That 8500T is key here and designed to be lower powered. I’m running the same processor on one of my headless builds with Ubuntu 20.04.1 server that stays on 24x7 along with the hdmi dummy plug.
I had posted this in another thread, but this setup is running at 4 watts idle. Before I upgraded to the 8500T, I thought for sure I’d be up over 40 watts idle. I’m glad I was wrong in that previous assessment.
Hi everyone. I’m having trouble with my Plex server not being able to properly transcode HVEC files for remote watching. My server currently runs an i7 3770k procesor, wich I’ve been told can’t decode the files. I just found this thread and from what I gather, I could build another server with a cheap 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th gen Dual Core Celeron procesor and get rid of my problem… is that right? At the most, I need it to be able to direct play 2 files locally, while transcoding a 3rd one remotely. I could get a Celeron G4930 for a very good price if needed.
Thanks for the quick reply! I have one more question if you don’t mind me asking. I always thought one had to check the CPU passmark benchmark to assess each CPUs ability to handle any number of streams… The G4900 that you tested has a very “poor” rating there compared to even my i7 3770. Is that a benchmark I shouldn’t be looking at anymore?
The passmark has very little to do with the iGPU’s ability to transcode! That is mostly generational, and the G4900 is 5+ generations newer than the i7-3770.
If you start small with the G4900, you can always upgrade the processor later.
Yes, it will show up as another interface, unless you disable it in the BIOS. Before you think about using it, make sure you update the driver following the directions in this thread. The included drivers aren’t the best, and can cause stability issues under heavy load.
If they’re out of stock at vipoutlet.com as well now, what’s the likelihood they’ll get new stock any time soon? Failed to pull the trigger in time and kicking myself now.
any issues with the cpu upgrade? picked the same cpu from microcenter today and put it in but nothing is happening. put the old one back in and boots up fine.
i have already added ram and nvme as well as pulled out the hard drive and unplugged the dvd player. wanted a little more power. saw your post and thought it was a great idea.
Does it post at all or nothing on boot? I didn’t do anything special other than dropping it in, still running strong.
Edit: saw you said it was the same chip.
i have already added ram and nvme as well as pulled out the hard drive and unplugged the dvd player. wanted a little more power. saw your post and thought it was a great idea.
This is what I did as well, stock 4 + 8 gigs of ram, 1tb NVME. Also pulled the Wi-Fi chip to steal the NVME screw.
I did have some issues when I first got this box booting with just the stock 4gb of ram and stock CPU into to windows to perform bios updates, swapped the 4 for the 8 and worked no problem.