home plex server Budget Plex Server

[RooRay]

Hi everyone, I'm just wondering as I am quite new to the whole concept of a home server does anyone have any suggestions for something I could use as a Plex server? I'm open to any ideas. I'm intending on using it for a max of 2-3 1080p video streams on my home network (about 350mpbs). I also have 2 Raspberry Pi 3Bs I could use.

 

Feel free to link products although if possible please link to either the UK/EU version of the retailers website or retailers that ship internationally.

 

Thank you!

[NTDaws]

28 minutes ago, RJAP said:

Hi everyone, I'm just wondering as I am quite new to the whole concept of a home server does anyone have any suggestions for something I could use as a Plex server? I'm open to any ideas. I'm intending on using it for a max of 2-3 1080p video streams on my home network (about 350mpbs). I also have 2 Raspberry Pi 3Bs I could use.

 

Feel free to link products although if possible please link to either the UK/EU version of the retailers website or retailers that ship internationally.

 

Thank you!

I recommend a used server and a GTX 680

[RooRay]

1 hour ago, Dawson Wehage said:

I recommend a used server and a GTX 680

Any suggestions as to where I can buy a used server in the UK?

[NTDaws]

7 hours ago, RJAP said:

Any suggestions as to where I can buy a used server in the UK?

Likely facebook marketplace, or eBay

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

For fthose uses you relly don't need a. gpu. any semi recent cpu should handle those streams fine.

 

 How many tb of storage do you need?

 

Id just get. used business desktop, like a optiplex.  

[HormonalX]

Synology is an excellent way to use Plex. The biggest cost will be your drives. 

[RooRay]

12 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

For fthose uses you relly don't need a. gpu. any semi recent cpu should handle those streams fine.

 

 How many tb of storage do you need?

 

Id just get. used business desktop, like a optiplex.  

At most 6/8tb.

[Electronics Wizardy]

7 hours ago, RJAP said:

At most 6/8tb.

Then thats not much storage, a single or dual 8tb+ drives will work fine here.

[Epithonel]

Hello everyone. 

I'm still vanilla to forum posting so forgive me. 

 

I've been seeing that my plex server encoding and decoding are a little slow. I wa ted advice to see if it is worth picking up an old gpu, possibly even a mining gpu with no output as featured on LTT before for the purpose? Ty.