TS-140 for home use/plex?

[jubei]

Hi guys,

I am wanting to buy a server for streaming plex about the house and general file storage. I was pretty set on buying a gen 8 microserver but then noticed this ts-140 with a xeon processor and a small hdd/optical drive and 4gig ram included.

Would this be a better shout than the gen8 for running plex? Reviews say it is quiet, i want this to be a 24/7 server in general so power consumption/noise is a priority.

passmark on the xeon is just under 7000 compared to the 2000 on the gen8. Was going to buy it along with a single 3tb wd red for now?

 

[jubei]

Do you really need that kind of power though? Plex runs absolutely fine on the Gen7 N54L server I have, albeit I upgraded the RAM to 8GB

No possibly not, i chromecast my media so i dont think i need to transcode at all at the moment. But i figure having a server i could start doing more with it and the extra power might be worthwhile.

I may just hold off for now i guess, its more of an impulse 'nice to have' than a need.