Home Assistant Newbie Question

Hey guys,

I’m just starting out and only have a little knowledge on home assistant. I know I want to to do home automations and possibly a media server for movies and music. What do I need for hardware? Can I perform both of those tasks on one rasberry pi or do I need to separate them? Also, other then rasberry pi, what other hardware options do I have? What should I get? Thank you for all your help.

Get a desktop comp with i3 and above cpu, use one will do, 8 gb of ram at least, one 250 gb ssd hard disk, two if possible.
Don’t use pi. It’s good for some small project but if you plan to have a house on ha than get a desktop comp.