Building a NAS/Plex System

[xD3S1x]

Hi guys, completely new to this.
I am looking to build a system that I can use to Store photos and movies etc
I also want to be able to stream/transcode 1080p movies to local and remote location.

is it too complicated to get 1 machine to do this?
is it better to build NAS and Plex system separate from each other?
max needed storage is 8TB so I would want 2x8TB HDDs for RAID 1.

Is it better to go AMD or Intel for this platform?
is 16GB Enough and what speed is recommended?

not looking to spend more than £1000 but if its better to build the systems separately,. i might need to look into this further.

 

[xD3S1x]

I use an Asustor Nimbustor AS5304T to do all that, got hundreds of movies and series programs on mine and it will stream to multiple devices at the same time. I looked at doing it myself but it would cost more for the same functionality and user more power as well, and be more complicated.

did not know about this brand.

No, FreeNas, Unraid (or any hypervisor) based Nas systems often have means to run "containers" and "virtual machines" which can host plex, samba or whatever else from the same hardware.
Else wise SOME dedicated NAS devices such as Synology boxes can sometimes run Plex as well as their proprietary NAS software.

Most people just buy x-office hardware for £150-500 and run it on that.

what kind of office hardware? any examples please so I can look into it?
and what about GPU for Plex?

 

[xD3S1x]

thank you.
i will look into these options.

 

[xD3S1x]

thanks. i've been looking at new systems for some reason and after checking all this info, i can see that i can make the system a lot cheaper. only expensive stuff will be the storage.