First Build CPU check

[paul_sam]

Hi! This is my first build and would like some feedback.
I’ll use Plex, zoneminder, homeassistant, etc (nextcloud, opensense, pihole, adgaurd).

Plex will have a max transcoding of 1 - 4k and 1 - 1080p video simultaneously.
Zoneminder will have max 4 1080p cams @ 2 -12 fps

Will an AMD Ryzen 5 5600g(70usd) be enough or should I go for an AMD Ryzen 7 5800x(105usd)?

Will 16 GB RAM be enough or should I go for 32GB?

Mobo - ASRock A520M-HDV

 

[sdaqo]

The 7 5800x does not have integrated graphics, so no video encoding which you will probably want for Plex transcoding. The other one should be fine.

 

[sdaqo]

Another thing... I don't know if Plex supports amd hw transcoding on Linux, it works on windows apparently. You could opt for jellyfin which does support amd hw transcoding on Linux.

 

[paul_sam]

Jelly is fine too.
Can't you do CPU transcoding? I meant that. Isn't it better than iGPU transcoding?

 

[sdaqo]

You can use the CPU to transcode, the thing is it is slow and clogs up the CPU usage. If you can you should offload to a external GPU or in your case a igpu, this will be much faster and you can still use your CPU normally.

 

[NugentS]

I don't believe that Plex supports transcoding on an AMD iGPU

 

[sdaqo]

Here

 

[sdaqo]

Oops didn't mean to send that comment alone. Anyways on that site it says that AMD is supported but not properly tested.

 

[paul_sam]

I know about that, but that's Hardware acceleration for GPUs, I meant Software transcoding(H.264 I think? the default one).
Plex has CPU guidelines based on the PassMark score for Software transcoding. [here]

4K HDR (50Mbps, 10-bit HEVC) file: 17000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p)
4K SDR (40Mbps, 8-bit HEVC) file: 12000 PassMark score (being transcoded to 10Mbps 1080p)
1080p (10Mbps, H.264) file: 2000 PassMark score
720p (4Mbps, H.264) file: 1500 PassMark score

So I thought there wouldn't be problems with Software transcoding in AMD.
And the Ryzen 5 5600g has a score of 19928.
So this should work, right? Or is my theory wrong?

 

[NugentS]

No - your theory is right

 

[paul_sam]

So can a Ryzen 5 5600g run plex, zoneminder, 1-2 VMs, 3-4 apps?

 

[NugentS]

It depends on what you want the VM's & apps to do.
You probably want considerably more memory than 16GB.

 

[SpencerMatthews]

Hi! This is my first build and would like some feedback.
I’ll use Plex, zoneminder, homeassistant, etc (nextcloud, opensense, pihole, adgaurd).

Plex will have a max transcoding of 1 - 4k and 1 - 1080p video simultaneously.
Zoneminder will have max 4 1080p cams @ 2 -12 fps

Will an AMD Ryzen 5 5600g(70usd) be enough or should I go for an AMD Ryzen 7 5800x(105usd)?

Will 16 GB RAM be enough or should I go for 32GB?

Mobo - ASRock A520M-HDV



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For your setup, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600g will handle your tasks well, but if your budget allows, the Ryzen 7 5800x will provide more power. 16GB RAM should be enough, but if you plan to run multiple apps at the same time, 32GB can provide some headroom.