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If you're looking to future-proof, ASUS is releasing USB 3.1 mainboards ... I've got an i7 4790K sitting on my (now ancient) AMD 965BE tower that's been waiting for these boards.
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For a file server with media encoding capability, I'd recommend the AMD 6300, 6350 (both 6-core) or AMD 8350 (8-core). Straight retail, you'll save ~$60 over the nearest quad-core i5 processor but the 6300-series chips have been on sale sporadically — I believe I bought one for a system last November for ~$70. I agree that video processing is best offloaded to a good GPU but if you want to keep it all on the one chip, you probably want the Intel chips, as they outperform AMD in performance there. Here's a comparison between the AMD 8350 (125W, $170) and the Intel i5 4690K (88W, $240).
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Another somewhat interesting point was that AMD has compiler support for their GPU processors. They had some decoder sample code, if memory serves. But I suppose the general programming community may have its own code and own plans for GPU usage for decoding.
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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostI'm a cheapskate, so I'll just wait for it to get out of Early-Access so I can get it for free.
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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostI'm a cheapskate, so I'll just wait for it to get out of Early-Access so I can get it for free.
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I don't think onboard video will give you a useful GPU for encoding/decoding video. If this is important, search out the best conversion software/GPU match.
I made a couple mistakes on building my computer. First I got a ASUS motherboard with only a few CPUs being supported ( I have an i7-3820). The other issue was that the CPU was an older version which wasn't listed to be compatible with the CPU. It generally works nicely. Though I have had episodes where the screen goes completely white. Usually the problem has persisted even through reboots -- but never into a new day. (It is pretty rare -- maybe a couple times a year.)
ASUS P9X79 motherboard
Intel i7 3820 -- 3.6GHz CPU
8Gig RAM
Cooler Master heatsink assembly
ASUS HD7750 Video card
Patriot Pyro SSD
I didn't have any special video requirements. But I did want the video with its own memory.Last edited by mikewhitney; 02-24-2015, 12:11 PM.
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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostI do have steam, but I'm a bit vary about playing with people from 'murica. I'm not sure I could stand the lag.
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Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View PostHmm, with computers like this we should try playing some games.
Do you guys have steam?
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Originally posted by The Melody Maker View PostOnce about 15+ years ago, I tried to build my own PC in a sense by way of buying a new motherboard to replace the one I had in an existing PC, just for a faster processor (it would have been an upgrade from 300 MHz to 900 MHz, if I remember right). I didn't get any further than connecting the motherboard to the chassis; no matter what I did I couldn't get power to it and couldn't figure out why. In the end I had to return the new motherboard and reconnect the old one, which thankfully still worked.
It was the only time I tried to build my own PC; never tried again since. But since then, PCs have improved enough that I've really had no reason to either build one or, more recently, even install upgrades in one; they now have more power than I really need for the most part.
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Once about 15+ years ago, I tried to build my own PC in a sense by way of buying a new motherboard to replace the one I had in an existing PC, just for a faster processor (it would have been an upgrade from 300 MHz to 900 MHz, if I remember right). I didn't get any further than connecting the motherboard to the chassis; no matter what I did I couldn't get power to it and couldn't figure out why. In the end I had to return the new motherboard and reconnect the old one, which thankfully still worked.
It was the only time I tried to build my own PC; never tried again since. But since then, PCs have improved enough that I've really had no reason to either build one or, more recently, even install upgrades in one; they now have more power than I really need for the most part.
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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostI'm completely and totally in love with my ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II.
My display is a AOC g2460Fq 24" (144Hz refresh rate) TN panel. It takes about 5 seconds to turn on completely, so maybe that explains the different experiences we have with boot times.
Do you guys have steam?
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Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View Posta GTX 660 ti graphics card.Originally posted by Zymologist View PostActually, I think that's the exact SSD I have. It is lower-end, but for some reason my PC boots really fast.
But I also think my display takes a little longer than necessary to turn on. I'm hooked up to an older 46" Sony TV, btw. It's nice.
Edit: What's your video card? I've got a Radeon R9 280X.
My display is a AOC g2460Fq 24" (144Hz refresh rate) TN panel. It takes about 5 seconds to turn on completely, so maybe that explains the different experiences we have with boot times.
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