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Help me choose hardware for my first custom setup (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello there, I would like to upgrade my setup from a Raspberry PI 5 to something more capable of running Jellyfin properly. I also plan to host stuff like Nextcloud and some other small services.

The problem is I don't know anything about choosing hardware. I've tried reading online about this stuff and come across many recommendations to buy an NUC, not knowing I would have to purchase every component individually.

I would like your comments on the setup I currently have:

NUC Type: ASUS NUC 14 Pro Kit (RNUC14RVKI300000I)
Operating System - Still haven't decided yet, probably something easy like Ubuntu server
CPU - Intel® Core™ 3 100U Processor
Chipset - Integrated
Graphics - Integrated - Intel® Graphics (C3)
Memory - Adata 8GB DDR5 4800MHz CL40 SO-DIMM
Storage - Western Digital Green SN350 1TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe WDS100T3G0C
LAN - Intel®, 2.5G LAN

Edit 1

Some clarifications: I still haven't bought anything, this is just what I am currently planning to buy.

I don't live in the US, and none of my local shops have a pre-built NUC available to purchase.

I will probably upgrade the RAM to a "Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR5 5200MHz CL44" after reading some comments.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Currently have a setup similar to yours, except the chip is N100 (12th gen Intel, 4 e-cores) and 16 gigs of ram. Running Jellyfin with hardware accelerated transcoding into VP9 and HEVC just fine. Nextcloud is ok too, kinda slow but I think that’s because of my networking.

It’s one of the cheapest pre made n100 mini PCs I could find on Amazon.

Just make sure that you have enough IO for your needs. Mine has only three usb ports, I plugged in two usb hard drives and a Zigbee dongle and now I’m out of ports. Gonna have to get a hub now.

If you have the money I’d recommend getting a mini pc with an amd ryzen apu.