Yeah, at that thread count only a few workstation applications (maybe video encoding and code compilation) scale well.

The c in 4c is supposedly referring to cloud where it’s possible to run 128 tiny independent VMs on a chip like that. Being independent means those should scale linearly aside from the shared memory and IO bandwidth.

If you are looking to reduce the build’s cost consider a cheaper motherboard or a used GPU. The Asrock B650M-HDV/M.2 is the lowest you should go if it has all the connectors you need. As for buying used video card it’s always a bit of risk, but as the most expensive component you could save the most on that. Since all AM5 CPUs have an integrated GPU you could build without the dedicated GPU first.

if the integrated one is good enough for gaming

No, the iGPU is only meant for testing and basic desktop usage like video playback on the 7000 series. There are 8000G series with better integrated graphics but even those are much weaker than any dedicated GPU.

Here is an interview confirming Zen 7.

As an Android flavour it should be safe after uninstalling all apps associated with the university. Did any of them need a “device owner” permission? That’s the only way to be more persistent on Android without root access.

That’s more than enough. You can’t do any more.

green tinge to them

Are you sure it’s corrupted and not an unsupported HDR color format?

Corrupted files usually skip frames or get blocking and ghosting errors.

Navigate to a problematic movie or episode -> 3 dots -> Get info -> right column -> Color space

Usually SDR is bt709 and HDR is bt2020. In older codecs (h264) 10 or 12 bit color depth can also cause issues.

I’m not sure how tone mapping works on plex since I don’t have a pass but with Jellyfin you need to setup OpenCL which is run on the GPU so your guess that a hardware change can break it is plausible.

That’s a very old video format, which is definitely not HDR.

Some GPUs support the MPEG4 codec maybe try updating the driver. Did you try turning on or off Hardware acceleration for the transcodig?

The draft is pretty good. Only a few points to consider changing:

• That is an entry level Motherboard which may limit your upgrades in the future. It overheats with a 16 core ryzen 9.
• The ram size is good, but the speed and latencies are just as important nowadays. A 6000 MT/s CL30 Expo ram could improve CPU performance, but it’s a kind of OC so not every combination is fully stable at the highest speeds.
• Especially with competitive and indie games it’s easy to run them at high FPS. I would consider getting a 1440p high refresh rate (144+ Hz) monitor if you don’t have one already. It’s a huge upgrade coming from 1080p60Hz.