I’m sorry if this isnt the right sub for this
I’m considering building a small rig whose primary function would be as a NAS with the capabilities for plex transcoding. On top of that i’d like to add more services like home assistant and some others.
For now the build would be:
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor | €120.00 |
| CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-L9i-17xx 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler | €49.90 @ Amazon Italia |
| Motherboard | Asus PRIME H610I-PLUS D4-CSM Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard | €132.78 @ Amazon Italia |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory | €80.25 @ Amazon Italia |
| Storage | Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive | €79.98 @ Amazon Italia |
| Case | Jonsbo N2 Mini ITX Desktop Case | €150.00 |
| Power Supply | SeaSonic FOCUS SGX 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply | €106.80 @ Amazon Italia |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total | €719.71 | |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-28 23:43 CET+0100 |
Now im asking my self if it is the case to go for a bigger case so if i happen to find a good priced gpu in the future, this would double as a part time gaming rig. Would that be non-sense?Also what OS should i use in that case? Dual boot sounds like a bad idea but idk
Sorry if my english isnt perfect
Any suggestion on the rig per se are also welcome
The amount of transcodes your video card can do is dependent on the video card but I would suggest Nvidia. I have a 1660 super in my unraid machine and it uses a hacked driver so it can do more than it’s usual number of trans codes which is limited by Nvidia to make you buy quadros. Usually I think it can do three or four I don’t remember but now I really don’t know how many can do I have had 8 simultaneous streams all going outside the house to different devices and the system didn’t break a sweat.