Hey fellas! So I'm looking to build a PC that I can run windows on to run Plex. I just did a huge upgrade on my old rig so I have a few parts left over that would work awesome for my server. However I have a few concerns.
1) Needs to use as little power as humanly possable, without compromising on performance. Remember, it's going to be doing Plex decoding on up to 4 devices (usually only 1 or 2!), so it needs some oomphf!
2) Would LOVE to be able to recycle my old parts. Not 100% required but would help.
3) Case needs to have at least 3 3.5 hard drive slots. I have 3 2tb HDD sitting around waiting to be used. Lets use em!
4) Case needs to be as small as possible. It will be sitting in our living room, and needs to take up as little space as possible!
Other than that, it's pretty straight forward!
The parts I have left is an old 3570k, asus p8z77m motherboard and the 8gb of ram. The issue I have with the 3570k, is it's beefy and will do the decoing needed, just it uses a fair amount of power. Could I underclock it to save power? Or just fork out and build new?