Tdarr is a pretty fun automation tool if you Wana try. Basically I down scale to 1080p if it’s higher, then I rencode to av1 at 8mbps or lower depending on current bitrate. I also keep all audio and subtitle streams how they were

Does it help to point out this is vinyl backed foam 😉 really thin vinyl sheet on it, but it helps

I get about the same affect by placing a layer of the foam on the wall behind the fans. But you’re totally right. Without that lil bit the fan noise from the intake and exhaust was a lil noticeable

Two of the drives are 18tb I got cheap 😂 so maybe in a decade I’ll get that 8tb of space

Was just what I was experimenting with when I built it a few years ago. Never gave may issues so I’ve just stayed with it. Would be nice to be able to mismatch my drive size though

Yea, I definitely would have gone z2, but this all started with the drives, and slowly expanded into this monster. But so far it’s been running smooth. The drives were added at different times to so they shouldn’t fail at the same time (hopefully 😂)

It just had a very undersized cooler at the time (pics of case are hiding here somewhere lol). It would idle normally, but load put it near throttle. Moved to the 9800x3d though in the same case and that performs like a dream

Super quiet, and had been running non stop for over a year no with no problems 😊 also that i9 runs super hot. When it was in my lil gaming rig it was always running up near 90. So retiring to the server had been much more gentle on it, lol

Plus the other fan hiding behind the system 😉 posted temps in a comment of you eye curious

Surprisingly the server is pretty good on pretty usage. It pulls about 300-350w from the wall, so probably about $50 a month. For being my security system and media server is pretty cost effective

Here’s my tdarr flow. I have redundent paths to handle if qsv fails and to retry in software if you’re curious of why it splits

Also, here’s my lil gaming rig too. Runs warm, but it’s tiny.

It’s a 9800x3d paired with a 6800xt

Dang, he’s still so crisp and tasty

The whole setup is really quiet actually! The cabinet has an intake fan hiding on the bottom, while the top fan is just exhaust. Then all the fans in the system are built for front to top exhaust. I posted temps while the system is running full tilt of you were curious

You gotta do push pull. There’s another fan on the bottom of the cabinet pulling in fresh, while all the hot air is directed up and out. Temps are more stable then my gaming rig sitting 5 feet away in the open air.

Posted temps and specs if you were curious 😉 guessing you didn’t think I had more fans in the cabinet

Oh, and if anyone is curious on specs. This is my old gaming rig but it’s: I9 11900k Z590I Vision D ITX mobo 64gb memory The 16x lane is bifurcated to run: Intel a310 & Lsi 9305 16e into a hp dl380

Not if there were a second fan hiding in there 😉

Thanks! For plex and frigate it’s been awesome. Also running tdarr to rencode everything to Av1 at 8mbs or less

For those worried about temps. The cpu never goes past the 80s when being ran hard, and drive temps are comfortably in the 40s

There are two fans built into the cabinet. Temps stay nice and cool