# HP MicroServer N54L for 4k streaming

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hp-microserver-n54l-for-4k-streaming/714512 "2021-05-07T12:57:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hp-microserver-n54l-for-4k-streaming/714512/1 "2021-05-07T12:57:44Z")

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Hi. Currently I have HP MicroServer N54L + NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] + OpenMediaVault + Plex.  
When I Navigate to Settings \> Server \> Transcoder and click “Show Advanced”, I don’t see “Use hardware acceleration when available” option.

First question:  
Does this issue related with hardware? Plex version is 1.22.3.4392

Also I can’t watch 4k films. CPU is not powerful for this task.  
Second question:  
Will plex use GPU for transcoding if “Use hardware acceleration when available” option will be enable?

I have opportunity for change my server to HP MicroServer Gen10 на AMD Opteron X3421  
Third question:  
Does AMD Opteron X3421 a good performance for streaming 4k video?

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hp-microserver-n54l-for-4k-streaming/714512/2 "2021-05-07T14:15:59Z")

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1. Hardware Transcoding is a PlexPass-enabled feature
2. There is no AMD support at this time
3. The capable cards are found here.

> **[Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix \[NEW\]](https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-matrix-new)**
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> Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix NVENC - Encoding (Click to expand) Consumer (GeForce) Professional (NVIDIA RTX / Quadro) Server (Data Center) DGX BOARD FAMILY CHIP NVENCGeneration Desktop/Mobile # OFCHIPS # OFNVENC/CHIP Total # of NVENC...

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hp-microserver-n54l-for-4k-streaming/714512/3 "2021-08-05T14:16:54Z")

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