Recomended Specs For Media Server

[JV_011_]

HI Guyz and Girlz: i want to get a pc that downloads automatically and hosts the downloads so that they can be accessed via Roku through Plex. What are the recomnded specs.

I might get XBMC on that machine but i doubt i will be using it that much.

 

[DominionZA]

I used to use an HP Microserver but it choked with multiple HD streams via Plex Server.

Picked up a quad core xeon 3.2Ghz on Carbonite and been running this for almost a year. Cost R2k for mobo, 8GB RAM and the proc. Solid as a rock.
Running Plex Server, SQL Server, Sabnzbd, Sickbeard, Couchpotato and Headphones with no issues.
256GB Vertex 4 primary and 5 x 2TB configured with Windows storage spaces.

Solid machine.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

If you're going to be using Plex I would suggest something like a higher end i3 or a mid range i5 as a minimum. i7 if you can afford it.

I just upgraded my old dual core machine with a Q9550 CPU I picked up, now I don't have to worry about Plex transcoding multiple streams as it can handle it.