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Please recommend cheap server platform

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I kind of want to beef up my file server on the cheap. Currently it runs a 4570s (I know) with 8 gb ram. I don't need to go crazy nor do I have the cash. But what would be a cheap route to go, the server does stuff like DVR duties with an HDHR and holds all my media running emby server. I am starting to use it to transcode video and the 4c/4t cpu just isn't up to it.
I am thinking something that would use ddr3 to keep costs down. Maybe an old x79 with one of those cheap xeons? I can never seem to keep up with all the xeon models and the platforms they belong to.
I currently use quicksync for trascoding media on the fly and it works great, not sure this would be an option with a xeon, I would also like to start messing with some VM's but with the current hardware figure it would just bog the system down.

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Hey, I'm thinking of selling my server, I've used it with unraid for years. It's great but I'm not using it as much as I should be. If you're interested let me know.

ASRock EP2C602 http://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16813157352

128GB Hynix RDimm 1066mhz

Dual e5-2665

It's a 16 c / 32t beast with tons of ram. I constantly have VMs running on it. One Linux mint for h265ing everything and one gaming VM with Windows and a 1080ti.

This would be a good platform to invest in.

Let me know
 
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Can you show that your server is being bogged down?

You have a quad-core CPU with 8GB of RAM- and VMs mostly just take up more RAM. So troll Ebay for some DDR3, and maybe a 4770 for hyperthreading?
 
IdiotInCharge said:
Can you show that your server is being bogged down?

You have a quad-core CPU with 8GB of RAM- and VMs mostly just take up more RAM. So troll Ebay for some DDR3, and maybe a 4770 for hyperthreading?
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Yeah that's what I have been looking at. It's definitely bogged down transcoding files and editing commercials.
 
lightsout said:
Yeah that's what I have been looking at. It's definitely bogged down transcoding files and editing commercials.
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Well, the Quicksync module is the same- the processors share the same die, after all.

You'd need to update to a modern DDR4 (6th through 9th gen) to get a good transcoding upgrade, or throw in an Nvidia GPU.
 
IdiotInCharge said:
Well, the Quicksync module is the same- the processors share the same die, after all.

You'd need to update to a modern DDR4 (6th through 9th gen) to get a good transcoding upgrade, or throw in an Nvidia GPU.
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Sorry I'm just using quicksync to transcode on the fly, and it works awesome. But encoding mpeg2 to x264 needs more cores!
 
lightsout said:
Sorry I'm just using quicksync to transcode on the fly, and it works awesome. But encoding mpeg2 to x264 needs more cores!
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We're talking about the same thing- I have a 1050Ti dedicated to the purpose :).

Further, x264 should be supported by newer versions in hardware. It's x265 that eats resources these days.

[the NVENC module on Nvidia cards works the same way, nearly; most of the GPUs have the same capability, so a 1080Ti like I have in my desktop wouldn't be faster, and likewise, an i3 8350 would be just as fast at Quicksync as my 8700K or a shiny 9900K...]
 
IdiotInCharge said:
We're talking about the same thing- I have a 1050Ti dedicated to the purpose :).

Further, x264 should be supported by newer versions in hardware. It's x265 that eats resources these days.

[the NVENC module on Nvidia cards works the same way, nearly; most of the GPUs have the same capability, so a 1080Ti like I have in my desktop wouldn't be faster, and likewise, an i3 8350 would be just as fast at Quicksync as my 8700K or a shiny 9900K...]
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Oh that makes sense. Well that's good to know that a big GPU is not required. I'll play around with my 1080ti in my main rig and see what it can do.

EDIT* WOW! I just did an encode of an episode in five minutes lol. I played it side by side with one doe with x264 at the same settings and I am really hard pressed to see a difference. The source was not spectacular but still. Speed wise that was insane. Thanks for the tip folks.
 
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