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Originally Posted by king_play334 
im willing to spend up to $800, i know it doesn't take much to run a server like this. i perfer atleast 5TB then as i need to, i'll add HDD's. what do you guys think? i don't know much about servers and stuff.
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You don't need a real "server" for what you want to do. Desktop components will work just fine for what you need done. You can stream off of a client OS too - Windows XP, Windows 7, whatever works.
5TB for $800 might be pushing it, especially if you want 5TB of redundant storage. If you're going with 5x1TB drives, then you can get a motherboard and cpu combination for relatively cheap.
Really. Don't think "server". Just think of "desktop with storage", That's all you really need.
Of course, if you want to have the system perform additional roles, then there will be other factors to consider.