IlTossicoB
Going for an OS without a UI, no monitor mouse and keyboard. All HDDs idling, I would say less than 20W.
HDDs generally idle at 0,3W, spinning and writing/reading around 6W and from idle to spinning around 12W for a peak.
Very plastic, i would prefer a R6/R7. But nice!
Yes you need one. And the world Router is self explanatory.
Nice products for tinkering. I suggest to sell it for a higher price and get proper hw for a Nas.
I don’t use Plex, but for what i know:
" Limitations
When relaying a connection through us, there are limitations for the streaming qualities you can use:
- Free users are limited to 1 Mbps maximum for streams
- Plex Pass subscribers are limited to 2 Mbps maximum for streams
If the content you’re trying to stream has a higher bitrate, then your Plex Media Server will need to transcode the content down to fit the limitation. "
https://support.plex.tv/articles/216766168-accessing-a-server-through-relay/
Anyway, those are all stuff an integrated iGPU can do, for a much lower power consumption. The point is, it’s preferable avoiding spending more money in electricity bill and on HW to buy an external GPU.
All consumer Nvidia cards are limited by software to 1. Even a 4090. You need to hack the firmware and modify it to get more than 1 at the same time. Then with a Quadro card you are limited by the power. But it’s not worth getting a 200€ GPU for 5 transcodes when you can have an 80€ CPU that does the same with the integrated iGPU. Not only, why do I need an external GPU that idles at 20/30W more when my Intel CPU can idle at 1/2W.
External transcodes are limited to 720p, so it’s obvious your GPU is doing it fine. A G5400 can do around 21x1080p transcode at the same time, so 720p is probably double, for comparison.
Don’t worry, they have a lot of shelves too.