Hi my build went ok,
I am at 30watt with only a SSD of 500GB.
Box: Cubitek mini ice
Mob: Gigabyte Mini ITX
RAM : 16GB DDR3 GSKILL Running 1600Mhz
Proc: i5 4690S haswell ( always at the normal speed ( because of HyperV I think)
Ps : 450W Certified GOLD

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If you already have a PC that has the horsepower to transcode, why not just use it for this function? Then, your server PC turns into a much lower power beast as you could go to a Baytrail solution...erm, except for the VM bit.. That could be an idea but I don't know the Power Consumption of the PC...

Thanks for feedback. For the "RealTime" Transcoding I have read that it requires 2000 PAssMark score on the Plex Website. I have already a license of a W2K12R2 The DNLA Server App (PS3 Media Server) does not use that much power when idle. This will be 7/8 of the time of the Server. Then when Transco...

Hello Guys, I was making some research on the Internet and I found this great website. I am writing this post because I would Like to invest into a NAS/Media Server. In order of priorities I would like : 1. Be Low consumption ( < 15W Idle) 2. Ability to Transcode MKV files 1080p DTS with subtitles f...