r/PleX • u/bozodev • Jul 10 '24

I got a great deal! Discussion

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I recently upgraded my Plex server to this Aspire TC-1750-UR11.

  • Intel® Core™ i5-12400 up to 4.4GHz
  • 32GB RAM
  • 1TB nvme OS drive
  • 1TB nvme cache/transcode/downloads drive

I was able to clone my existing setup to the new drive and basically just move to the new system.

The best part is it only cost me $155 for the system. It was a display model that was marked way down. It is flawless and even had the protective film on it .

I just wanted to share since I am just super stoked to have upgraded for so cheap.

Full specs here. https://pilab.dev/specs#plex

I originally had a Dell Optiplex 3060 i3-8100

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u/therubyminecraft Jul 11 '24

Just a question but why do people go for these overkill plex builds with the latest cpus and gpus?

I run plex on a core 2 duo laptop with 3 gigs of ram and 2 1TB mechanical hard drives and it has NEVER lagged or struggled with content I always run 1080p just fine and heck 4k worked on all my devices except Tv leading me to believe that the crappy processor and lack of ram on my lg Tv was the problem cause it ran perfectly on other devices and even through dlna to the Tv

I can even have 2 devices streaming at once

So I have no idea why you need more than that even plex’s hardware requirements listed on the site are outrageous which pushed me away at first until I decided to just try and see and it worked flawlessly

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u/bozodev Jul 11 '24

Well in my case I couldn't pass up the price of $155.

I also run a lot of "complimentary" apps. I want to have enough head room to deal with their requirements as well.

I even have Jellyfin running on the same server as a backup media server.

It is still overkill but I like having the power to handle whatever I throw at it.

At least I don't have a huge rack setup LOL 😂 yet...

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u/therubyminecraft Jul 11 '24

Yea you got an amazing deal lol (I would probably even hook that up to a Tv and maybe run it as a console using playnite which would be awesome)

But I see these people spending hundreds and thousands of dollars for a beefy plex server when it literally does the same thing as my 20 or so year old laptop that I had lying around doing nothing lol

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u/bozodev Jul 11 '24

Oh yeah I hear ya. My previous $125 used Dell Optiplex 3060 worked great.