I've built my own system a number of years ago, 2009 to be precise. I've accumulated a lot of stuff which I don't really want existing on this PC anymore. The PC is actually a gaming PC, so quite powerful, however over the years it's not really been used for gaming, mainly work and watching movies.
I'd like to keep most things on a home server now, as it'll enable me and others to access things remotely plus stream off of Plex for example.
Having said all this, I do have a few questions.
1.) What sort of power does a server really need to have? I would assume an i7, top of the range CPU is a bit of an overkill...
2.) What kind of operating system should a server have? I use plex all the time, so this server would have to provide me a way to continue to use plex
3.) How do I set up this server to enable me to transfer files between computers on the same network, and on a different network?
If there's anyone out there that has built a server of their own, I'd like to see a few specs if possible