mediacowboy 438 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I have an i5 6500 and I have a friend willing to sell his i7 6700k. @ Would it make a difference with transcoding content?This is in a custom build computer running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and emby is a docker container.Any thoughts and input are welcomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 The only real difference between those is the CPU. I wouldn't bother. Can you fit a GPU in your rig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediacowboy 438 Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 The only real difference between those is the CPU. I wouldn't bother. Can you fit a GPU in your rig?No. It has one pci slot and I am using that for a lsi 9211 flashed in IT mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechner123 12 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel+Core+i7-6700K+%40+4.00GHzvsIntel+Core+i5-6500+%40+3.20GHz/2565vs2599 Here is a comparison. if i remember correctly, a number of ~ 3000 passmarks were given for the transcoding of an hd stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 So what you're looking at is a rebuild. In your small rig, probably an 8th gen Intel or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediacowboy 438 Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 Thanks. I'll just keep what I have for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsout 144 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 It would be an upgrade, higher clock speed and 4 more threads. How much that will actually changer performance is debatable. The question would be is there something the server currently isn't doing that this might help it do. Are you using quicksync for hardware transcoding? If not I would check it out, you might be pleasently surprised at what that little Intel iGpu can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediacowboy 438 Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 It would be an upgrade, higher clock speed and 4 more threads. How much that will actually changer performance is debatable. The question would be is there something the server currently isn't doing that this might help it do. Are you using quicksync for hardware transcoding? If not I would check it out, you might be pleasently surprised at what that little Intel iGpu can do. Yeah I am using quicksync I am also running sever docker containers. I'm still on the fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsout 144 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Yeah I am using quicksync I am also running sever docker containers. I'm still on the fence. Ok so whatever you use quicksync for of course won't change. If the cost is low I see it as a worthwhile upgrade. I had a 4 thread cpu (i5-4570) in my Emby server for a while, and it doesn't take much to tax a quad these days. Could be a way to breath some life into a system, but if its like $200 I personally wouldn't bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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