As the title goes, if you were building yourself a new plex server today what spec, cpu and mobo, would you choose?
I currently use a Dell T110 II with a Xeon 1220 v2, a reasonable 6700 passmark with a TDP of 69W.
I want to put together a new machines, the general consensus seem to be to aim for direct play rather than rely on transcode, but a little power in reserve for transcoding would be nice. I also have some family that access my media over the internet. 69w also seems a little high these days so its always nice to save a little money on electricity of possible.
I’ve got an i7-2600 laying around but at 8200m passmark and a TDP of 95w thats probably not a sensible option.
What are your thoughts?
