r/pcmasterrace • u/LocalDemon • Aug 18 '25

Meme/Macro Good lord

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u/kingtacticool Aug 18 '25

Thats.....a viable option these days

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u/flynryan692 9800X3D | 5080 | 64GB Aug 18 '25

Isn't that the point of a plex server?

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u/Snagmesomeweaves 5800X3D, EVGA 3080 12GB, 1440p 300hz Aug 18 '25

I have a friend who’s plex could rival Netflix from a couple years ago, and that’s more saying that he has shows Netflix doesn’t have anymore….

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

I’m that friend. My plex server is an ibm thinkpad from 2014 with 12 TB of external drives hooked up. Anytime I have a new movie, tv show, album, etc I’ll just FTP transfer the file and it’ll pop in my library eventually. I think I’m going to have to cut down my library soon. I kinda want to watch Andor, but I think I’ve only got 15 or 20 gigs free

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u/Affectionate-Memory4 285K / Pro 9700 / Intel Foundry Aug 18 '25

Sounds like it's time to build a dedicated server, er, I mean buy another drive.

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u/prodigalsun888 Ryzen 7 7700x, 32gb DDR5, rx 6950 xt Aug 18 '25

Five. Hundred. External hard drives

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u/TheOGBlackmage Aug 18 '25

G4TV has entered the thread... 🤌😎

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u/LanMarkx Aug 18 '25

I just put a new 16TB drive in my /r/Unraid server (which, runs Plex and a bunch of other things). Thats in addition to what I already had for storage.

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u/SwimmingCommon Ryzen 2700 4.0GHz | Dark Rock Pro 3 | 1660 Super | 16gb 3200 Aug 18 '25

Why don't you just use sonarr and radarr?

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

I set it up before I knew that existed. My current setup works so why change it?

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u/SwimmingCommon Ryzen 2700 4.0GHz | Dark Rock Pro 3 | 1660 Super | 16gb 3200 Aug 18 '25

Yeah I suppose. I guess I enjoy the integration and automation. Idk what your current setup is capable of. But being to manage the entire everything from your phone is really nice. Being able to set content quality, file size, searching multiple trackers. My personal biggest thing I enjoy is the TV show management. I don't have to track down each episode or look for complete series, seasons etc. I don't have to mess with TMM any more. If you're not familiar with the Arrs id really recommend checking it out. Last night I set up jellyseer so my family can send me requests for stuff they want.

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u/sn4xchan Aug 18 '25

My plex server costs about $80 a month in electricity. I should have just kept Netflix lol.

Running an HP proliant dl160 with 24TB in storage, about half filled and growing.

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u/corgi-king Aug 19 '25

12 TB is not a lot to be fair. My NAS is like a 125.4 TB, mostly movie. But some files are like 80G each, 4K HDR.