The current one is way way old - sitting on A10-7800 Radeon R7 and just isn’t cutting it anymore.
the current plan is to run Plex and Serviio concurrently (Wife HATES Plex UI but I want family to access our storage).
I’m on a fence of what processor to stick with, though.
I have a xeon e5-1650 with 16gb ram box sitting around, collecting dust, but i am unsure if it’s going to be good enough to support both applications.
If I need to spring for something stronger, I have no problem throwing 500-600$ at a new rig.
Should I move in the direction of an I7-i9 intel instead?
The use case is fairly basic - just need to stream locally (serviio takes care of that), and maybe 2 locations via WAN.
It all comes down to transcoding. If your media can directly play everything you can run your server off a potato
You don’t have a Plex pass so you don’t have the option to use hardware transcoding
You can spend a lot of money on a new system but you won’t be able to utilize the available hardware
I would consider throwing a Nvidia GPU in your current rig and getting a 1 month Plex pass to see how things work. If it’s a no go, try the GPU in the e5. (The e5 has no onboard graphics)
If you’re in the 500-600 dollar range an i7 or i9 is probably out of range for something new and in most cases overkill IMO anyway
I would be looking at a 12th gen i5 in the 200-240 dollar range. These are very capable chips and in many cases people don’t even need a GPU because the graphics are so good
If you have other parts you can use like a PSU, case or SSD’s that of course leaves you some extra room. You can’t use your DDR3 but DDR4 is pretty cheap right now
I don’t know anything about Servio or what kind of resources you need for that so I can’t comment in that regard
