Minisforum motherboard?

[Manyber@gmail.com 1]

Hello,

I'm considering building a new Emby server. Does anyone have experience using Minisforum motherboards like the BD790IX3D or BD795ISE? What kind of performance can I expect from the 7945HX(3D) CPUs? 

Will more powerful CPUs, AMD or Intel, make up for not having an IGPU or video card?

[Luke 42077]

Hi, @Herkkusuumay have some tips:

 

[RanmaCanada 494]

You honestly do not want to go AMD. You want Intel for quicksync. AMD is no where near as good as Intel when it comes to hardware transcoding. You need on average, 2k passmark for a 1080p software transcode, and a whopping 17000 for a 4k to 1080p software transcode with tonemapping. So with the 7945HX having a passmark score of about 57k , it would only be able to handle 3 4k to 1080p transcodes in software while using about 60 watts of power, where as an N100, or N150 would be able to handle at least 4 in hardware while using a mere 6-10 watts of power.

[Manyber@gmail.com 1]

Something like an i5-12400 would be really good?

If AMD, without an accompanying GPU, will do one 4k-to-1080p for every 17k scored on passmark, what is the Intel equivalent to that stat?

 

[RanmaCanada 494]

1 hour ago, Manyber@gmail.com said:

Something like an i5-12400 would be really good?

If AMD, without an accompanying GPU, will do one 4k-to-1080p for every 17k scored on passmark, what is the Intel equivalent to that stat?

 

The passmark score is the same for software transcodes no matter what CPU you have. An i5-12400 would be great and will handle everything perfectly fine in hardware.