# Asus Tinker Board and PMS **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps & Creations\ **Tags:** server-linux-arm\ **Created:** [July 20, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/asus-tinker-board-and-pms/285545 "2018-07-20T12:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![drmagoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drmagoo/32/13982_2.png) [@drmagoo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drmagoo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/asus-tinker-board-and-pms/285545/2 "2018-07-21T22:54:53Z")
Just don’t waste your time with an Asus Tinker Board and get a Raspberry Pi 3 instead. Read e.g.: > [@There's a new raspi alternative, the ASUS Tinker Board](https://forums.plex.tv/t/theres-a-new-raspi-alternative-the-asus-tinker-board/176863/16): > > Hi, Here is the guide I initially used, [https://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi\_projects/blog/2016/03/11/a-more-powerful-plex-media-server-using-raspberry-pi-3](https://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi_projects/blog/2016/03/11/a-more-powerful-plex-media-server-using-raspberry-pi-3) But I sent the Tinkerboard back for a full refund and bought another Raspberry PI 3 instead. The Tinkerboard support is still really bad and the software support even worse. Plex media server installed but would judder when serving media, the PI does not suffer this issue. If it had run the standard Raspb… or > [@Tinkerboard Plex](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tinkerboard-plex/228017): > > Hello, I installed plex server from the dev2day sourceon an asus tinkerboard. The installation armf went well but I have some problem during the native transcoding (with ARM was heating the proc and planted during the construction of the db). I explain the problem: The playback of videos hangs natively in wifi or lan about 30 sec of reading, however the same video on the pi3 starts without any problem. I tried several parameters in the plex configuration interface (and also the same ones as … --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/asus-tinker-board-and-pms/285545)._