PLEX / NAS Builds

[MorganO]

good afternoon

currency is GBP and UK 

i have the case and can remote into the pc after setup

which would be the best option

i have media from 480p to UHD 2160 sources

streaming internally on my network from a crhomecast to iphones and the same externally 

ideally 10 sata ports on the board , intel dont offer this at a reasonable price

budget ideally is between £500-650 

 

RAM HAS BEEN UPDATED TO Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory

Build 1 AMD : 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£196.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock - X370 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard	£170.39 @ Amazon UK
Memory	G.Skill - NT Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory	£94.79 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce GT 1030 2 GB Low Profile Video Card	£71.90 @ More Computers
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	£80.47 @ Scan.co.uk
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£613.55
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-12 13:49 GMT+0000

 

Build 2 Intel: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	£192.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	£138.47 @ More Computers
Memory	G.Skill - NT Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory	£94.79 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	£80.47 @ Scan.co.uk
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£505.73
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-12 13:51 GMT+0000

 

 

 

 

 

out of the two what would be most suitable/offer the best performance and RELIABILITY 

[FloRolf]

What kinda OS are you planning to use? Do you need the 6core CPU? 

[MorganO]

3 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

What kinda OS are you planning to use? Do you need the 6core CPU? 

most likely will end up using windows (remote desktop)

 

i think i would, id potentially have to encode up to 6 streams currently 

 

but on the core thing, my alternative would be the 2400g but the board i'm using doesn't have video out making that a moot point

4c/8t could probably work im just not sure

and my 2700x gets hammered whilst transcoding a 2160 source to my iphone 

[wojtepanik]

for both : faster ram, for intel get b360 board, for amd : muchhh faster ram -3000mhz +, get 2600 and b450

[MorganO]

Just now, wojtepanik said:

for both : faster ram, for intel get b360 board, for amd : muchhh faster ram -3000mhz +, get 2600 and b450

is faster ram gonna affect the transcoding speed its not for gaming or anything

also the x370 is the only board with 10 sata ports

z370 has 8 which for me is the minimum 

[wojtepanik]

1 minute ago, MorganO said:

is faster ram gonna affect the trasncoding speed its not for gaming or anything

for amd 100% sure, infinity fabric is clocked with ram clock, so yeah, for intel 2600mhz is enough. btw there is no board with 10 sata ports, 8 is max on both intel and amd

[MorganO]

5 minutes ago, wojtepanik said:

for amd 100% sure, infinity fabric is clocked with ram clock, so yeah, for intel 2600mhz is enough. btw there is no board with 10 sata ports, 8 is max on both intel and amd

ok faster ram isn't much more expensive

but there is an amd board with 10

 

[wojtepanik]

3 minutes ago, MorganO said:

ok faster ram isn't much more expensive

but there is an amd board with 10

 

that must mean that it has some extra sata controller on the board then  6 sata + 2 nvme/sata combo is standard I think

[MorganO]

9 minutes ago, wojtepanik said:

that must mean that it has some extra sata controller on the board then  6 sata + 2 nvme/sata combo is standard I think

yeah, i have 6 on my crosshair vii (NOT enough lol) 

[wojtepanik]

Just now, MorganO said:

yeah, i have 6 on my crosshair vii (NOT enough lol) 

there are some cheap pci-e to sata cards, they are ok, if you need more storage, you can always get a raid card, but they are bit pricier 

[MorganO]

33 minutes ago, wojtepanik said:

there are some cheap pci-e to sata cards, they are ok, if you need more storage, you can always get a raid card, but they are bit pricier 

tbh, they dont look that great imo, but if i need them i will get them eventually

[wojtepanik]

7 minutes ago, MorganO said:

tbh, they dont look that great imo, but if i need them i will get them eventually

I wouldn't be afraid of those  you can always get pcie to nvme adapter

 

[MorganO]

22 minutes ago, wojtepanik said:

I wouldn't be afraid of those  you can always get pcie to nvme adapter

 

hmm , ill corss that road when i get there

 

out of the too amd processors which would be the best for plex

[wojtepanik]

20 hours ago, MorganO said:

hmm , ill corss that road when i get there

 

out of the too amd processors which would be the best for plex

for single streaming 2200g would be good I think

[MorganO]

7 hours ago, wojtepanik said:

for single streaming 2200g would be good I think

the only bug bear with that is id still need to get a Dgpu due the board having no display outs

 

 

[wojtepanik]

1 hour ago, MorganO said:

the only bug bear with that is id still need to get a Dgpu due the board having no display outs

 

 

which board doesn't have?

 

[MorganO]

17 hours ago, wojtepanik said:

which board doesn't have?

 

x370 taichi, its the only board with 10 sata ports

[wojtepanik]

On 12/14/2018 at 4:07 PM, MorganO said:

x370 taichi, its the only board with 10 sata ports

I thought that every ryzen board ( even pre-vega ones) has graphics output LOL,