DIY xpenology for plex

Hello I. Thinking about building a a xpenology for plex server 8 core. I would like to get you guys opinions

CPU - E5-2670 or E5-2600

Motherboard. X79
GPU. GTX 980 Ti

What do you guys thinking. Will the 8 core will help me have more tream on plex?

Any suggestions will be extreamly appreciated .

Like a

Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core 3.6 GHz ??

What you think about these

ASUS ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING LGA2066 DDR4 M.2 USB 3.1…
$320.88

Intel Core i7-7820X Processor
$469.99

I think I’m going with unraid now.

@jhreg11

If I may augment?

  1. The i7-7xxx processors will allow you decode 2160P HEVC HDR in hardware.
  2. The i7-8xxx processors will allow you to encode 2160p HEVC in hardware (no HDR support for it yet)
  3. If you run a native XPEnology solution, without docker, I can directly support it since I’m the dev involved here.

Thank you for the all the good information guys. But .
I have been trying for 5 days now to get xpenology install on a usb following my playhouse and unkyjoes videos, however everytime I complete the usb installation when I try to boot up its stated

This is a beta version.

I have no one to help me getting it right.

Can someone help please.

@ Trumpy81
The ASRock Z370 Extreme4 goes for 165USD here in New Jersey

And also I saw

MSI Z370 GAMING M5 DESKTOP MOTHERBOARD - INTEL CHIPSET - SOCKET H4 LGA-1151 for $ 80. Which is a good price for me

But nieghter doesn’t one of then have 10gbe port in board.

Can i use any dual 10gbe on Ebay ? For example

Solarflare SFN5122F Dual Port 10GbE PCI-E Server Card is $60 USD would work ??

@chucPA

I’m not sure what you mean i7- 8700k no HDR supported and If i run a native xpenology solution with out docker.

Should I just get the i7-8700k. ??
Would it ?

I did purchase the ASUS XG-U2008 Unmanaged 2-Port 10G and 8-Port Gigabit Switch
When i purchase the ds1817. The ds1817 was running extreamly slow.
The fact that I do bbn have the capability for 10GBe I thought i still need it for have a faster connection when transfering large files.

I did follow that video as well. I keep on finding the beta iso bootload for ds3617sx.

I’m not sure which pcie card is suitable.
I looked on ebay for synology 10gbe cards, they goes for around 200 t0 300 $.
That is why I ask if any 10gbe under 100$ on Ebay is suitable.

Thankx
I will start getting all the parts and start the build.
I will be back for more questions.

Thank you all.