# I7 3770 + GT 730 Not enough to transcode?
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/i7-3770-gt-730-not-enough-to-transcode/752255
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i7-3770-gt-730-not-enough-to-transcode/752255 "2021-10-22T00:08:38Z")
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### Author:  [@madMan32](https://forums.plex.tv/u/madMan32)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i7-3770-gt-730-not-enough-to-transcode/752255/1 "2021-10-22T00:08:38Z")
Running plex on windows10
Processor Intel(R) Core™ i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
8TB SSD samsung storage 256m ssd system
16 gig ram
From reading before i built this it should be overkill to stream 3 sessions, but transcoding to lan from 4K to 1080 1 session pegs cpu to 100% 30% on GPU using HW for both decoding and encoding. Is the audio killing the PC?
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### Author:  [@TeknoJunky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TeknoJunky)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i7-3770-gt-730-not-enough-to-transcode/752255/2 "2021-10-22T02:14:35Z")
No it’s not enough. No it’s not the audio.
Neither your cpu, gpu, support 4K/hevc decoding or encoding.
Also, gpu transcoding requires plex pass, which your forum account doesn’t seem to indicate.
> [@\[INFO\] Plex, 4k, transcoding, and you - aka the rules of 4k](https://forums.plex.tv/t/info-plex-4k-transcoding-and-you-aka-the-rules-of-4k/378203/):
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> NOTE: for 2022 – Plex has come a long way since this FAQ was originally written, HW transcoding has become more available and more stable, and tone mapping was recently added to address the hdr/sdr color conversion issues. The first 4 ‘rules’ generally are no longer as important as they once were, but may still be a good thing to bear in mind. Dolby Vision, is an entirely other mess. THIS thread/FAQ is NOT about DV. DV work is still in progress, and there are no perfect TV’s or external devic…
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### Author:  [@madMan32](https://forums.plex.tv/u/madMan32)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i7-3770-gt-730-not-enough-to-transcode/752255/3 "2021-10-22T03:50:43Z")
I do have plex pass, and GPU on chart supported 5X transcodes
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### Author:  [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i7-3770-gt-730-not-enough-to-transcode/752255/4 "2021-10-22T05:05:48Z")
As @TeknoJunky states, your system is not powerful enough to transcode 4K HEVC video.
The i7-3770K is not powerful enough to transcode 4K in software ([Ref 1](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201774043-what-kind-of-cpu-do-i-need-for-my-server/), [Ref 2](https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-3770K+%40+3.50GHz&id=2)).
The Intel HD Graphics 4000 in the i7-3770K does not support decoding HEVC video ([ref](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Technology#Capabilities_(GPU_video_acceleration))).
The GT 730 does not support decoding HEVC video ([Ref](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVDEC)).
HDR to SDR tonemapping is compute intensive, and Plex does not support tonemapping on Nvidia GPUs with Windows 10 ([Ref](https://support.plex.tv/articles/hdr-to-sdr-tone-mapping/)).
If you want to transcode 4K HEVC HDR video in Plex you will need to replace your Plex Media Server. You’ll need a 7th gen or later Intel CPU (for HEVC 10-bit decoding) preferably running Linux (for tonemapping support).
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> **[Nvidia NVDEC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVDEC)**
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> Nvidia NVDEC (formerly known as NVCUVID) is a feature in its graphics cards that performs video decoding, offloading this compute-intensive task from the CPU.
> It is accompanied by NVENC for video encoding in Nvidia's Video Codec SDK.
> NVDEC can offload video decoding to full fixed-function decoding hardware (Nvidia PureVideo), or (partially) decode via CUDA software running on the GPU, if fixed-function hardware is not available.
> Depending on the GPU architecture, the following codecs are suppo...
> **[What kind of CPU do I need for my Server? | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201774043-what-kind-of-cpu-do-i-need-for-my-server/)**
>
> This article is primarily aimed toward Windows, Mac, or Linux users who plan to run Plex Media Server on a...
> **[PassMark Software - CPU Benchmarks](https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel%2BCore%2Bi7-3770K%2B@%2B3.50GHz&id=2)**
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> PassMark Software - CPU Benchmarks - Over 1 million CPUs and 1,000 models benchmarked and compared in graph form, updated daily!
> **[HDR to SDR Tone Mapping | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/hdr-to-sdr-tone-mapping/)**
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> Tip!: HDR to SDR tone mapping support is currently available as a Plex Pass preview and requires an active Plex...
> **[Intel Graphics Technology | Capabilities (GPU video acceleration)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Technology#Capabilities_(GPU_video_acceleration))**
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> Intel developed a dedicated SIP core which implements multiple video decompression and compression algorithms branded Intel Quick Sync Video. Some are implemented completely, some only partially.
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### Author:  [@madMan32](https://forums.plex.tv/u/madMan32)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i7-3770-gt-730-not-enough-to-transcode/752255/5 "2021-10-22T11:33:45Z")
Thanks, apparently did not read deep enough when i built this.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i7-3770-gt-730-not-enough-to-transcode/752255/6 "2022-01-20T11:34:12Z")
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