Low power server build

[Shazam53]

Hi all,

About to pull the trigger on buying some equipment to build my first dedicated server pc build. I did the research a couple months ago on what I wanted for my server being NAS, mini pc, or actual pc and I think I've decided on an actual pc due to the familiarity and ability to upgrade in the future just wanting some notes or ideas to help make sure I'm making good choices on hardware. 

I'm planning to use this for Jellyfin hosting, would love the possibility to stream 4k HDR movies at some point and I want to store all the media inside with the ability to add more in the future.
Planning to use caddy to continue giving online access to it as well. 
Also will use it for ERSATZTV for live streaming channels, this is my main use case now.

My main criteria is the ability to do all of this with no issues and have the server up 24/7 using as little power as needed and streaming with no issues.

Here is my part list so please let me know what you think!

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8cgzt7

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 62 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 UD AX DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory  ($41.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Asus DUAL EVO Advanced GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($91.49 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $243.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-09-07 10:57 EDT-0400

[TheDreadPirate]

Unless you already have the RTX 2060, I'd swap it out for an Intel Arc GPU. They're cheap, you gain AV1 encoding support, and the quality per bit rate is marginally better than the RTX 2000 series. If you don't plan on hosting a butt load of services on your server, you could get away with a lower tier CPU.

The 12100 in my system has never been a bottleneck for my setup. Jellyfin, hosting SMB shares for my Windows PCs, Code-Server, Actual Budget, multiple Jellyfin test instances.

Another thing I'd change is the 8TB hard drive. You really should get a NAS rated hard drive. They have longer warranties and they are designed to be running 24/7.

The rest looks fine.

[Shazam53]

Unless you already have the RTX 2060, I'd swap it out for an Intel Arc GPU.  They're cheap, you gain AV1 encoding support, and the quality per bit rate is marginally better than the RTX 2000 series.  If you don't plan on hosting a butt load of services on your server, you could get away with a lower tier CPU.

The 12100 in my system has never been a bottleneck for my setup.  Jellyfin, hosting SMB shares for my Windows PCs, Code-Server, Actual Budget, multiple Jellyfin test instances.

Another thing I'd change is the 8TB hard drive.  You really should get a NAS rated hard drive.  They have longer warranties and they are designed to be running 24/7.

The rest looks fine.

Well I wouldn't use this build for any encoding, transcoding would be pretty much all it might need to do I would think. The GPU in the build I do already have and I would think to try and use that for hardware transcoding. I'm planning on getting a beefier cpu for a separate build to try and use that for encoding in hopes of getting faster and better ones instead of using my nvdia GPU, would the intel arc still be better in that case? I'm looking at a i7-14700k and a 4070 gpu for that build.

[TheDreadPirate]

I was just mentioning it if you were going to purchase a GPU to get an Arc GPU. If you already have it, then it is fine.

The RTX 4000 series does have a very good encoder as well, including AV1 encoding. If you intend to use this PC for gaming as well, Nvidia would be a better choice.