# I5-9400 Quick Sync HW Transcoding

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/i5-9400-quick-sync-hw-transcoding/621735
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** playback
**Created:** [August 8, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i5-9400-quick-sync-hw-transcoding/621735 "2020-08-08T17:01:18Z")
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### Author: ![dantheman61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f17d59/32.png) [@dantheman61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dantheman61)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i5-9400-quick-sync-hw-transcoding/621735/1 "2020-08-08T17:01:19Z")

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I am looking at building a plex server and was wondering about how many 1080p (H264) \> 720p 4mbps the i5-9400 with Quick Sync can do?

Also is the i5-9400 a good choice for that price?

Thanks

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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: [November 6, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i5-9400-quick-sync-hw-transcoding/621735/2 "2020-11-06T17:01:20Z")

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