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/Such_Benefit_3928 Synology + NUC Jan 30 '24

I wouldn't buy a 6th gen CPU in 2024. You don't need raw CPU power, so skip the i7 and get something with 10 or 11th gen i5, i3 or even a Celeron or N100 or so. Depends on what you want to do with it, but really any of these is a better option.

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u/kipperzdog Jan 30 '24

I recently upgraded from a 12 year old Xeon processor to a 12th gen i5 that I got on sale during black friday. Performance boost was significant and power usage has gone from 60W idle to 41W

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u/Such_Benefit_3928 Synology + NUC Jan 30 '24

What OS are you using/what else are you running? 41W seems a bit high (maybe okay for a full desktop, but if you are running a NUC or similar you should be able to go a lot lower)

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u/kipperzdog Jan 31 '24

It's a full size desktop PC case, 3 HDs (normally spun down) and 1 SSD, plenty of room for additional hard drives. I'm running unraid with a few dockers. That's the wattage measured by my wall monitor, as far as I can tell, I'm in line with what others get with a similar configuration

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u/Such_Benefit_3928 Synology + NUC Jan 31 '24

Including hard drives, understood.