# Plex Server Mini-PC Recommendations Please **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [March 5, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-mini-pc-recommendations-please/227939 "2018-03-05T18:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nicci\_and\_Ilan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@Nicci\_and\_Ilan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nicci_and_Ilan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-mini-pc-recommendations-please/227939/1 "2018-03-05T18:10:27Z")
Hi all, I would be grateful for your recommendations for a mini-pc to act as a dedicated Plex server. Up until now I have been using my Macbook Pro (Early 2011 Core i7 2.0Ghz) and have had no problems, but the Macbook Pro has officially died so I need to replace it. Ideally I would have liked to replace it with a mac mini but the 2014 mini’s are not powerful enough in my view for my needs, and I am not willing to pay top dollar for a refurbished/used 2012 quad core mini, given their age. I am therefore looking to purchase a windows mini-pc. I would like the server to enable me to simultaneously stream 2_720p streams remotely and 3_720p streams locally. In reality I would likely not have all five streams going at the same time, but it is a possibility, so I would like to cater for it.Locally plex would be streamed to Apple TVs and Ipads. Remotely plex would be streamed to Roku boxes. I have come across the Intel Skull Canyons ([https://simplynuc.co.uk/nuc-products/](https://simplynuc.co.uk/nuc-products/)) which would appear to meet my needs, but it has been so long since I purchased a non-Mac PC (my house is mostly Apple products) that I am not that familiar with the products out there that would compete with a mac mini. Any ideas / commendations? Thanks very much in advance. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-mini-pc-recommendations-please/227939/2 "2020-01-08T00:42:56Z")