Hello,
I am looking to put together a new box, primarily to run Plex, along with Sickbeard / NZBDrone, and Sabnzbd or comparable NZB client. I would be starting from scratch, needing everything except a monitor and the HDD's.
Low power would be nice, but not essential. I don't need anything beyond the most basic video card, preferably onboard. It does not need to be particularly quiet, as it'll be off in a corner by itself. It'll be on a wired 1 GB connection, feeding 3 x Roku 3 units, a tablet, two phones via Plex, and a laptop. Despite all these devices, there will not be more then two streams needing to be transcoded at a time, but I'd like to be able to handle a minimum of 4 x 1080 streams for futureproofing.
Aiming to spend ~$550 CAD (~$510 USD) for CPU, Mobo, ram, power supply, and case. I already have some 3 and 4 TB WD Red drives and a small SSD for this project. Anything beyond this, and I might just buy a 4 bay Synology and transcode using my laptop.
Just as an example, I was looking at an AMD A10-6800K for $130 CAD, but know nothing about current AMD products outside of their video cards.
Thanks for any input you can provide.
I am looking to put together a new box, primarily to run Plex, along with Sickbeard / NZBDrone, and Sabnzbd or comparable NZB client. I would be starting from scratch, needing everything except a monitor and the HDD's.
Low power would be nice, but not essential. I don't need anything beyond the most basic video card, preferably onboard. It does not need to be particularly quiet, as it'll be off in a corner by itself. It'll be on a wired 1 GB connection, feeding 3 x Roku 3 units, a tablet, two phones via Plex, and a laptop. Despite all these devices, there will not be more then two streams needing to be transcoded at a time, but I'd like to be able to handle a minimum of 4 x 1080 streams for futureproofing.
Aiming to spend ~$550 CAD (~$510 USD) for CPU, Mobo, ram, power supply, and case. I already have some 3 and 4 TB WD Red drives and a small SSD for this project. Anything beyond this, and I might just buy a 4 bay Synology and transcode using my laptop.
Just as an example, I was looking at an AMD A10-6800K for $130 CAD, but know nothing about current AMD products outside of their video cards.
Thanks for any input you can provide.