Help me with buying NAS

[ChimpMaster]

All these years and I've never used NAS but now it's time I set one up at home. I'm trying to learn on what I should get.

I'll only be using it as a 'shared drive', for storing household documents and photos/videos for the family to use and access. Nothing fancy - no Plex or music etc....

[ChimpMaster]

No just need the software on my home PC. Ideally on 2 or 3 PCs....

[ChimpMaster]

Where might one acquire Microsoft Office for a less than retail price these days?

And would I go for Office 2024 or 365?

To paint a picture, I've been using Office 2010 for the past 15 years until it wouldn't let me install on my new Win 11 PC. I just use Word and Excel,...

[ChimpMaster]

As per my other post I've just bought a gaming PC from Palicomp. might be worth taking a look there : DDR5 RAM - Palicomp...

[ChimpMaster]

It was all luck. I thought stock markets were due a crash and bonds/gold would thrive. I was wrong about stocks, whilst bonds remain neutral and metals have boomed....

[ChimpMaster]

Must have had an awesome 3 years....

[ChimpMaster]

Speaking of aging agists, my voyage into semi-retirement at 47/48 is going OK and I'm fortunate that a large part of me pension is in Gold and I'm just a couple of years away from cashing out the lump sum. It's nice not having to work for money now

[ChimpMaster]

Prices have gone a bit crazy.

Have settled on the build below at just sub-£2k. Will install Windows 11 myself.

I'm sure there are plenty of holes that can be picked on this or any spec, but for the money this is a build I'm good with.

...