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renzev @lemmy.world

1d ago

Anyone else here self-hosting on absolutely shit hardware?

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Plex server is running on my old Threadripper 1950X. Thing has been a champ. Due to rebuild it since I've got newer hardware to cycle into it but been dragging my heels on it. Not looking forward to it.
- Isn't ryzen not recommended for transcoding? Plus, I've read that power efficiency isn't great. Mostly regarding idle power consumption.
  
  Ryzen is not recommended for transcoding because the Radeon integrated GPU's encoding accelerator is not as fast as in intel iGPUs. But this does not come into play if you A) have 16 cores and B) don't even have an integrated GPU.
  And about idle power consumption: I don't think it's a point of interest if you are using a workstation class computer.
  
  I think it's a point of a interest for any hw running 24/7 but you do you.
  Regarding transcoding, are you saying you're not even doing it? If you are, doing it with your cpu is far more inefficient than using a gpu. But again, different strokes I guess.

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