# hardware recommended to transcode 4 video streams

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-recommended-to-transcode-4-video-streams/38116>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 21, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-recommended-to-transcode-4-video-streams/38116 "2016-09-21T08:06:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexis\_Gaitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alexis\_Gaitan](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alexis_Gaitan)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-recommended-to-transcode-4-video-streams/38116/1 "2016-09-21T08:06:35Z")

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Hi i would like to know what you guys recommend in terms of hardware (aws, dedicated serveR) to transcode 4 streams with 4 bitrates each one example:

stream 1: will have 1080p, 720, 480p, 240p

and so on.

I already have a server Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz with 32gb ram but after i setup the first stream, cpu goes up and video shows very slow and with a lot of lag i think because my server doesnt have any gpu card?

thank you

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-recommended-to-transcode-4-video-streams/38116/2 "2016-09-21T11:14:38Z")

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Please have a look at this guide:

Transcoder Benchmarks

Regards,

Salvadore