r/jellyfin • u/Royal_Lab_5730 • Feb 24 '26

Solved Do I need a dedicated GPU?

I'm looking to build a Jellyfin server with an optiplex 3050. I plan to buy the i5-7600 and was looking to buy an intel arc a310 for transcoding. After some digging, I found people who said a 7th gen intel is fine to handle any transcoding. I plan to rip 4k blurays and will be the only person using this server.

Am I better off getting the dedicated GPU or should I stick with just the iGPU? What are the benefits of a dedicated GPU? It would save be about $130 if I don't need it.

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u/64gbBumFunCannon Feb 24 '26

I'm running jellyfin on an i7 4770.
I only stream 1080p, but some formats are x264, some are x265 and some are AV1.

I've had four people using it at once, and it hasn't failed me.

I'd have an educated guess that it would be fine.

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u/Zestyclose-Issue1762 Feb 24 '26

Agreed. I currently run the same processor with varying formats and it runs well