Is a Raspberry Pi fine to use with JF?

[4r5hw45twh]

So, my setup right now is:

I have 2 SSD's on my main PC with shows, etc. I have my own domain name, which I point to a VPS and then the VPS to my PC. This way, I can tell my friends a regular domain name to connect to rather than expose my public IP to them.

Well, I don't leave my PC on 24/7 and I'm usually at work when my friends aren't, so they can't connect to it.

I was wondering if a low-power-consumption device could be used that I wouldn't mind leaving on 24/7, but then I realized, "shoot, all my media is on hard drives inside my PC, so I'd need to just get portable one or something and plug them into said device."

Can a Raspberry Pi handle JF? Any mini PC's that barely use power/electric?

Trying to find a best solution.

[TheDreadPirate]

RPi's are strongly discouraged due to their inability to transcode and general lack of performance.

Something like an Intel N100 based PC would be much better suited while still drawing a low amount of power.

[4r5hw45twh]

RPi's are strongly discouraged due to their inability to transcode and general lack of performance.

Something like an Intel N100 based PC would be much better suited while still drawing a low amount of power.

Is this PC something I can buy pre-built on Amazon or anywhere or something I need to build?

[TheDreadPirate]

You can find a lot of pre-builts with N100's in them.

[mildlyjelly]

What you would be looking for is a small form factor PC (there are plenty of them if you google for them). The only downside is, I don't think most of those have discrete GPU's, so you will be relying almost entirely on the CPU for any transcoding. That said, they do make small form factor PC's with some higher end CPUS.

But, I would think twice before going out and spending a few hundred dollars on new gear without first asking how much power your PC consumes and how much power your new PC will consume. You might find yourself stepping over a dollars to pick up a dime. Depending on your current hardware and electricity rates, it may only cost $200/yr if running 24/7. If your new PC ends up costing you $100/yr in power, then you spent a few hundred on hardware to save upwards of $100/yr in electricity. I say upwards because there will likely be times that you are running both PC's at the same time.

I would recommend a power meter like a Kill-A-Watt so you know how much power you computer actually uses through out a week, but you can estimate your power cost using a PSU calculator like this one: https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator. Just make sure the numbers actually make sense for your application.

[4r5hw45twh]

RPi's are strongly discouraged due to their inability to transcode and general lack of performance.

Something like an Intel N100 based PC would be much better suited while still drawing a low amount of power.

Is this PC something I can buy pre-built on Amazon or anywhere or something I need to build?

Oh geeze, I just realized that PC that I sent my above response to was in your signature and not directly to me, haha.