[Question] Rate my upgrade! (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Per my previous post, I’m working on updating my server that’s running a J3455 Celeron with 16gigs of ram.

Goals:

Support at least six hard drives (currently have six drives in software RAID 6). Can move 7th main drive to nvme.
Be faster at transcoding video. This is primarily so I can use PhotoPrism for video clips. Real-time transcoding 4K 80mbps video down to something streamabke would be nice. Despite getting QuickSync to work on the Celeron, I can’t pull more than 20fps unless I drop the output to like 640x480. Current build has no PCIe x16 slot.
Energy efficiency. Trying to avoid a dedicated video card.
Support more RAM. Currently maxed at 16gb.
Price: around $500
Server-grade hardware would be nice, but I want newer versions of quicksync and can’t afford newer server hardware. Motherboard choice is selected primarily because of chipset, number of SATA ports, and I found one open box.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JX2gHG

Hoping to move my main drive to the NVME and keep the other six drives as-is without needing a reinstall.

Thoughts?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Running media streams too?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, but we always run them in native formats, so it's not a big load on the processor. We only watch the 4K stuff at home where it's got a hardwired gigabit ethernet connection.

If you saw my other comment, I'm kind of talking myself out of this upgrade since I managed to get qsv working on my current rig.

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