Matt.g

I was planning on running it on Windows

I have a $2000 us budget with room to go up if needed. I haven't decided on a socket type yet. I havent bought any parts for this yet and anything I have laying around is more than 10 years old.

Is ECC Ram something that would be preferred on this type of system

I actually have no idea if it will need to transcode on the fly. I will be uploading all my videos to the server. It will be a wired server with up to 8 clients. As far as storage im working on figuring out how much I'll need for about 300 blu-rays with extra for more. I was planning on raiding the storage. Also with this build any recommendations on hard drives to use

I'm looking at a $2000 us budget for the build with some room to budget more if needed. I haven't decided on any single processor. I'm trying to get an idea on what the majority think would be a better option. I am planning to have up 8 people streaming at a time

I'm putting together a media server and will have alot of movies to encode I'm trying to figure out if it would be worth getting a motherboard with 2 cpu sockets or just stick with a single socket and cpu

Completely forgot to put that in. Im working with about $2000 us for the build. I have some room to go up if needed.

I have decided to put together a media server after some searching and recommendations I've decided to use plex. Ive been seeing how it works with a handful of my videos using my primary computer as the testing ground and so far it seems that it will suit my need. One problem I've noticed is that my current cpu( a I5-4670K) seems to be pushed to the max while converting my movies. I want to have a dedicated server with a decent amount of storage raided just for this purpose with up to 8 possible simultaneous users. I'm trying to figure out if I should just use one more powerful cpu or get a motherboard with two cpu sockets and go that route. Or would it be worth finding a refurbished server to use for this purpose. Ideally I'd like something that will last me a while and if need be can grow with my needs or be upgraded as needed. Any ideas and thoughts on the best way to go about this would be appreciated. Thanks I have about a $2000 us budget with room if needed