Budget 21-30k Plex Media server + game emulator

colors6

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I'm looking for a 24*7 media server which can also be capable of running emulator like Dolphin.

The media server should be powerful enough for 4k hardware transcoding on Plex. I have Plex lifetime plexpass.

This Intel nuc costs ₹17500. I will buy ram + SSD storage seperately. I will probably run Linux on it and attach to my 55" 4K TV via HDMI


Is this hardware outdated or would you suggest anything better?
@vivek.krishnan

Intel NUC7 Pentium Mini PC Kit (BOXNUC7PJYH1): Amazon.in: Computers & Accessories

Intel NUC7 Pentium Mini PC Kit (BOXNUC7PJYH1): Amazon.in: Computers & Accessories
www.amazon.in
 

tech.monk

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Fellow TE member was selling his NUC (based of i3 7th gen) try reaching out for a deal, if @vivek.krishnan confirms it will work, you can try contacting him, I guess it was @Crazy_Eddy who is selling it

@cisco_tech is selling it
 
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msankadi

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colors6 said:
I'm looking for a 24*7 media server which can also be capable of running emulator like Dolphin.

The media server should be powerful enough for 4k hardware transcoding on Plex. I have Plex lifetime plexpass.

This Intel nuc costs ₹17500. I will buy ram + SSD storage seperately. I will probably run Linux on it and attach to my 55" 4K TV via HDMI


Is this hardware outdated or would you suggest anything better?
@vivek.krishnan

Intel NUC7 Pentium Mini PC Kit (BOXNUC7PJYH1): Amazon.in: Computers & Accessories

Intel NUC7 Pentium Mini PC Kit (BOXNUC7PJYH1): Amazon.in: Computers & Accessories
www.amazon.in
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I'm not selling but wanted to chime in that I have a 7th gen i3 nuc which had the good graphics from Intel... Have been using for native 4k playback, full bluray not ripped and about 4x bitrate compared to amazon or Netflix 4k streaming.... Everything works perfectly for past 6 months now .. Use kodi as my player
 

colors6

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msankadi said:
I'm not selling but wanted to chime in that I have a 7th gen i3 nuc which had the good graphics from Intel... Have been using for native 4k playback, full bluray not ripped and about 4x bitrate compared to amazon or Netflix 4k streaming.... Everything works perfectly for past 6 months now .. Use kodi as my player
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Can you share if this can be bought online. Any link?
 

msankadi

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colors6 said:
Can you share if this can be bought online. Any link?
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BOXNUC8I3BEH

This was my model number I bought from Amazon appario for around 19k (barebones) . Don't see it as available right now.
 

cisco_tech

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@kuduku thanx. :)
@colors6 I am selling 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-NUC with 8GB RAM.

FS: Desktops - Intel NUC Kit NUC7i3BNH With 8 GB RAM

For sale sparingly used NUC Kit. I bought this for basic tally accounting work and browsing. I have the invoice somewhere but could not able to find it as I have moved to new location. will attach or send with package if I find it. Purchase date roughly is 09/2018. So assume 6 months warranty...
techenclave.com techenclave.com
PM for any query.
 

stormblast

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Hi,
I would suggest to buy the i5 nuc. It was Available for 21k all inclusive at primeabgb in March 1st week. 1 friend I know bought it as well.
Exact model - Intel nuc8i5BEH
Was available for 22k on amazon last month. Have attached the screenshot. Wait for somedays for price to go low again or pickup locally.

I personally have gigabyte brix nuc. Gigabyte brix j4105. If you want i can test something on it if you want.
 

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vivek.krishnan

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colors6 said:
I'm looking for a 24*7 media server which can also be capable of running emulator like Dolphin.

The media server should be powerful enough for 4k hardware transcoding on Plex. I have Plex lifetime plexpass.

This Intel nuc costs ₹17500. I will buy ram + SSD storage seperately. I will probably run Linux on it and attach to my 55" 4K TV via HDMI


Is this hardware outdated or would you suggest anything better?
@vivek.krishnan

Intel NUC7 Pentium Mini PC Kit (BOXNUC7PJYH1): Amazon.in: Computers & Accessories

Intel NUC7 Pentium Mini PC Kit (BOXNUC7PJYH1): Amazon.in: Computers & Accessories
www.amazon.in
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I would suggest to rather bump up to an i5 as you would want to run emulators. The cost on Amazon was around 25K and it might drop.

The hardware is technically outdated by today's standards - this is a 7th gen and the 8th/10th/11th gen would be far better if you could lay your hands on it.
msankadi said:
I'm not selling but wanted to chime in that I have a 7th gen i3 nuc which had the good graphics from Intel... Have been using for native 4k playback, full bluray not ripped and about 4x bitrate compared to amazon or Netflix 4k streaming.... Everything works perfectly for past 6 months now .. Use kodi as my player
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Correct. For those who want to know - Intel QuickSync post 6th gen (Skylake) has H264 & 265 encoding/decoding, the latter limited to 8bit.