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[Rich Pitchshift]

I currently own a HP Micro Server Gen 8 but since installing Plex I am having CPU issues when transcoding. As I want a decent CPU for Plex I've been looking at building my own. I will be running Plex, Sonarr, Radarr etc on it.

Does this build I have put together make sense for a home 24/7 server?

 

[mcconkeymike]

I'll put it this way, I run a Plex server with an i3-4160 and I'm looking for something stronger for it. While it will work, I personally don't believe you'll have enough horsepower.

 

[Solandri]

You can upgrade the Microserver to a Xeon E3-1260L. It's just slightly above the heat sink's TDP rating (45W vs 35W), but apparently a lot of people have done the upgrade without issues. The E3-1260L is a quad core, so should have no problems with transcoding. It's about $65 on eBay.

http://n40l.wikia.com/wiki/Cpu_gen8
http://caiustheory.com/upgrading-microserver-g8-cpu/

If you don't need multiple simultaneous transcodes, you can probably go with one of the higher-end dual core CPUs on the list, like the i5-3470T (about $45 on eBay).