[ale] need input on wobbling decision making on the PC

[Boris Borisov]

Depends on your needs. I think video transcoding in the hardware is
available for most modern video chipsets. If your priority is speed over
quality look there.

On 14 Sep 2017 12:46 PM, "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> BTW, for transcoding, more than 6G RAM is overkill.
>
> Why don't you transcode something on your current PC?  How long does it
> take?  Is that acceptable or not?  What is the "passmark" for it?  Now
> use those amazing fractions to guestimate what the CPU you want will
> take to transcode the same file.  Is that acceptable?
>
> I would also look at the required power used - which leads to the fan
> needed which leads to the noise created.  If the system is alone in the
> basement, perhaps noise doesn't matter to you?  Mine sit in my home
> office, so noise and excess heat is unacceptable to me.
>
> Every other time you post, it includes running a few VMs.  More CPUs
> helps with running more VMs.
>
> Is it worth it?
>
>
> It depends. We cannot say.
>
>
>
> On 09/14/2017 12:26 PM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> > It depends.
> >
> > On 09/14/2017 12:11 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> >> Friends:
> >>
> >> I am trying to  a PC for transcoding purposes and dont want to spend a
> >> lot if I can avoid.
> >>
> >> I was almost ready with Microcenter for
> >>
> >> FX 8350 CPU with eight cores ($70) PassMark of CPU is 8900
> >> Mother board  ASUS  ($80)
> >> Memory 16GB CAS9 ($120)
> >> Paste is $4
> >>
> >> All together with taxes = = 282 (no case, no disk, no vid card, key
> >> board etc., etc.,  not that  ineed it)
> >> I can reuse existing case.
> >>
> >> ============================================================
> =====================
> >> However I saw this for $180 all inclusive.
> >> https://flash.newegg.com/Product/9SIA5YV4XJ8211?icid=WP_0_09102017
> >>
> >> The PassMark for the CPU - Intel Core i5-2400 Quad Core Processor -
> >> 3.1GHz is  5907
> >>
> >> ----------------------------
> >>
> >> So is the extra 100 dollars for the powerful CPU worth it ?
> >>
> >> The purpose of the PC is purely for transcoding purpose the OTA channels
> >> via HDHR.
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