# Server upgrade and dedicated to Plex

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-upgrade-and-dedicated-to-plex/781635>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [March 20, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-upgrade-and-dedicated-to-plex/781635 "2022-03-20T14:08:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Psuhammer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/psuhammer/32/22037_2.png) [@Psuhammer](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Psuhammer)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-upgrade-and-dedicated-to-plex/781635/1 "2022-03-20T14:08:24Z")

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Finally ready to pull the trigger on a dedicated Plex server setup as referenced in this thread: ([Recommendations on new CPU](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommendations-on-new-cpu/737149))

While I am going with a new Alder Lake i9 CPU and supporting components for my main PC upgrade, I decided to make the guts of the current rig (below) a dedicated Plex server running Ubuntu. My only change would be to pull out the Nvidia card and use the i7 w/Quick Sync to handle HDR transcoding as needed.

- Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.2GHz w/GPU and QuickSync
- ASUS PRIME Z370-A LGA1151
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz
- Nvidia GTX 1070

I am wondering if there are any issues with this processor because of age in terms of handling the transcoding. Everything I read is that this setup in Linux should be lightyears beyond what I am getting in Windows 10/11.

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-upgrade-and-dedicated-to-plex/781635/2 "2022-03-20T17:37:31Z")

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Run your i7-8700 with Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS (Ubuntu server works very well) and you’ll get a lot of mileage out of it.

I have i7-8809G NUCs which deliver a solid 600 Mbps of video transcoding (when needed).

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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:** [June 18, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-upgrade-and-dedicated-to-plex/781635/3 "2022-06-18T17:38:23Z")

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