I personally would recommend this n100 to get a real psu which can add many drives, 6 Sata ports and a standard form factor.
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helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
You say you need an i3 or higher but don’t list anything that necessitates that. What do you need that for? N100 is near-ubiquitous in the space.
browse@lemmy.specksick.com 2 months ago
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
That’s why I asked how many drives they needed. The one in question can support up to 4 NVMe drives and 2 SATA drives simultaneously.
This one comes in i3 as well.
Can’t imagine most people actually need 10 gbit, and that’s a large additional expense.
ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I was wondering if they were doing CPU transcoding in plex instead of using a client that supports direct playback. A few Apple TVs can generally so the trick at a much lower cost and double as YouTube and other streaking clients.