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Would this be good for a Plex server? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Dell Poweredge server T410, 32GB ram, Intel Xeon E5645 2.13GHz Quad-core No HDD SAS

Going for 50 AUD (32 USD)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm using this exact tower still. I inherited it for free from work. I swapped the CPUs to some lower TDP L5640s and put an H710 in to allow a 6x4TB array and a Quadro P400 for transcode.

It has no problems pushing 4K HDR streams in my house, or several 1080p streams remotely to family and friends.

You can definitely find lower power solutions, but probably not at this price point with the 6 Bay storage included. All things considered it really doesn't draw that much power, but I might be biased with my inexpensive solar electricity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's my plan with my T410, the L5640(s), though mine is going to be an occasional use ESXi host for bigger labs than my Gen8 Microserver can handle. Have you got power figures or was that just a guesstimate?