I feel this, I was buying something this morning and I googled something about it and instinctively clicked on the reddit link that popped up. The subreddit was private because of the blackout. Gotta alter my research methodology!

Thank you for the suggestions! Unfortunately looks like r/opensignups has been privated due to the strike but I will continue to look into it. For now, yifi and 1337x should be a good starting point. I just hope they have older content as well as the newest content.

Thank you! Do you have any recommendations for public trackers I should use and/or private trackers I should look into? I am only going to be torrenting movies and tv shows

I'd prefer for it to be straightforward, I want the server to be local so that rules out any cloud offerings. Synology is a NAS right? Do you run your whole pirating server off its hardware?

Maybe something like this could be something fun to watch for you then :)

I think you mixed up the GPU and SSD prices in the price recap :) But this is great, thank you for sharing!

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for!

Agreed, I use reddit for a lot of my research be it for purchasing decisions or other random questions I think of during the day.

Unrelated but we have similar usernames :)

I noticed that as well, made me laugh lol

Thank you for the extra info! One thing I have found missing from several of these guides is how to set up so that the torrenting runs behind a vpn. I want one because I really believe my ISP would cut off my access if they were to see me torrenting. I also saw that port-forwarding is a necessity for the vpn but I don't really know why. You even seem to indicate that it is optional.