lja 51 Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 I need some help as I must replace my present Windows server. Looking for recommendations for building or purchasing a Windows computer (prefer) for the purpose. What would be the requirements for puchased computer? Thanks for any help.
Sammy 790 Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 Never purchase. Always build. More bang for your buck!
lja 51 Posted February 23, 2023 Author Posted February 23, 2023 16 hours ago, Sammy said: Never purchase. Always build. More bang for your buck! Thanks. What parts would you recommend?
lja 51 Posted February 25, 2023 Author Posted February 25, 2023 Any recommendations for building? Thanks.
Sammy 790 Posted February 27, 2023 Posted February 27, 2023 Been a while since I did a build but at the time Ryzen was the way to go. Not sure if intel has caught up yet or not. I'd recommend a Ryzen 5800 series with a current GPU from nVidia if you plan on doing any transcoding or multi streams. Use an m.2 SSD of 1gB or larger for your boot drive then spinners for data storage. Get matching RAM for your MoBo. 1 1
lja 51 Posted February 27, 2023 Author Posted February 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, Sammy said: Been a while since I did a build but at the time Ryzen was the way to go. Not sure if intel has caught up yet or not. I'd recommend a Ryzen 5800 series with a current GPU from nVidia if you plan on doing any transcoding or multi streams. Use an m.2 SSD of 1gB or larger for your boot drive then spinners for data storage. Get matching RAM for your MoBo. Thanks will check out.
rbjtech 5284 Posted February 28, 2023 Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) 23 hours ago, Sammy said: Been a while since I did a build but at the time Ryzen was the way to go. Not sure if intel has caught up yet or not. I'd recommend a Ryzen 5800 series with a current GPU from nVidia if you plan on doing any transcoding or multi streams. Use an m.2 SSD of 1gB or larger for your boot drive then spinners for data storage. Get matching RAM for your MoBo. Way behind the times I'm afraid... Intel Gen 13 are not only faster now, but with the iGPU (Quick Sync Video), there is no need for any GPU either. An Intel 13100 or 13500, 16Gb Memory (+) and a NVME drive will be all you need for a long time ... ps - do NOT get the 'F' variants - they do not have the iGPU. Edited February 28, 2023 by rbjtech 1 2
Sammy 790 Posted February 28, 2023 Posted February 28, 2023 11 minutes ago, rbjtech said: Way behind the times I'm afraid... Intel Gen 13 are not only faster now, but with the iGPU (Quick Sync Video), there is no need for any GPU either. An Intel 13100 or 13500, 16Gb Memory (+) and a NVME drive will be all you need for a long time ... ps - do NOT get the 'F' variants - they do not have the iGPU. Like I said, 'Been a while'.. Since I'm not doing a build I'm behind the times. That said, how many streams can be simultaneously transcoded?
RanmaCanada 494 Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Sammy said: Like I said, 'Been a while'.. Since I'm not doing a build I'm behind the times. That said, how many streams can be simultaneously transcoded? On current Alder Lake, 18 4k trancodes. 1
rbjtech 5284 Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, RanmaCanada said: On current Alder Lake, 18 4k trancodes. He has matured a lot - and everything he says during the video has become a reality and I came to the same conclusion soon after Alder Lakes came out with my 2022 build. Gone are my multi resolution versions and my 12700/UHD770 simply transcodes as required because it's no longer an issue or even seen as an overhead. It also coincides with most of my family now having 4K HDR screens, so the need to transcode is less anyway. I think '18' is a bit misleading though - as that's streaming from an NVME drive - and it's still unrealistic to be doing this - physical HDD for mass storage is not going away in the next ~5 years. I managed to get ~10 or so full 4k remux transcodes with TM - from SATA3 drives (JBOD) - limit was probably the controller or SATA3 bandwidth as the CPU / iGPU was not bottlenecked. My only planned upgrade is to 14th Gen or ARC dGPU if AV1 takes off and delivers the promised 50% storage savings. Edited March 1, 2023 by rbjtech
RanmaCanada 494 Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 11 hours ago, rbjtech said: He has matured a lot - and everything he says during the video has become a reality and I came to the same conclusion soon after Alder Lakes came out with my 2022 build. Gone are my multi resolution versions and my 12700/UHD770 simply transcodes as required because it's no longer an issue or even seen as an overhead. It also coincides with most of my family now having 4K HDR screens, so the need to transcode is less anyway. I think '18' is a bit misleading though - as that's streaming from an NVME drive - and it's still unrealistic to be doing this - physical HDD for mass storage is not going away in the next ~5 years. I managed to get ~10 or so full 4k remux transcodes with TM - from SATA3 drives (JBOD) - limit was probably the controller or SATA3 bandwidth as the CPU / iGPU was not bottlenecked. My only planned upgrade is to 14th Gen or ARC dGPU if AV1 takes off and delivers the promised 50% storage savings. Time to upgrade to the new HAMMR drives with dual accuators haha. But yes, it's currently not realistic as the bandwidth of your server's drives is still a serious issue. Quicksync is fanstastic and those of us who abuse it need to educate more people haha.
lja 51 Posted March 3, 2023 Author Posted March 3, 2023 Have been reviewing all the comments. Thanks continuing the search.
RanmaCanada 494 Posted March 7, 2023 Posted March 7, 2023 what is your price range? How expensive is power where you live? (maybe a laptop would do the job if it's expensive). Do you run all the media storage on your box or is it on a NAS or DAS?
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