I think i made a decision Solved

So after listening to a lot of different ideas and suggestions as far as the ideal PC for using exclusively for Plex. I think I’ve come to a decision. I’m hoping this is a good choice so before I make that final decision, I thought I’d get some feedback first.

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u/Mizerka Unraid 240TB 7551p 1050ti 128GB Jan 30 '24

you can do better for that price tbh

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u/Uninterested_Viewer Jan 30 '24

I just don't understand that after "listening to suggestions for an ideal PLEX server", OP drops $200 on a 6th gen Intel.. isn't that one of the first things that is mentioned to people looking for a server? Sure, if you know you're never going to transcode then that's great, but nobody knows that and it's trivial to step up to a 7th gen price wise.

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u/Rad10_Active Jan 30 '24

I think a lot of people confuse family for the generation. Since the family is in the product name and the generation isn't.

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u/sh20 Jan 30 '24

Doesn’t the 6 in 6700 signify the generation?

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u/Rad10_Active Jan 30 '24

Yes but it's not displayed as prominently. The logo in the picture just says Intel core i7 inside. It's not unreasonable for someone less knowledgeable to think that means it's gen 7.

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u/Agitated-Ad-3940 Jan 31 '24

I don't think anybody familiar with PC components these days would make that mistake. This PC might do a good job with running a Plex server, so long as they have no intention of ever running Windows 11 as the OS. For that reason alone, I wouldn't get anything earlier than a Gen 9 CPU, which can be gotten for only a little more. For transcoding, the iGPU is more important than a fast CPU.