]

12 hours ago, JackJWM said:

A replacement SSD and 16Gb of ram is way cheaper than starting over. 

I get that it would be cheaper, but is it worth it with the old hardware I've got and what I want to do?

[Ready printer 1]

12 hours ago, agame7 said:

It is definitely salvageable.

8GB of RAM should be perfectly fine (maybe a little slow on caching but if you want to buy another stick of ram would fix that)

than probably would need a new SSD, and another 1TB drive (SSD for boot, 2 drives for a pool, 3 1TB drives if you want that redundancy)

 

I've found some good deals on 500 GB SATA SSDs. Is it worth going with them and getting a PCI-to-SATA adapter?

[Dylan]

Maybe spend a few buck on your current system and get a feel for how it performs as well as getting used to HexOS. Let that experience drive what you want from a new system so that way you have a better idea of what you want to spend your money on. Either way good luck!

[agame7]

41 minutes ago, Ready printer 1 said:

I've found some good deals on 500 GB SATA SSDs. Is it worth going with them and getting a PCI-to-SATA adapter?

I would say it's worth it!

though I recommend getting another 1TB HDD to set up a  full storage pool with your other drive(2 if you want that redundancy) storage pools go off of the smallest drive sacrificing the bigger ones

[Ready printer 1]

4 hours ago, Dylan said:

Maybe spend a few buck on your current system and get a feel for how it performs as well as getting used to HexOS. Let that experience drive what you want from a new system so that way you have a better idea of what you want to spend your money on. Either way good luck!

took your advice going to see how it goes and then once I see how it goes I might sell it all as one to my friend that wants to do the same and I'll then build my own to a higher spec if I need it 

[Ready printer 1]

4 hours ago, agame7 said:

I would say it's worth it!

though I recommend getting another 1TB HDD to set up a  full storage pool with your other drive(2 if you want that redundancy) storage pools go off of the smallest drive sacrificing the bigger ones

yep ive bit the bullet and spent about £150 on drives and a 5gbit network card too I appreciate your help

[agame7]

2 hours ago, Ready printer 1 said:

yep ive bit the bullet and spent about £150 on drives and a 5gbit network card too I appreciate your help

No problem man!

if you have any other questions/issues feel free to reach out!

Goodluck!

[Dylan]

2 hours ago, Ready printer 1 said:

took your advice going to see how it goes and then once I see how it goes I might sell it all as one to my friend that wants to do the same and I'll then build my own to a higher spec if I need it 

Sounds good. I always find it best to kick the tires before sinking a ton of money on new gear. Good luck!

[Wave]

What you have is great. Drive speeds and networking are going to be your biggest bottleneck. I would recommend getting a 120GB SSD ($10-$15) just for OS installation, and then another stick of 8GB RAM, and as many drives as you need for storage.