# Plex Media Server Machine

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**Created:** [July 13, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-machine/728609 "2021-07-13T20:44:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bamafan35611](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Bamafan35611](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bamafan35611)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-machine/728609/1 "2021-07-13T20:44:01Z")

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I am interested in buying a NUC for a stand alone plex media server. I will only be streaming 4k with in my network with no transcodes and up to 2 1080 streams transcoded and I am wondering will something like this will do the job.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-machine/728609/2 "2021-07-14T00:33:14Z")

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The CPU itself isn’t strong enough to deal with transcoding of 4K source material (4K SDR transcoding requires a Passmark score of approx. 12000, 4K HDR transcoding requires a passmark score of approx. 17000 – that CPU only delivers a score of approx. 11000). That being said… with your Plex Pass you should be able to use the built-in iGPU which is capable to transcode that for you.

Just keep in mind… the iGPU cannot handle burning-in of subtitles. So if that’s part of your use case, you might run into trouble.

> **[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/)**
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> This article is primarily aimed toward Windows, Mac, or Linux users who plan to run Plex Media Server on a...

> **[Using Hardware-Accelerated Streaming | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/115002178853-using-hardware-accelerated-streaming/)**
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> Tip!: Hardware-accelerated streaming is a premium feature and requires an active Plex Pass subscription. To play your video smoothly and...

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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:** [October 12, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-machine/728609/3 "2021-10-12T00:33:59Z")

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