I am pretty new at all this. But I got jellyfin and such setup on my window box. I have a roku client and all that working. So now it is time to look into a standalone box to run 24/7. But I don't know what specs matter.

I have read that I need at least a 6th gen intel i7 or i5 to take advantage of a feature that helps with this sort of thing.

But outside of that. Does ram matter? How much of a drive do I need on the box? (Going to get a NAS for real storage). Any other specs that matter? I am hoping to go fanless (not because I know anything, but cause I want it to be silent), is that ok? And which flavor of linux is the most popular?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

I have a Beelink Celeron N100 box with 16GB RAM and the thing transcodes like a beast with Quicksync. An i5 or i7 is overkill IMO and will just give you higher power draw