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    best old PC for media server

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    Drake97
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    2023-10-31, 06:25 AM
    Hello y'all,

    I have the option to buy some sff type pc near me and the options are several Lenovo Thinkcentre, Dell Optiplex and HP Prodesk / Elitedesk. Which would be the best option according to the CPU age, cores, threads and ram for literally only me to watch videos in 4k hdr using jellyfin??, the PC's are:

    Intel i3-7100 / 8GB ram DDR4
    Intel i7-4770 / 8GB ram DDR3
    Intel i5-6400 / 4GB ram DDR4
    Intel i5-6500 / 8GB ram DDR4
    Intel i5-3470 / 8GB ram DDR3

    All these specifications would be to then increase the ram maybe and use it with a 2TB HDD and a SSD as primary and the use would be to only create a media server for own use at home.

    as I mentioned, the only use for that media server will be to watch my own movies in 4k hdr (some with dolby atmos and/or dolby digital plus) and I'm a bit confused about 4k streaming and 4k transcoding.
    I use as my primary device a Chromecast 4k with google TV, a samsung q600b soundbar and a 4k HDR compatible samsung TV (50RU7400).

    Any recommendations would be appreciated as well as to know if I should go for something more "powerful" in that case.

    Regards.
    Jellyfin 10.10.7
    Ubuntu desktop 24.04.3 LTS
    Intel i3-12100
    16GB DDR4 2400Mhz
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    best old PC for media server - by Drake97 - 2023-10-31, 06:25 AM
    RE: best old PC for media server - by TheDreadPirate - 2023-10-31, 12:38 PM
    RE: best old PC for media server - by Drake97 - 2023-10-31, 08:43 PM
    RE: best old PC for media server - by TheDreadPirate - 2023-10-31, 09:47 PM
    RE: best old PC for media server - by bitmap - 2023-10-31, 10:20 PM
    RE: best old PC for media server - by abpjf - 2023-11-01, 02:34 AM
    RE: best old PC for media server - by Deleted User - 2023-11-01, 02:47 AM
    RE: best old PC for media server - by abpjf - 2023-11-01, 03:27 AM

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