I’m looking to upgrade my Plex and game server. I currently have an i5-4690K with 16 GB DDR3 and it’s struggling a lot. My PSU is a 850W gold rated EVGA from 2017 so I don’t think it needs upgraded quite yet since I’ve been way under the wattage for most of its life.

I was looking at something like a 13400 but I’m not sure if it’s the best choice or what to pair it with.

  • jws_shadotak@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes, Plex transcoding is awful. Hardware transcodes aren’t possible on that build because I have nothing that supports it. The earliest QuickSync capable Intel chips are the 8000 series.

    • BigDev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      If money is tight, then the cheapest solution would probably then be an nvidia GPU with NVENC support, since you wouldn’t have to upgrade anything to make it work (assuming it fits in your case of course) . I believe I managed to grab my 1050TI for about $100USD, and it supports many, many streams, especially with the NVENC unlock driver patch, and my cpu sits pretty at maybe 10% usage tops.