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EEnderW replied to the thread The best case you've (probably) never seen: Chenbro RM41300-FS81.I used the C14 back in the day
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EAnyone know if this is legit? https://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Ryzen-3-PRO-4350G-Renoir-4Core-8Thread-3-8GHz-7nm-DDR4-65W-CPU-Processor/353429472546?hash=item524a09c522:g:Q7MAAOSwaLxgVb3w
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EEnderW replied to the thread Can anyone recommend an external blu-ray player/burner?.I would go with an internal drive and an external enclosure. That way you know exactly what drive you’re getting. LG or ASUS drive. I have had good luck with my Vantec enclosure.
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EThought this might be fun. Who can put together the highest CPU PassMark per dollar system? Has to be parts that are available, say at least 10+ available on eBay. We could include entire systems but for now, I’ll just start out with a...
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EEnderW reacted to saedrin's post in the thread Looking at the Ryzen 9 3950X 16 core for plex..Will that CPU do well with transcoding? with
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The real answer is grab a more modern Intel CPU with updated QuickSync. Check the support matrix here to select a part that makes the most sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video The hardware acceleration will absolutely out... -
EEnderW reacted to kirbyrj's post in the thread Looking at the Ryzen 9 3950X 16 core for plex..Will that CPU do well with transcoding? with Like.
Why don't you enable hardware encoding and use the QuickSync off of your existing CPU's IGP? Probably cheaper that way. Or get a cheapish video card with NVENC to do the transcoding. But yes, for pure CPU transcoding the 3950x will run circles...