Recent content by bash64

Hello, I am looking to build a workstation and am looking for the best performing amd video cards to put in it (up to 3 of them). I expect to process videos using h.264 (ffmpeg, handbrake, etc...). I expect to render using blender or whatever software I would have to use. I want the fastest...

I am concerned about the NAS limiting what filesystems I use. Currently, I run Linux and use softraid (mdadm) and LUKS encryption, and LVM (logical volume manager). Admittedly, the raid 5 drives and the two hot spares is for off loading large files so technically it is external storage.

Thanks for the response: I am concerned about slowness when placing drives in an external enclosure. I have seen speeds of 300mbs/sec internally and esata/usb 3 speeds of only 120mbs tops. I was unaware of AMD having fewer PCIe lanes. That could be an issue.

reposting from another section: Hello, I am on my 3rd MSI gaming laptop and laptops just won't cut it for me anymore. I am into long and heavy video processing using h.264. I also do large zip file builds. I'd also like to get into rendering. I'd like recommendations on a ryzen build and amd...

Thanks for the responses. Glad to hear Ryzen and linux work well together. I do not use ESXi. I just use the standard vmware player/workstation copy. I also use qemu with gpu passthrough. Kernel 4.10 supports ryzens cpus properly and I have already upgraded to it. Looking forward to seeing the...

Hello, I am on my 3rd MSI gaming laptop and laptops just won't cut it for me anymore. I am into long and heavy video processing using h.264. I also do large zip file builds. I'd also like to get into rendering. I'd like recommendations on a ryzen build and amd video cards. I need at least two...