Hi hosters,
First timer here - just found this nice little instance.
I’m looking for a semi budget PC as my new server. I currently have a raspberry pi 5 for syncthing and torrent client and a Synology 1515+ for storage (used to also host nextcloud, jellyfin, bitwarden, but became too slow for jellyfin encoding). Will probably run opensuse, fedora or mint.
Budget is flexible, ~280-380 euros. The primary requirement is that it can do both 264/265 encode transcode and stream to two concurrent clients without any problems. 1080p is a need to have, 4k nice to have. Will also run torrents, maybe a game server and some kind of file sync. Media files will be stored on Synology nas. Will be buying used or refurbished. I have been looking at the following in different price ranges:
- EliteDesk 800 G5 Mini (i5-9500T)
- M710q Tiny
- OptiPlex 3060 Micro
- ProDesk 400 G4 Mini
Which of these would you chose? Or other suggestions?
Any of those you tiny computers you mentioned are good choices, but I would add that you definitely want to stay Intel 7500t or greater as those generations’ quicksync chips are significantly improved for transcoding. Secondly, while I run an HP elitedesk, if I was starting over I would go with Lenovo as some of the higher end boxes like the m920q have a pci-e slot that can be adapted to use a GPU if in the future you decide you need it.