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Ok this helps a lot, I have a gtx 1080 i can throw in for gpu help when hexos allows for it so I should probably look for Ryzen 5 5600X AMD then as a good back bone and price to performance

that would be fine just need to know what I'd need and if 4k streaming just wouldn't work at all on free plex and a optiplex

I'm fully new to this so I'm not 100% on what I want/need. I want to be able to have my ripped collection available to my family on my home network and a second homes network in full 4k HDR when source file is in that format. I just presume transcoding is best for that?

Thank you for the info, so I'll need a much more powerful system then than the opiplex to do 4K plex

Assuming 2 clients at a time using the server watching a 4k blu ray rip is the system from the LTT video powerful enough for this? Would I need a beefier CPU or even have to wait for gpu support? I have 1080 I can add when its supported and plan on getting the LTT optiplex as a starting point unless this wont meet my needs.(plus new HDDs)

I’m very new to servers and just bought a license to start making my own home rig and stuff. But I run a pie 5 for our home solar control so having a portal access as part of the hexOS would be a nice added feature to add on to the home page. Any one who uses solar assistant knows it’s fairly simple and just uses a web portal but as it doesn’t have phone app a user friendly way to start and stop things would be good to have ala home assistant.