Will a G3220 transcode 1080p?

[TechMinerUK]

Hi, earlier this week I created a thread looking for a server. I eventually settled on the Dell T20 at £85 however after looking I may end up changing my mind as I was thinking it might not be enough to transcode streams for Plex.

So my question is does anyone have any experience in what CPU is necessary to transcode around 2-4 streams at 1080p using Plex?
As always any help is greatly appreciated

 

[memyselfandi]

Have you read the Plex article on the subject here and looked to see what the Passmark score for the processors you are looking at?

 

[TechMinerUK]

Have you read the Plex article on the subject here and looked to see what the Passmark score for the processors you are looking at?

Yes but I was wondering if anyone had some experience using the CPU for a Plex Media Server. However from the guidelines it looks like I may need a Xeon

 

[Carbon Copied]

A G3220 will transcode probably 2-3 streams (might find that some downscale to 720 or something); however I'd go with a xeon e3 1225 / 1226 for multiple streams and beyond - plenty of overhead for future use and they've got igpu on them as well (xeon e3 ending in 5 or 6 have gpu on board).

 

[Deleted member 138126]

Looks like the Xeon version isn't on the cashback. So probably cheaper to get yourself a cheap used Xeon (just check compatibility).

 

[TechMinerUK]

A G3220 will transcode probably 2-3 streams (might find that some downscale to 720 or something); however I'd go with a xeon e3 1225 / 1226 for multiple streams and beyond - plenty of overhead for future use and they've got igpu on them as well (xeon e3 ending in 5 or 6 have gpu on board).

Yeh, I've decided to go down that road instead as the future head room could definitely be usefull.

Looks like the Xeon version isn't on the cashback. So probably cheaper to get yourself a cheap used Xeon (just check compatibility).

Luckily there is a slightly more expensive Lenovo TS140 available which has the E3-1226V3 on sale at the moment