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Now I understand what was meant. Thanks for the link. One of my TVs already has Nvidia Shield connected. But this is the TV I use less often. The main TV is a Samsung QE65Q900R and there I have the Plex app installed. This probably requires transcoding and does not allow Direct Play. What alternative to Shield do you use? Is this based on a Raspberry Pi? I have a few of those at home as well. I might be able to get away with this cheaper than upgrading my server.

Hello and thanks for your reply! Then the i3 8100 sounds like the better deal to me. Even if it is only minimally cheaper. What do you exactly mean by "mention your setup"? Regarding streaming, today I use a NAS as a Plex server, and in the household I never need more than two streams in parallel. I don't have a Plex Pass at the moment, but I would be willing to buy one. However, not possible at the moment. Most of my video files are in h.264 format and that plays fine. It becomes problematic when I try to play very large files (>15GB) or files in h.265 format. Then the picture freezes every 5-10 seconds. I never access my NAS from outside my network via the internet. I simply hope for better performance from the upgrade from N3150 to i3 8100. Is this the way to go?

Hi unraid community! Today I run a NAS based on an ASRock N3150. As a pure data storage, it worked without any problems. Now that more and more Docker containers are added and I also use the NAS as a PLEX server and want to display two streams in 4K, the performance is going to be a problem. In the future, I would also like to also run a VM on the NAS. I have therefore started to research and have bought a few parts already, but still have questions for you guys. I already own the following parts: - Motherboard: EMX-C246P ITX (https://m.avalue.com.tw/products/Industrial-%26-Embedded-Motherboard/Mini-ITX/Mini-ITX/EMX-C246P_2752#showarea) - PSU: Seasonic Prime Fanless PX-500 - RAM: 2x Kingston Server Premier SO-DIMM 16GB, DDR4-2400, CL17-17-17 with ECC --> 32GB - HDD: 1x 8TB HGST Deskstar NAS, 2x WD Red WD100EFAX 10TB, 1x 16TB Toshiba Enterprise MG08ACA16TE - CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 - Case: Fractal Design Node 804 - Fans: Arctic P14 What I'm still missing is the CPU. Here I am wavering between the i3 8100 and 8350k. I want to run the system quite power efficient and I like the idea of being able to undervolt and underclock the 8350k. Both are on par in terms of price. How would you decide? Do you have any other comments on this build? I think the iGPU should be enough to run two 4k streams smoothly and therefore opted against a dedicated GPU.