Hey all

Been playing around with plex and the *arr’s for a while on my main desktop.

Now looking to set up a server to run plex, downloads, pi hole and eventually some other backup’s.

Unfortunately the PC I had laying around is 32bit and it seems like most things are removing support for that architecture if they haven’t already. Now I’m faced with the problem/opportunity of getting something new (to me).

But I’m struggling with the absolute sea of options out there and also don’t want to spend on brand new gear.

There’s quite a bit of server grade hardware floating around (like a Dell Poweredge server T410, 32GB ram, Intel Xeon E5645 2.13GHz Quad-core for $100AUD) or even rackmount gear (probably overkill but a boy can dream).

Or should I just get a consumer case with the most drive bays I can find and build from there?

Lowish power consumption is a priority, planning on running ubuntu or similar.

Any and all tips welcome! Thanks.

  • rambos@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Im quite sure your rpi didnt transcode 4k, it was probabl direct play. Rpi 4 cant even transcode 1080p, but for direct play its more than enough. Didnt know raspberry pi 5 was available. Yeah rpi4 is not bad at all if you use powered case for hdd/ssd. The problem is that its not cheap anymore, but its super efficient ~5W I think. If you want 8gb model, psu and hdd case, its probably caround 150$