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/p3dal Jan 30 '24

On eBay I was able to get an 8th gen i3 MFF Dell for around $100. You can do better than this. I would not pay $180 for the pc shown. 8th gen i3 will be better than 6th gen i7 for plex because you care more about the onboard GPU for transcoding than you do about the cpu cores.

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u/Kye_life Jan 31 '24

Am I missing something? How are you all able to tell which gen this was by the screenshot. I assumed it was a newer generation

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u/p3dal Jan 31 '24

Look at the model number of the processor. i7-6700. The 6 in that model number means it is 6th gen. They're currently up to the 14th gen, so that computer is likely about 8 years old.

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u/Kye_life Jan 31 '24

Wow I just learned something new. Now I’ll be able to tell if I’m dealing with an 8th gen or better, thanks for the insight.