Which CPU for Hardware Acceleration? I am confused

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Hi,

I would like to build my own NAS with Unraid. And I really don’t know which CPU to choose. I’m a little confused about Transcoding/Encoding and Hardware Acceleration.

I want to remote play multiple plex streams and play streams at home with multiple Clients.

Transcoding 4K-Files and HEVC-Files would be great.

Which CPU do you recommend? AMD or Intel? And I dont wanted to use a graphics Card

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Intel desktop CPU (the models called "Core ix i.e. no Xeon), because only these have QuickSync.
The newer the model, the better (to make sure it can handle HEVC 10bit).
https://support.plex.tv/articles/201774043-what-kind-of-cpu-do-i-need-for-my-server/

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