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I was walking around a local Walmart and saw these on an end cap. They had no price tag, so I scanned it with the Walmart app and they came out to $249.99. I picked up 2 and they still had 6 more on the shelf.
Here is the Brickseek
Linky [brickseek.com]
Walmart
Linky [walmart.com] for Reference
Monitor Amazon
Linky [amazon.com]
Specs:
Monitor
24" FHD HP V24i Monitor with an IPS Panel
PC
i3-10100 CPU
8GB RAM
1TB HDD
Also has an M.2 NVME slot (screw not included)
Happy Hunting.
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I use an old Celeron with Quicksync. I've personally hit 22 1080p at once. I don't transcode 4k so couldn't give you an estimate there.
It's amazing how many people don't realize this and frequently recommend adding GPUs for Plex. That's not needed and purely a waste of money. Even the Plex subreddit has hoards of individuals frequently recommending a GPU for Plex. Feel free... but it's a waste of money.
edit: Use Linux in this use case to avoid any headaches. I recommend Ubuntu
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There is another configuration with the i5 at the same price. But that does NOT have the monitor. Would it be worth getting that one vs the i3?
Makes me excited for when I finally build a new PC, when video cards are a little easier to get and a little cheaper.
limited always = oos
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That seems like an amazing deal... how'd you know about it?
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=980092569
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=98009256
What do you mean crappy TN panel?
The Guideline
Very roughly speaking, for a single full-transcode of a video, the following PassMark score requirements are a good guideline for the following average source file:
4K HDR (50Mbps, 10-bit HEVC) file: 17000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p)
4K SDR (40Mbps, 8-bit HEVC) file: 12000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p)
1080p (10Mbps, H.264) file: 2000 PassMark score
720p (4Mbps, H.264) file: 1500 PassMark score
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu....Hz&id=3717 [cpubenchmark.net]
Average CPU Mark
8825
This processor supports QuickSync hardware encoding, so given a file it supports (and a PlexPass,) it can do a heck of a lot more than that.
As long as your clients are set to request a direct stream, and your bandwidth can handle the upstream, it can easily do as many as you need. Now transcoding is a completely different story which appears to have already been addressed.
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I ended up pulling the trigger. Can you eli5 transcoding?