Currently running a small ASUS Vivio PC Intel Celeron CPU 1007U @ 1.50GHz & looking to upgrade to a machine that can handle up to at least 5+ transcodes at the same time. Does anyone have any suggestions? I found this
My current machine struggles with 3 transcodes + direct plays, etc… as I share with friends & family.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, most importantly Id prefer to have a machine that can fit horizontally in my media center cabinet. As for price I’d like to stay under $800.00
The processor in that system has a passmark of 7180 which “should” work for up to 3 transcoded 1989p streams. But that assumes that the system has no other tasks. I would trust it for four streams but 4 might have some problems. Plex says that you need a 2000 passmark for each 1080p/10Mbps transcoded stream.
To be sure of 6 solid 1080p transcoded streams I would look to get a system with a passmark of 14000 although you, probably, would be OK with 12000.
Having said that, realistically a passmark of 10000 should be pretty safe because the general odds are that some/many of the streams playing will not require transcoding or require only some minimal processing like transcoding just the audio track so the processor load for those streams will be pretty low.
The real problem I would look at is the upload bandwidth you have and be sure that it is enough to handle however many of the streams you will stream to remote locations.
@claudio_roma said:
It’s 240W power consumption. Will you keep the unit 24h on?
Power supply does not equal usage. One of my server has a 1500w supply at low loads (only 1-2 vm running its barely scratching 90watts. (high loads topping out on 1300 watts)
@Elijah_Baley said:
The processor in that system has a passmark of 7180 which “should” work for up to 3 transcoded 1989p streams. But that assumes that the system has no other tasks. I would trust it for four streams but 4 might have some problems. Plex says that you need a 2000 passmark for each 1080p/10Mbps transcoded stream.
To be sure of 6 solid 1080p transcoded streams I would look to get a system with a passmark of 14000 although you, probably, would be OK with 12000.
Having said that, realistically a passmark of 10000 should be pretty safe because the general odds are that some/many of the streams playing will not require transcoding or require only some minimal processing like transcoding just the audio track so the processor load for those streams will be pretty low.
The real problem I would look at is the upload bandwidth you have and be sure that it is enough to handle however many of the streams you will stream to remote locations.
I do use it for Sab, Sonarr, PlexPy, etc… I have Google Fiber so bandwith isn’t really a problem… Sometimes I’ll have 2 transcodes, 1 direct play, and some direct streams going & I can see buffering/pausing on other users end which I have to assume is frustrating
Still a bit confused but my current HTPC which runs plex, sonar, Sab, PlexPy, etc… is a ASUSTek VM40B, Processor is 1.50GHz Intel Celeron 1007U, multi-core, 16GB RAM.
The other system I can switch to is a PowerSpec B648, Processor is 3.20 GHz Inet Core i5-4570, multi core, 16GB RAM.
Which is the best for transcoding, multi-streams (rare), multi-transcodes (rare), multi-direct plays/streams (common).
I just would like something a little more powerful that can do more.
I have 4x5TB Seagate NAS SimplyRaid, 2x5TB External Drives that just run as a storage pool on Windows 10.
Google Fiber 100up/100down
Further help would be great, thinking of making the changes this weekend if I can get a solid answer. I know the PowerSpec has a ton of slots for extra drives, swappable parts, etc…
Anything is considerably more-powerful than that Celeron.
The i5-4590 is a bit faster, but the chassis in the B648 is proper sized for adding internal drives (SATA>USB). USB sucks for permanently-connected storage, especially when drives start to flake out (SMART?). Plus you’re getting 16GB RAM right off the back and don’t have to upgrade (I wouldn’t run with anything less that 8GB for anything, likely 16GB for a purpose like this). The CPUs are pretty close regardless.
Not a fan of Win10 Storage Spaces but that’s a separate conversation.
@sremick said:
Anything is considerably more-powerful than that Celeron.
The i5-4590 is a bit faster, but the chassis in the B648 is proper sized for adding internal drives (SATA>USB). USB sucks for permanently-connected storage, especially when drives start to flake out (SMART?). Plus you’re getting 16GB RAM right off the back and don’t have to upgrade (I wouldn’t run with anything less that 8GB for anything, likely 16GB for a purpose like this). The CPUs are pretty close regardless.
Not a fan of Win10 Storage Spaces but that’s a separate conversation.
Yeah I’m no fan of the Storage Spaces either but I had a NAS failure, had to back stuff off to external drives & figured why not try the Storage Spaces. So are there some upgrades I could make to the i5-4590?
