2012-11-04, 19:38
Hi
I have been using XBMC for a while now on my computer and it works awesome!
Recently though I have bought a HDTV and I am looking to make my experience with XBMC even better.
So, first of all what I want is that my storage is no longer in my computer, at the moment all my hard disk slots in my computer are filled up and I can't put any more in, so i'm thinking about buying a NAS for this purpose. But I also want my NAS or mediaplayer (which i both don't have right now) to run sabnzbd / sickbeard / couchpotato.
My question is now is it best to buy an expensive NAS, use it for storage and sabnzbd, sickbeard & couchpotato, and buy a cheap mediaplayer just to stream all of it to my HDTV, or can I better buy a cheap NAS for storage only, and buy an expensive mediaplayer (htpc) to run sabnzbd / sickbeard & couchpotato.
Both should be quiet though since they will be stored in the same room where I sleep, i don't mind a little noise but I don't want a big fan spinning loudly all night and keeping me awake.
I don't have any experience with building HTPC's or NAS, or linux, so I would like to buy something that is ready-to-go. Just unpack, hook it up, configurate it and done.
Can anyone help me? I'm a total noob at this, have been reading a lot of threads here already.
Thanks in advance and excuse me for any grammatical errors, English is not my native language.
Budget for the both devices together is €600
I have been using XBMC for a while now on my computer and it works awesome!
Recently though I have bought a HDTV and I am looking to make my experience with XBMC even better.
So, first of all what I want is that my storage is no longer in my computer, at the moment all my hard disk slots in my computer are filled up and I can't put any more in, so i'm thinking about buying a NAS for this purpose. But I also want my NAS or mediaplayer (which i both don't have right now) to run sabnzbd / sickbeard / couchpotato.
My question is now is it best to buy an expensive NAS, use it for storage and sabnzbd, sickbeard & couchpotato, and buy a cheap mediaplayer just to stream all of it to my HDTV, or can I better buy a cheap NAS for storage only, and buy an expensive mediaplayer (htpc) to run sabnzbd / sickbeard & couchpotato.
Both should be quiet though since they will be stored in the same room where I sleep, i don't mind a little noise but I don't want a big fan spinning loudly all night and keeping me awake.
I don't have any experience with building HTPC's or NAS, or linux, so I would like to buy something that is ready-to-go. Just unpack, hook it up, configurate it and done.
Can anyone help me? I'm a total noob at this, have been reading a lot of threads here already.
Thanks in advance and excuse me for any grammatical errors, English is not my native language.
Budget for the both devices together is €600