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Looking to offload Plex from my gaming PC (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I am looking to basically just transition to a small time, forever on, server to support my growing Plex footprint. I don't need anything top of the line, and I've already crimped my lines to the room.

What's the most cost effective way to go about this? Figured i would come to the pros.

Thanks!

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[–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

yeah, I was running in a container with an RTX3050 backing it for transcoding, but it never really got to that point.. I've debated a dedicated plex server, using NFS to pull from my TrueNAS... but I already have 5 servers running in my environment...my electric bill isn't very friendly... ;-)

This was only a couple of months ago... I'll try it again at some point...but I bought the Plex Pass back when it was like $49 for life... so I'm not hurting for anything. ;-)

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago

    Same! Plex pass <100. I'm on a 12900HX now which does well for all h.265 content. The difference is I'm bare metal vs Docker or VM. I've got 3 micro PCs all running various things, a couple pis, etc. I like virtualization, but I like separating stuff out to not over utilize, nor worry about 1 system crash taking it all down.

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