When did you last repaste your GPU? it is a good practice to clean and repaste your CPU/GPU regularly (once a year or so).

You definitely want an 8th gen (Intel) or better to have Jellyfin Quick Sync support. It’s what I have (i5-8400T) and it offer a fairly decent AVC (h264) and HEVC (h265) transcoding for my usage. However, for futur proofing consider an 11th gen for the AV1 support.

Jokes aside, from what age is it recommended to check your balls annually as (for early detection/prevention of prostate diseases)?

Finally, something that does nor relate to US election. But, WTF did I just read?!!