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.

  • roydbt@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    All my media is MKV and it still does that, that’s one of the main reasons why I want to upgrade

    • Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Do you really need it? Have you tried disabling transcoding? Sometimes clients would be able to direct stream but for some reason it still transcodes.

      • roydbt@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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        1 day ago

        I tried disabling encoding which work for some clients, but for clients that don’t support direct stream like the web interface or the official app that isn’t enough.