Would either of these be a good option for a Plex server? : r/PleX
A thread of hardware tips for low-cost home servers, optimising for Plex transcodes.
tl;dr: 7th gen Intel CPUs are minimum for hardware transcoding; 8th gen better. 8500T are apparently a great 8th gen CPU; 6 cores vs 4 cores for an N100, and an 8500T based system will run with 35 watt max load, idling at 7-10 watts.