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Lenovo
ThinkCentre M70q
13 positive 0 neutral 2 negative
Based on 15 Reddit mentions
$819.99
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Your bottleneck isn't network or storage — it's transcoding. The Pi 4 doesn't have hardware video acceleration that Plex can use, so when a mobile client can't direct-play (mismatched codec, screen size, bandwidth limit), the Pi software-transcodes and 4 cores aren't enough. That's why "optimize for
...cube_engineer in r/selfhosted
April 30, 2026 2:08 AM
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Mini PC for Plex and NAS tasks
I would say go for 2nd hand Lenovo Thinkcentre M70q Gen 3. I bought mine for $200 with warranty and upgraded to 16gb RAM and added a 1TB 2.5" HDD. (Came with i3 12100T, 8GB ram + 500gb nvme) and keep the extra cash. It supports 2 x NVME + 1 x 2.5" SATA + 2 x DDR4 SO-DIMM + and has like 6 X USB 3 + H
...danu91 in r/MiniPCs
December 8, 2025 10:40 AM
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