Also
@CaseySJ had a question, or more I should say a weird occurrence and how can I check it?
So I have a Plex server on the build, and Plex allows for hardware acceleration for encoding using intel quicksync from the newer intel processors, however to my knowledge I assume I don't have IGPU enabled because its not registered anywhere in the system. However when I turned the feature on I noticed I was getting the tag on the encodings that it was using hardware acceleration for the encoding process. Is there a way to test whether I have hardware acceleration or was it possibly using the GPU somehow? the Plex support page mentions
"The following are required in general for Hardware-Accelerated Streaming, regardless of your operating system:
- A recent Intel CPU meeting these requirements:
- 2nd-generation Intel Core (Sandy Bridge, 2011) or newer (we recommend 5th-gen Broadwell or newer for the best experience; Sandy Bridge, in particular, is known to sometimes have poor visual output on some systems)
- Supports Intel Quick Sync Video (Not sure? Look up your processor)
- Plex Media Server 1.9.3 or later
- An active Plex Pass subscription"
So I don't know how it could have been the GPU