Intel NUC Kit NUC5PGYH - always-on downloader, streamer

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At the moment my situation is this. I either need to get a new hard drive for my main PC for storage as I'm running out of space. Or I can move my media elsewhere and use it as a downloader and media centre so my power hungry PC doesn't have to be on all the time.

I was looking at really cheap and going for a Raspberry Pi but realise that isn't going to work. Then I looked at a NAS but to get one that could transcode 1080p and stream my media it would costs upwards of £400.

So I started looking at Intel NUCs. The Intel NUC Kit NUC5PGYH seems the best balance between price and spec.

So my question is, would this be capable of being an always-on machine that I could install Plex Media Server and transcode 1080p mkv's to stream across the house? (It would be connection via ethernet to my router).

I also plan to, if possible, install VirtualBox to use Debian or similar for downloads.

Would this be capable or do you have any other ideas of something more suitable?

TL;DR Would the Intel NUC5PGYH be capable of being an always-on Plex Media Server for 1080p transcode content, or would something else be more suitable?

Thanks all.
 
Thanks for the replies all.

Lustral said:
I have the quad core version NUC5PPYH for my Plex set up and it can transcode on the fly without issues at all. tried it on 3 devices at the same time and it seems to handle it no problem what so ever.
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Thanks for letting me know. What the difference between the one you mentioned and the NUC5PGYH? Seems to have the same CPU.

#Chri5# said:
Have you looked at the 6th Generation NUCs which are shipping now? Skylake CPUs so some extra performance.

http://nucblog.net/2016/01/skylake-nuc-review-nuc6i3syh-core-i3/

I've got a 6th Gen NUC Core i5 sat on my desk waiting to go into the mancave.
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I did look at the newer ones but haven't looked to much due to the price of them compared to the one I'm looking at.
 
bimbleuk said:
I can't quote direct links as it's a competitor but you should pay around ~£130 for the bare bones then add RAM + SSD to complete it or ~£200 pre-built + OS.

Thee are some Chinese clones based on similar SoC for less than £100 bare bones but you may not get the triple display output, USB-C and twin gigabit NICs.
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This wouldn't work if you need to be able to transcode media. I've not found anything around that sort of price that is capable of it. Your looking more at £300.
 
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