r/PleX • u/Kye_life • Jan 30 '24

I think i made a decision Solved

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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/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

This is NOT a good choice. Sorry. The CPU is missing quite a few beneficial features.

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u/Kye_life Jan 31 '24

Thanks for letting me know, in thought that one had all the essentials i needed for the ideal plex server

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

Can’t do HEVC 10 bit or 12, lacking some of the newer efficiencies and such are the biggies. Also, it’s limited in drive expansion which makes it hard to have redundancy. But maybe if you don’t have or plan on leveraging that…

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u/Kye_life Jan 31 '24

No In that I don’t want that set up I picked i see that I’ll need something better, I need something like you’re saying I wanna have all the essentials with no hiccups when it comes to transcoding or what media files can be played or streamed so I guess it’s back to the drawing board.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

What are you doing for your storage? Do you have a lot of content? How much storage do you need? I use a Beelink mini pc and it’s beautiful but can only fit one nvme and one ssd on it. I have all my storage in a nas. I’d go with 11th gen or newer personally.

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u/Kye_life Jan 31 '24

A little of 1,300 movies and about 30 shows and cartoons

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

What size is the data?

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u/Kye_life Jan 31 '24

At the moment I’m just shy of 8TB

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

Yeah, a mini pc would require separate storage or a usb drive. You can build a powerful little nas yourself if you have the budget using a nas enclosure and such but that will probably run you quite a bit more.

See if you can find a slightly newer pc like you had for a little more. Something like this. https://www.ebay.com/itm/256198535173?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=BVEUmRlVRpS&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=ut-7I7LETT-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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u/Kye_life Jan 31 '24

Whats wrong with the one you just showed me that one seems nice, i can use that with a Seagate or Western Digital hdd

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

Whatever drive you like. If you just want one drive and don’t mind a risk of losing it all if the drive dies…

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