# Building new server. Thoughts on build? Please!

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**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/building-new-server-thoughts-on-build-please/483545 "2019-10-30T20:22:11Z")\
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it depends on your OS

with linux you can generally just use /dev/shm which a tmpfs ram drive that uses 50% of installed ram.

on windows you would need some kind of ramdisk program to create a virtual temp drive

> [@Ram drive or SSD for transcoding?](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-drive-or-ssd-for-transcoding/465730):
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> I have several SSDs laying around, but I also only use 21/64 gigs of my DDR4 PC3600 memory. Would it be better to use a ram drive for my transcoding directory, or one of the SSDs? (I already have my Plex Data Folder on another separate SSD all by itself, and Plex is installed on another separate OS SSD as well)

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