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The best value GPU for Plex transcoding is way different (and older) than you'd expect

Discrete GPUs also offer flexibility beyond Plex. If your server doubles as a workstation, runs machine learning workloads, or handles other GPU-accelerated tasks, the additional horsepower isn’t ...
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Best Specs for a Plex server (with heavy transcoding)

I'm currently using Plex on my Synology NAS and I quite like it, but the Synology is just not up to the task for anything beyond basic transcoding. So I would like to create a dedicated server to ...
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Jellyfin does hardware transcoding for free, and Plex wants $250 to match it

Streaming your own media library used to feel like a simple choice. You picked Plex, installed the server, added your content, and enjoyed a polished experience ...
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Plex/Media Server/NAS CPU Recommendations

Building a media server/NAS/Plex box. I'm going to be running Plex/Sonarr/CouchPotato, etc and some transcoding. Looking for some suggestions on processor. Was ...