Hehe, ok, thanks 
Then I’ll get myself a NUC with 13th gen intel when they arrive and a Netgear switch with at least 4 ports.
Just out of curiosity: What other things have you connected to the switch? I might get some interesting ideas.
Edit: Reread the top posts on using a 9th gen processor. it sounds to me like that’s a better choice then. It just feels bad buying old hardware
The NUC way will be very nice, i can confirm. Switched to a NUC for Plex along with a Synology as NAS. Both conntected with an own gigabit ethernet switch. There was no issue in the last 4 years.
Regarding I7, I9, 10th, 11th gen NUC, it may depend on the amount of concurrent users you want to serve. But maybe all the mentions here are a bit overscaled.
For example, a 8th gen I3 NUC can handle 5-6 concurrent fullHD x264 and x265 transcodings without any hassle, even 2 4K HVEC transcodes were no problem here. In fact the only thing needed is the Intel QuickSyncVideo engine in the video hardware, I have not seen the I3 going higher than 25% load.
If this suits you needs, you could get an older gen NUC for maybe 250 bucks.
But sure, a beefy fresh NUC will be nice.
I have have the following connected
On the rack in my office.
Haha, that’s sick I probably won’t end up with the same rack.
It sounds like it’s not a problem to get a 13th gen barebone, then. I’m in the middle of moving now, so I can wait a bit.
Thanks a lot for your feedback on this! Really helpful
If you ever want to see insanity, I’ll share my server build… hahahahahahahahaha
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