Which hardware should I choose for Plex (hardware transcoding with iGPU)? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by MiedzCu2@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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Intel Processor N100 (Intel UHD Graphics 24 EU) + 32 GB RAM (single channel) 3200MHz 16-18-18-38
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 (Intel UHD Graphics 32 EU) + 64 GB RAM (dual channel) 2933MHz 19-19-19-47

Planned use:

transcode 4K HDR x264 content with a maximum bitrate of 77.5 Mb/s, handling up to 4 transcodes simultaneously (file size: 85GB for each one)
RAM as a temporary transcoding folder

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[-] ThePossibleDebate@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You might be stretching the N100 just a little if the PC needs to do anything else, otherwise it should work. I can do three 80ish GB tone mapped 4K transcodes on my little Beelink I'm testing out.

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