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Plex Server Build
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05-11-2017 5:15pm#1
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Ah well in that case I'd be more or less laughing, also read an SSD can help considerably but I'm assuming now that was for transcoding files. I checked and am pretty much all that 264 codec which apparently means no need for transcoding etc. I'm pretty sure they've got exactly nothing on 4K so that should be fine also.Where are you getting those specs? Plex uses very little memory.
My setup is C2750 based (3800 Passmark) and is fine for probably 10x 1080p x264 streams (clients dont need to transcode that) and maybe 1.5x 1080p x265 streams (HEVC). 4K x265 is a no go other than direct play which is hit or miss (GPU supports it but it doesnt work in the web player).
The question I'd ask yourself/them is how much the gaming matters?
If gaming doesnt matter much then:
- Setup Plex server on current HTPC
- Buy 2 or 3 chromecasts for every TV in the house
- Install plex app on all phones
Total cost will be less than 100€ and gives a very good UX.
In terms of gaming, it's not a huge requirement but would be a nice extra... any gaming would be very light and primarily single player so a loss in a small bit of response time isn't an issue, there won't be anyone losing their sh** over losing out by a split second in BF1 or Rocket League type of games by any stretch. The thing there is how exactly would it work? They have a 1050 TI in their computer; if transferring that over to the Plex setup makes that a go-er it would definitely be worth considering (as would the receiving computer needing enough GPU/CPU since at least one of the lads moving in with them has an older one too), but if both the computer with Plex and all the devices streaming off of it need to have their own GPU then I'd give it a miss and just go for audio/video.
Also great to hear re memory, I've only been looking into this for a few days and am kind of just taking what info I get on decent looking youtube videos, online tutorials, etc that I can find.
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Also a bit of a really dumb question
but does Plex not need it's own standalone computer? Just with you saying to run it off the current HTPC, that would save a whole tonne of hassle and would allow me to put the budget into Chromecasts/Raspberry Pis/whatever instead, but would it at all interfere with the current HTPC if one person was using it directly while another two were trying to use it for streaming onto? I know there are a tonne of variables, but let's say the sister is playing something fairly demanding like GTA (runs 50-60fps on mostly 'very high' settings with this build but they'd have no issues moving back to med/high settings if that avoids any problems) while the two housemates try to stream a standard x264 off of it at the same time. It's a G4560 with a 1050 TI, 8GB RAM and 7200RPM HDD. 0 -
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Also a bit of a really dumb question but does Plex not need it's own standalone computer? Just with you saying to run it off the current HTPC, that would save a whole tonne of hassle and would allow me to put the budget into Chromecasts/Raspberry Pis/whatever instead, but would it at all interfere with the current HTPC if one person was using it directly while another two were trying to use it for streaming onto? I know there are a tonne of variables, but let's say the sister is playing something fairly demanding like GTA (runs 50-60fps on mostly 'very high' settings with this build but they'd have no issues moving back to med/high settings if that avoids any problems) while the two housemates try to stream a standard x264 off of it at the same time. It's a G4560 with a 1050 TI, 8GB RAM and 7200RPM HDD.
Think of plex a bit like Dropbox, a little icon running in the taskbar. It can be headless as its just a server not like say Kodi which is a player not a server. In that sense plex has two parts: The server and players which can be Console Apps, Smart TVs over DLNA, smartphone apps, browser windows.
The choke points in the above would be
A) Network - If you've a 1Gig link from the HTPC to Router then normally at 1080p thats 30Mb per client it wont congest, but a 10/100 might (even a short burst is a problem for games)
CPU - If transcoding is required its CPU heavy. With a low end GPU then it should be 100% loaded and the CPU somewhere lower than that giving some room for transcoding. Games like BF3 etc might load the CPU fully though. If you dont need transcoding then a small bit of CPU time is all you need.
Also make sure the games arent running from the same disks as the media, that'd cause problems.0 -
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