Hello FreeNAS forums!
I have a bunch of questions regarding this Plex Media Server I've been using for a while.
The issue is, that my PC isn't that much up to date anymore...
My PC setup is:
i7-3770K
16 GB 1600 MHz RAM
GTX 1660 Ti
256 GB Samsung EVO 840 EVO
1 TB Western Digital HDD
I'm not sure of the exact model of the 1 TB HDD, and I'm not at home, so I can't tell you right now.
I've Googled, asked friends, and they've asked their friends, and I can't find the answer, at least not yet.
Since my system is not up to date, I'm planning on building a system, with FreeNAS, since they have the 2 features I'm looking for:
Plex Media Server
onwCloud
The thing is, right now I'm using my setup for everything, workstation, playing, streaming.
And since my GF likes to stream HD videos (problaly 2k and 4k in the future) from it now and then. The playing and streaming can't be done. So I'm shutting off the Plex Media Server, until I'm done.
I've enabled hardware acceleration, but that didn't help much.
I can also see, that the Plex Media Server can only use hardware acceleration when you have an Intel CPU from a certain generation and later.
So one of my questions is:
Is it better to get a midrange CPU with a GPU?
or
A high end CPU without a GPU?
Bonus question:
If I do not need a GPU to properly do the transcoding, would an AMD Threadripper do the job properly?
I guess it comes down to:
Is it even worth getting a GPU, or is the better choice to choose a good CPU?
Another question reagarding storage:
WS Red vs Seagate Iron Wolf?
- Which one is the choice to go for? I've looked around, and I can't seem to find out what I should use.
This is what I found out about them:
### WD Red
**Specifications**
* NAS firmware: WD NASware
* Storage capacity: 1TB up to and including 10TB
* Cache memory: 64MB-256MB
* Hard drive speed: 5,400RPM
* Energy-efficient: Yes
* WD Red is somewhat more economical and cooler than Seagate IronWolf.
* WD Red has a lower drive speed than Seagate IronWolf.
### Seagate IronWolf
**Specifications**
* NAS firmware: Seagate AgileArray
* Storage capacity: 1TB up to and including 12T
* Cache memory: 64MB-256MB
* Hard drive speed: 5,900-7,200RPM
* Energy-efficient: Only at capacities from 10TB onwards
* Software: IronWolf Health Management for Synology NAS
* Seagate IronWolf has a higher drive speed than WD Red.
* Seagate IronWolf is somewhat louder and hotter than WD Red.
Also, I'd like to use either RAID 0 or RAID10.
Is that even worth it to spend twice the money on NAS drives then?
I know some of the questions might not be relevant here, but I hope you can help me anyway, or at least point me in the right direction.
I have a bunch of questions regarding this Plex Media Server I've been using for a while.
The issue is, that my PC isn't that much up to date anymore...
My PC setup is:
i7-3770K
16 GB 1600 MHz RAM
GTX 1660 Ti
256 GB Samsung EVO 840 EVO
1 TB Western Digital HDD
I'm not sure of the exact model of the 1 TB HDD, and I'm not at home, so I can't tell you right now.
I've Googled, asked friends, and they've asked their friends, and I can't find the answer, at least not yet.
Since my system is not up to date, I'm planning on building a system, with FreeNAS, since they have the 2 features I'm looking for:
Plex Media Server
onwCloud
The thing is, right now I'm using my setup for everything, workstation, playing, streaming.
And since my GF likes to stream HD videos (problaly 2k and 4k in the future) from it now and then. The playing and streaming can't be done. So I'm shutting off the Plex Media Server, until I'm done.
I've enabled hardware acceleration, but that didn't help much.
I can also see, that the Plex Media Server can only use hardware acceleration when you have an Intel CPU from a certain generation and later.
So one of my questions is:
Is it better to get a midrange CPU with a GPU?
or
A high end CPU without a GPU?
Bonus question:
If I do not need a GPU to properly do the transcoding, would an AMD Threadripper do the job properly?
I guess it comes down to:
Is it even worth getting a GPU, or is the better choice to choose a good CPU?
Another question reagarding storage:
WS Red vs Seagate Iron Wolf?
- Which one is the choice to go for? I've looked around, and I can't seem to find out what I should use.
This is what I found out about them:
### WD Red
**Specifications**
* NAS firmware: WD NASware
* Storage capacity: 1TB up to and including 10TB
* Cache memory: 64MB-256MB
* Hard drive speed: 5,400RPM
* Energy-efficient: Yes
* WD Red is somewhat more economical and cooler than Seagate IronWolf.
* WD Red has a lower drive speed than Seagate IronWolf.
### Seagate IronWolf
**Specifications**
* NAS firmware: Seagate AgileArray
* Storage capacity: 1TB up to and including 12T
* Cache memory: 64MB-256MB
* Hard drive speed: 5,900-7,200RPM
* Energy-efficient: Only at capacities from 10TB onwards
* Software: IronWolf Health Management for Synology NAS
* Seagate IronWolf has a higher drive speed than WD Red.
* Seagate IronWolf is somewhat louder and hotter than WD Red.
Also, I'd like to use either RAID 0 or RAID10.
Is that even worth it to spend twice the money on NAS drives then?
I know some of the questions might not be relevant here, but I hope you can help me anyway, or at least point me in the right direction.