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Ethernet connection (You can connect via wi-fi, but your fastest connection will occur via ethernet).

If your Pi is running slowly or your server is having weird issues, if you’re not on a hub, this might fix your problem)

Wall-powered USB Hub (The Raspberry Pi does not have enough power to power USB storage devices on its own most of the time.

Raspberry Pi B+ ( has CanaKits for around $55).

While there are lots and lots of tutorials on how to set up Plex Media Server on a Raspberry Pi B+, I couldn’t find one that went through all of the steps I needed. This is both in an attempt to prolong the life of my iMac and to help my incredibly high electric bill (whoops).

I don’t often yack about this kind of stuff on my blog as it’s pretty much exclusively an art blog, but I recently bought a Raspberry Pi B+ that I thought I could use as a lower powered Plex Media Server rather than having my (dying) iMac run constantly.

Updated: September 9th, 2020: I had to redo all of this all over again and some steps have changed, so I’ve updated it.