I don't know anything about this beyond what's written in the post, but it sounds like if a podcast episode on YouTube has been properly sporsorblocked, then it should skip ad reads as well (keep in mind that sponsorblock is crowd-sourced, it doesn't automatically work it's magic)
Dedicated GPUs are obviously going to be more powerful. I've never run ai before so maybe someone else can weigh in on the requirements for it, but I can say for sure that an igpu is good enough for jellyfin transcoding. It also depends on your budget, do you want to spend the extra money just for a dedicated GPU?
If you go igpu route I think that Intel is recommended over AMD, but you should probably do extra research on that before buying
I don't know what kind of server you're running, but if you plan to host any video then you want a dedicated GPU or a cpu with integrated graphics (and even if you're not, I think it's a good idea anyway), which the 5600x doesn't.
I also think it's overboard to get $90 watercooling. Just get an air cooler for half or a third of the price
Here's a list of all the patch notes since launch. I didn't play AC so you could probably make better sense of it then me, but if it's anything like Elden Ring then it's mostly just qol and balance changes
Ah, I don't game on my phone so I wouldn't know about that, but all of my banking apps work and while I don't normally use streaming services, I just downloaded and tested Netflix and Hulu and both loaded and took me to a login screen. I only actually logged in to Hulu because I don't have a Netflix account, but I think it's safe to assume it would've worked
I don't know anything about this beyond what's written in the post, but it sounds like if a podcast episode on YouTube has been properly sporsorblocked, then it should skip ad reads as well (keep in mind that sponsorblock is crowd-sourced, it doesn't automatically work it's magic)