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Hardware recs for newb? Please. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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EDIT: Thank you for all the comments and suggestions! I'm sorry I can't reply to everything but I have a list now of hardware to look at. I appreciate that everyone has been so helpful! I'll post an update once I buy one and get it going.

I've been running a Plex server for music off my gaming laptop for a few months and (I think) I'm ready to take it further - that is, I'd like to have the server running on its own hardware.

At this point, I'd just be running a music server, but I know I'll want to add more services.

The first would be something like Google Drive - I'm working with a couple of other people on business plans and I'd love to self-host our files and the software (like LibreOffice) to edit them.

I'm comfortable with the software side and I'm finding lots of options, especially in this community.

The hardware side... I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by all the options and I don't know enough to judge the search results.

Any recommendations for hardware or links to guides would be appreciated.

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[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I will just get an AMD (7745HX?) mini PC with adequate RAM and call it a day. It should run almost anything that you throw in a light setup with minimal power usage.

[–] tehnomad@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I would suggest an Intel N100 mini PC if you are planning to transcode video files with Plex. Intel Quick Sync performs better than AMD for media transcoding.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

+1 on lower tier Intel CPU mini PC. I have a slew of different boxes by Beelink, Intel, and Asus. The N95 box I bought from Beelink (basically an N100) has been one of the most impressive for being so low power, and yet handling the wealth of services I've been running on it (with a lot of overhead yet).

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What you gain in quicksync you lose in raw CPU power for other tasks. If you don't need to transcode your video, or you pre transcode what needs transcoding at night when you're not doing anything then you can bog the CPU down then, while still having TONS more power available during the day.

According to geekbench the 7745HX is 2.5x the single core performance, and almost 6x the multi core performance. Under load power consumption will be a lot higher, but idle should be low enough to not really make a difference.

https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9360225

https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/amd-ryzen-7-7745hx

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 3 points 1 week ago

The two are not even remotely in the same category of CPU. This is a comparison of apples to orchards.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Downside to mini PC is very limited storage room in mini PCs for local Plex content. They typically have 1-2 Nvme slots. You can get a 12TB 3.5" for the price of one 4tb.

[–] dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 5 points 1 week ago

100%.

I know this is a thread for someone new, but perhaps as a future fix: I grabbed a mini PC to do plex transcoding and all of Plex’s content is on a separate NAS with a 14TB RAID. I think the mini PC has 500GB by default

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll look into this. This is kinda my holiday gift to myself.

Any good sites to buy? I'm trying to avoid Walmart and Amazon.