![]() Compare THAT to the typical dual westmere server that i see most people running which idles at 250-300 watts that’s a savings of $260 per year in power alone. So at idle it will only cost you 25 to 30 dollars per year to run this as your plex server. The idle power consumption for these computers is only 25-35 watts. If you’re wondering which intel cpus have quicksync support a link can be found HERE. Be aware not all e3 v3 intel chips have quicksync support and you’ll want one that does. If you can find a T1700 with a 1226v3 or a 1245v3 those are also very good cpu options. With hardware transcoding enabled this configuration will get you around 6-7 h265 transcodes and 15-20 h264 transcodes. ![]() ![]() You can find a T1700 with an e3-1265L v3 for around $230 shipped. You will also generally find slightly better Integrated graphics processors in xeons that have an iGPU.įor the small plex server build our recommendation is the T1700 Dell precision which can be found on ebay for around 200-300 dollars shipped. When selecting a CPU You should typically avoid anything pre-haswell generation as intel started focusing on quality over speed with quicksync in Haswell cpu architectures and later. We will be leveraging plex’s Hardware transcoding capabilities with quicksync heavily for this article. Unless you know for certain that all of your devices can direct play all of your media i would stay away from trying to run a plex server on a rasberry pi. I would recommend sizing your first server appropriately to avoid unnecessary costs down the road. While you can run a Plex media server on practically any physical device from a Rasberry Pi, to a Nas you’ll probably grow out of some of the smaller and cheaper options like a Rasberry Pi fairly quickly. Otherwise figure out the number of devices that might be transcoding at any given time and save that for later. If you are running this inside your home and will only have a few devices connecting at a time and those devices can direct play most of your media you should stick to the small server size recommendations. Next you should determine the total number of transcodes you might require. For now this article will cover desktop grade hardware that’s both practical for most people to run in their home, powerful enough to have the performance you’ll want, AND that won’t hurt your wallet too much. If you are looking for recommendations on an enterprise grade server that will be addressed in a later video. The physical size, noise, and heat generated by a standard enterprise grade server can be a problem for most people running a Plex server in their house. Let’s start with logistical issues you should think about first. When designing and building a Plex server you’ll need to take a few things into consideration.
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