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Hi everyone,

I would like to make a small server box to run SABnzbd, CouchPotato, SickBeard and possibly Headphones. I want to build a bare-bones computer to run all of this, something that will run quiet(ish) also. What is the minimum hardware I will need to run this smoothly, it's the only thing that will be running on the computer other then the OS. Set it and forget it. Minimum Ram, CPU.. etc. I would greatly appreciate any advice/help you guys can give me.

I run SABnzbd on system with a modest Atom CPU.
It gets up to 6-7 Mbytes/sec, it does struggle a bit with repairs.
Most modest Intel CPU will get to a better speed.
Having at least 1 GB memory is important.
It runs Ubuntu Linux which gives better results than Windows.

I was planning on something beefy enough to run windows 8/10 most likely. I can barely navigate my way around command line. I know I can set up in windows environment much quicker.

That's ok.
My server box ran about 30-40% less efficient under Windows,
but a better CPU will compensate for that.

DamnLag wrote:I was planning on something beefy enough to run windows 8/10 most likely. I can barely navigate my way around command line. I know I can set up in windows environment much quicker.

Maybe Freenas might be an idea for you? Installation is dead easy and it has a nice web based control panel. Dno if there is a sab plugin though.