200ge as plex server?

Would a 200ge handle being a plex/download/web box? I want something a little bit more power efficient than my i5 [email protected].

Absolutely and I mean it.

I'm running an old quad core e5 1620 quad core and it can handle everything I throw at it especially plex.

Even though the athlon 200ge is dual core those 2 cores will devour my old xeon with ease.
 
I am using a 2400g for plex. Encoding 2 streams at the same time is between 30 to 50 precent utilization. I would think a dual core should be enough for a single encode stream.
 
I am using a 2400g for plex. Encoding 2 streams at the same time is between 30 to 50 precent utilization. I would think a dual core should be enough for a single encode stream.

Plex is all about the settings. You can pre optimize A LOT of stuff before hand.
 
thanks everyone! Hopefully i can build a new rig soon.

I also use my old xeon Sandy Bridge as a FreeNAS appliance hosting a couple VMs as well as Plex so a quad core from 6 or 7 years ago with 48gb of ECC and it can handle Plex just fine.

However with that dual core it should handle plex perfectly but not sure if you do all that other stuff on top at the same time if its gonna be thread starved but those two cores are significantly faster than the xeon 1620 I have.

In fact this very post went through my xeon CPU as it's also hosting my PF sense router in a VM with PFBlocker and Snort and all kinds of services running and it doesn't even use but a fraction of CPU time.

So the moral of the story... if my old ass chip can do all that your fancy new dual core should be fine and dandy. I may get a 200ge today at microcenter. Still making me mind up.
 
Plex is really reliant on what client you are planning on using for viewing the content. So if you use case is only you playing stuff back and you are using a Shield as a client, just about any system will work to run Plex. If you are going to be supporting 10 users with various clients, you are going to run into problems unless you are planning on low resolution stuff or GPU hardware acceleration..
 
If you want the best value, you should also consider the Pentium G5400. It's about 25% faster CPU performance for then same price.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/athlon-200ge-vs-pentium-gold-g5400,38260.html

If all this is is a Plex server, then you need the beefiest CPU you can get.

The 200GE's only saving grace is it has a much stronger onboard GPU than the Pentium. They clock it 15% lower, so it ends-up much slower in the productivity and CPU transcode department.
 
I would only use it for a single stream to one firestick. I would probably put a Radeon 6450 in as a gpu if that would be better than the on chip graphics.

So am I better off staying with my 2500k for the time being?
 
If the 2500k is just for Plex and your web stuff, then I would remove your OC and work on getting the voltage as low as possible.

If you turn back on all the power saving \ downclocking features we disable when OCing it really shouldn't use that much power lol.
 
I bought one of these tonight. Going to use it for my PF Sense dedicated router.

But first I'm gonna pull my 2600x out and plop this chip in. Gonna bench it and game with it and run some benches. Just for general consumption. I'll post my stuff here as soon as I am done.

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Just plopped it into my Gigabyte B450 ATX board. Took my 2600x out which absolutely obliterates this processor in every imaginable way.

However its still an impressive little piece so far. If only my board would allow an overclock that would be wonderful. (Reports out there of some boards allowing a multiplier overclock).

Ill post some gaming crap in a few.

Notice with this 35 watt TDP processor its only hitting 41c. Probably because I am using the factory cooler that came with my 2600x which is far oversized for this little chip. I do not use the factory cooler for my 2600x so it was just sitting on a shelf so I used it.

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Here is some other benches. I stopped here. Tired of ripping machine apart and back together etc...
These are literally just for fun and are NOT scientific (duh)

All of these are on my EVGA 1070ti or the IGP as specified and on my Acer 240hz panel. 3200mhz DDR @ 3066mhz stable 16GB 16cas

Strange Brigade as described - Its useful because it has a very wide array of settings for DX12 so its a good built in bench for testing a CPU. Keep in mind I punshed the Athlon with Ultra 1080p settings.

2600x

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Strange Brigade with 200ge on 1070ti everything else the same as 2600x
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Strange Brigade on 200ge Internal Vega Graphics - All settings Ultra etc... haha I punished this thing

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Super Pos on 1070ti - 200ge
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On IGP 200ge
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I could have done a lot more games etc.. I could have used my 2600x to get a lot more comparative data but we all know the 2600x has 4 more cores and can run literal circles around the 200ge while sleeping and drunk on Vodka.

The 200ge will make someone a wonderful internet Surfer or Youtube watcher but not much else. It is also good for playing games like MInecraft with a slightly faster AIB GPU of choice.

The chip in my opinion would make an excellent router processor (reason I bought it) or even a light duty Plex processor that can do 2 or 3 1080p streams or 1 4k stream as long as you pre-optimize the stuff in plex ahead of time.

Other than that I would be remiss if I didn't recommend the slightly more expensive 2200g over this processor as it is certainly faster in all aspects for anything in windows day to day. But for low power light duty server work this is a wonderful candidate.

I plan to devolt it a little bit and lower the clocks for my PFSense machine and see if I can get it down to around 10 or 15 watts peak usage.

The CPU absolutely CAN NOT feed a monster GPU like my 1070ti and I didn't even want to attempt any thing on my 1080ti which I know for sure would be a waste of time. I want to reiterate these CPUs WILL N O T feed a monster GPU. They can't even breathe fast enough to keep up with 40% GPU usage.

The 2600x as a much higher end comparison can stuff a GPU with as much as wants and yawn in the process. The Threadripper 2950x is the same way.

But we know these are not gaming processors.

My settings were obnoxiously wrong for testing this little process so your mileage will absolutely vary depending on your gross abuse like me or being a featherweight on it.
 
If you want the best value, you should also consider the Pentium G5400. It's about 25% faster CPU performance for then same price.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/athlon-200ge-vs-pentium-gold-g5400,38260.html

If all this is is a Plex server, then you need the beefiest CPU you can get.

The 200GE's only saving grace is it has a much stronger onboard GPU than the Pentium. They clock it 15% lower, so it ends-up much slower in the productivity and CPU transcode department.

Except for its not the same price, real-world its $75-$100 which is 50% or greater cost for 25% more performance.
 
So I want to report.

The 200ge can run under passive cooling using my 2600x heatsink fan unplugged. Its big enough with copper core to wick the heat away.

It's my pfsense CPU now. I have it manually dialed down to 20x multiplier max. Slight devolt.

Using powersave in pfsense and ut idles at 1600mhz.

Have hooked up my watt meter but will do later. Thinking its idling at around 7 to 10 watts total system
 
So my 200ge whole system idle is 38 watts according to my killawatt meter

CPU
Psu fan on
1 256gb ssd
No other fans

38 watts avg idle.
 
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