I’m sorry if this isnt the right sub for this

I’m considering building a small rig whose primary function would be as a NAS with the capabilities for plex transcoding. On top of that i’d like to add more services like home assistant and some others.

For now the build would be:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor €120.00
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-L9i-17xx 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler €49.90 @ Amazon Italia
Motherboard Asus PRIME H610I-PLUS D4-CSM Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard €132.78 @ Amazon Italia
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory €80.25 @ Amazon Italia
Storage Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive €79.98 @ Amazon Italia
Case Jonsbo N2 Mini ITX Desktop Case €150.00
Power Supply SeaSonic FOCUS SGX 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply €106.80 @ Amazon Italia
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total €719.71
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-28 23:43 CET+0100

Now im asking my self if it is the case to go for a bigger case so if i happen to find a good priced gpu in the future, this would double as a part time gaming rig. Would that be non-sense?Also what OS should i use in that case? Dual boot sounds like a bad idea but idk

Sorry if my english isnt perfect

Any suggestion on the rig per se are also welcome

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    11 months ago

    If you’re planning to run plex and can easily fit one in the case, I would. It doesn’t have to be super new or anything either.

    I’ve gotten by without a GPU but I have 32 cores allocated to plex and it will still struggle sometimes with a high bitrate 4k video transcode. If I could find something decent that would fit into an R630, I would.

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        11 months ago

        I’d love to, which is why I was saying I would if I could get a GPU to fit in my 1u server chassis.

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          11 months ago

          You can switch to a generic desktop PC with a desktop Intel CPU. Or change your server for a generic chassis and popolate with a desktop motherboard and CPU from Intel.