PLEX server/NAS

[CiBi]

Hey LTT forum,

 

I'm planning on building a PLEX server/NAS, preferably in a 2U or 4U case so I can rackmount it. I'm going to try and find a second hand case or worst case I could buy a discounted SuperMicro case through my work.

 

Anyway what I need help with is the hardware, I am going to buy all the hardware new and I was wondering if Ryzen is the way to go, MOAR CORES seems appropriate for a PLEX server, thing is I know hardware accelerated streaming only works with gpu's and intel cpu's, so am I making a mistake here or is a Ryzen still best bang for buck.

 

PLEX server is going to stream a single 4K HDR stream max.

 

For the NAS I was going to use unraid so that means this server will be running 2 VM's one for PLEX one for Unraid.

 

I welcome tips on all hardware, I obviously want to keep it somewhat cheap in hardware cost and electricity cost, also has to be kinda quiet.

 

 

 

 

[FwelStars]

Intel might be a better choice for the NAS server. You dont need a super high powered 9900K for the job. For the plex server, you could get away with a Ryzen 5 or a Ryzen 7.

What kind of storage are you looking at for the NAS server?

[CiBi]

I want to run both on the same server.

 

And i'm looking to get 6TB-ish storage with redundancy

 

[onlybuilt4cubanxlinx]

• 4K HDR (50Mbps, 10-bit HEVC) file: 17000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p)
• 4K SDR (40Mbps, 8-bit HEVC) file: 12000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p)
• 1080p (10Mbps, H.264) file: 2000 PassMark score
• 720p (4Mbps, H.264) file: 1500 PassMark score

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

[CiBi]

Just now, onlybuilt4cubanxlinx said:

• 4K HDR (50Mbps, 10-bit HEVC) file: 17000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p)
• 4K SDR (40Mbps, 8-bit HEVC) file: 12000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p)
• 1080p (10Mbps, H.264) file: 2000 PassMark score
• 720p (4Mbps, H.264) file: 1500 PassMark score

seen that, I would be transcoding to 4K as well, wouldn't that make it harder

[onlybuilt4cubanxlinx]

RyZen 7 2700x is just shy of 17000 so it'd be perfect for 4k. Be one hell of a fucking Plex server.