Title says pretty much all there is. Im just getting started in this and don’t want to go too crazy. Im willing to go as high as $250 right now which, when i look around, i know isn’t gonna get me anything absolutely amazing but hey back off im an instacart driver lol

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    11 months ago

    CPU - Intel Core i5-7500 @ 3.4GHz (4 cores, 4 threads) Intel HD Graphics 630 RAM - 12 GB DDR4 Disk - 128 GB SSD

    What do you think of these specs?

    Would I be better off getting M.2 SSDs for the plex server?

    Could these specs stream multiple high quality streams?

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      11 months ago

      Are you planning on transcoding? If so you might want to add a decent GPU to deal with that as the CPU won’t be most likely able to handle it alone. Otherwise it should be fine.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah I think so, from what I can gather it is needed for what I want.

        I don’t really know what to look for in a gpu is there one you’d recommend? 🙏

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          11 months ago

          Your cpu supports quick sync so I bet you are good without gpu. Try it yourself before buying one, you also drain less power