I definitely felt like I came along way as I started from almost zero knowledge as a newb, learning pretty much everything starting from the ground up building my NAS (my first computer build in the last link) and using a QUICKSync box as a PlexTranscoder from an old HP ProDesk 400 G4, and everything has came along great. I have around 38TB and Plex is smooth. I never even booted a linux image to a computer before before I attempted this and I learned a lot about unRAID as well. Before this solution I was using three 4tb external drives for my lifeās data and trying to stream plex with 1 of the external HDDs attached directly to my router using a very old laptop that has issues transcoding. It sucked.
Anyways, the first two guides have I read and reread so many times and it lead me to more and more research and the last link is my build post that I will eventually add pictures and document even further. The only thing left for me now is adding a pfsense or opnsense router to start locking down and securing my home network, which Iād use package 1 for!! Thanks JDM_WAAAT!!! Subād to Youtube and the discord as well!!
Had made the significant upgrade from an old Dell that was acting as a server, decided to get serious about it. Get a NAS Killer 2.0 setup, and was over the moon with how it all worked out. Even took the plunge into UNRAID as a result.
And then the beeping after reboots. The hung server. āDad/husband/buddy, I canāt get to the serverā¦āā¦go press F1, sigh, repeat every so often.
Until I had enough, did a search, and within secondsā¦
tpittariās efforts gave me peace. In 2020, there is no greater gift.
Iāll go for package #1; just because my son is 15 and is passing me in build knowledge. Time for him to move to servers, and surpass his old man.
Just not on NHL94 on the Sega Genesis.
Probably a popular one, but this thread did two things for me.
Introduced me to this community, which Iāve found to be much more welcoming and built around the idea of sharing information versus internet arguments, which is refreshing.
At the time I found this thread, I had been hearing about QuickSync quite a bit in other outlets, but couldnāt really wrap my head around it. But JDM was abe to explain the technology and its benefits in such a way that it clicked, and I appreciate that, as well as his (and other prominent posters here) ability to do it for many of the nitty gritty technologies out there.
This was very helpful in my most recent build. I ended up building 2 of them and I am very happy with the results. I would be lost without these guides lol.
I have two favorite guides, the Anniversary 2.0 SNAFU guide and the DAS guide, which got me into the frankenbeast server build I have today.
These two guides led me to buy my Dell Precision T5600 and make the carcass of an old college PC into a DAS, which now sits nicely on an IKEA wire shelf at least. Not quite a rack, but above a LACK
Double (probably more) posting the 290 Owners Thread. This is what tugged me down the rabbit hole to and to finally get a usable Linux server and NAS up and running, and ultimately got my ass up in the attic pulling cat 6 around the house. The perfect quarantine activity getting my home set up bigger and badder than ever, learning a whole shit ton along the way. Thanks @JDM_WAAAT!
This guide about WireGuard has been my favorite post. I have come back to it time and time again, @Sparky did a wonderful job with it and I was quite intimidated by it to start with. However when finishing that guide (and following it step by step) I felt way more confident and can now set up WireGuard without issues! Itās truly amazing the wealth of knowledge in the forums and I am just so thankful that I have somewhere to turn when it seems like I canāt get something figured out.
This may be my first time posting here but I have been following you guys for awhile. Thank you for doing the giveaway @JDM_WAAAT and Merry Christmas to you!
Oh and my preference for an item would be either the A10 or the Keyboard, thanks again!
I selected this post because it is a solution to a problem that persisted in an otherwise excellent build. Scripting an hourly clear of the event logs was limiting my ability to detect actual errors. Iāve now put together a raspberry pi syslog server to track errors and improve my systemās reliability.
Package 1, itās time to add pfSense to my networkā¦ or a PLEX Quicksync boxā¦ hmmmm.
Well that just makes it all the better! Thanks for the clarification on that! I also appreciate you editing my post, I didnāt even catch itā¦ youāre fantastic, thanks again!
This was the post that brought me to this community. I was in the market to create a better Plex server and was feeling overwhelmed by the pure number of choices for hardware. This guide really helped me focus in on some quality hardware and opened my eyes to the good used hardware on eBay.
I love seeing updated posts to enhance / repurpose continually aging hardware. This was a great post on expanding drive space without sacrificing form or function. Keep up the great work everyone.
I got directed here for the NAS killer build but wasnāt able to find many of the parts still in stock. But I stuck around and found this post of someone doing a very similar build to what I was imagining and ended pulling the trigger based on they info I learned in this thread and all the great build guides.
I was planning on building a box for Plex and looking for in depth info about hardware transcoding, this post proved to be the best resource. Havenāt gotten around to buying the parts yet and planning on doing it in January. The hardware prizes from this contest could help out with that.
My favorite post has to be stupifiers response to my issue and actually solving it. I was struggling so hard with this issue as it was stressing me out.
Invaluable advice/guide. I did not think of doing something like this and was previously transcoding using CPU power on my Ryzen 3900x. It always felt wrong and this guide explains everything really well. There are many misinformed people out there who would benefit from this guide (willing or unwilling haha)
I stumbled across your posts on reddit a while ago, even before the forums were up! Ive been wanting to pull the trigger on a NAS build for some time now but havenāt decided how to move my current windows 10 + snapraid + drivepool to one. The NK4.0 post has so much useful information in it that when I do, Iāll be following it step by step. Thanks for all the time you put into this stuff. Merry Christmas from Texas!
I love the idea of these thin clients with a gpu and sff compute in general. I bought one of these and then ended up bricking it. Fortunately the one in this deal still has warranty; I just need to get with HP and hopefully get it covered/repaired.
love the idea of these thin clients with a gpu and sff compute in general. I bought one of these and then ended up bricking it. 
Fortunately the one in this deal still has warranty; I just need to get with HP and hopefully get it covered/repaired.