Hello everyone!
I’ve got pretty strange question, I realize that, but can’t ask in better way 
So, I am planing to buy an Intel NUC as a home media server, one of its responsibilities (as I plan so far) will be running Plex server.
I had an old PC that server this purpose right now but sometimes, if video is real high-quality it starts freezing from time to time.
Latest generation is based on 7th gen intel Kaby Lake CPUs.
According to Wikipedia
Kaby Lake features a new graphics architecture to improve performance in 3D graphics and 4K video playback. It will add native HDCP 2.2 support, along with fixed function decode of H.264, HEVC Main and Main10/10-bit, and VP9 10-bit and 8-bit video. Hardware encode is supported for H.264, HEVC Main10/10-bit, and VP9 8-bit video. VP9 10-bit encode is not supported in hardware.
So I wonder, if all this will be any help to my new media server and I can buy cheapest i3, or it wont help and I need to get a unit with faster CPU and do not count on hardware support?
Another fact I should mention is that as a client I would like to use Amazon Fire TV (currently I use first generation).
I know that it didn’t support “direct play” then something has changed, not sure but it seems like more HQ videos now play smoothly.
Also I should mention that eventually, maybe not today but in a year, but deferentially one day - I may want to watch 4k video using my Plex server. What kind of hardware I will need for that. That NUC i3, as I understand, will have no problem playing 4k video through HDMI port with Media Player Classic or something, but Plex server is a different story.
So, what should I do, 7th gen i3 will be enough or I will have to go with more expensive (and not available at this moment) unit?
Thanks!
