Diwad Posted January 12, 2015 #1 Posted January 12, 2015 Hey guys. I recently bought Qnap 212p, but it is not as powerful as I need. Now I am planning to build my own machine with DSM onboard. Most important thing for me is high bitrate 1080p transcoding (about 10-20GB mkv). Will Asrock Q1900 do the job? Or should I invest in something like G3285? Q1900DC-ITX or G3285+H81M-ITX ? The difference in TDP is quite big (10W vs 53W), but G3285 is about 2x more powerful than j1900. The question is if J1900 can play thos 1080p mkv files without any problem. Do those mobos work well with xpenology? Thanks for the anowers in advance;)
mervincm Posted January 12, 2015 #2 Posted January 12, 2015 I recently built an Xpenology system from an older Core 2 Quad 2.83Ghz system with 8GB RAM. When transcoding Audio and Video (confirmed) on my largest MKV (22GB) it was hitting 80-90% but working well. I would not bother with the atom, especially since with plex's shared nature, you may have to run 2 simultaneous transcodes. Also TDP is maximum power to be dissipated, not the minimum nor typical consumed. Add in the chipset and HDD's, I don't think your real world power consumption will differ much.
Nindustries Posted January 12, 2015 #3 Posted January 12, 2015 Look at the passmark score of the CPU. A 1080p stream requires around 2000 points per stream.
XPEH Posted January 12, 2015 #4 Posted January 12, 2015 I recently built an Xpenology system from an older Core 2 Quad 2.83Ghz system with 8GB RAM. When transcoding Audio and Video (confirmed) on my largest MKV (22GB) it was hitting 80-90% but working well. I would not bother with the atom, especially since with plex's shared nature, you may have to run 2 simultaneous transcodes. Also TDP is maximum power to be dissipated, not the minimum nor typical consumed. Add in the chipset and HDD's, I don't think your real world power consumption will differ much. I think Plex will take all/most of the available CPU for transcoding. On the faster CPU the process will just finish sooner.
Diwad Posted January 13, 2015 Author #5 Posted January 13, 2015 Ok, so I have decided to get G3258. What is the best mobo option for it to fully support Xpenology?
AxlxA Posted January 14, 2015 #6 Posted January 14, 2015 I have the Q1900-ITX you're talking about and yes it can transcode ONE stream of 1080p 20mbps. But if you want it to do more than 1, it won't be powerful enough. I tested it on a 14gb 1080p movie file onto a Nexus 7 with forced transcode(subtitles) and an ipad 3(transcode down to 4mbps quality). It works with one device, but once the second one starts, it stutters and lags behind.
Diwad Posted January 14, 2015 Author #7 Posted January 14, 2015 Ok. Now I need to find cheap, LGA1150, fully compatible with xpenology motherboard:) Any suggestions? Even 2 SATA ports are enough for me:)
icanic Posted January 15, 2015 #8 Posted January 15, 2015 Buy a cheap xeon 5470 or 5460 and put it in lga 775 motherboard. It is not power effiecent but it is a beast for transcoding
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