How's a HP EliteDesk G4 Tower with i7-8700 for a first home server for
Jellyfin, Home Assistant & OpenVPN?
reddit / selfhosted

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etay080 · 2023-11-08 16:24

It would cost me around $250, is it worth it?
Will it be able to handle it all? Would it be able to handle Jellyfin
transcoding if necessary?

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EndlessHiway · 2023-11-08 19:10

Yes and a lot more.

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thepenis_mightier · 2023-11-08 20:06

Yes, it's plenty. My own "most powerful" server runs on an i7-7700.

Intel 14nm CPUs are still solid performers, mostly because Intel stuck
with that process for so long. Even their newest processors on the
10nm process is essentially just a die shrink version of the 14nm
process, because that's how Intel insists on working.

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kookykoalajon · 2023-11-08 21:27

I actually run a HP 800 G3 tower I needed the 5 1/2 drive bay for my
blue-ray drive, with a i7-7000 it will do fantastic, mine runs my NAS,
Jellyfin, Hand break, and Makemkv in containers doesn’t have any
issues can handle 3-4 streams with no issues

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etay080 · 2023-11-09 10:06

Thanks everyone, I've went ahead and bought it. Excited to get working
on my first home server!

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kmisterk · 2023-11-09 16:50

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