How many GHz for a mac mini to act as a media server?

Hi,
We just bought a mac mini with 2.5 GHz to act as our media server. We wanted to be able to stream, which it handles nicely. But now our desktop has fallen to disrepair and I am tempted to take the 2.5 Ghz mac mini as our desktop and buy a cheaper mac mini for our server. Will this work? Thank you. Really appreciate anyone's input.

Are you talking new or used?
Any new ones should work, many old ones also if we're talking Intel Mimis.

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