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Tatsujin:
Kk, so now that's out of the way. I want to build a nice small system to encode anime. It will have access to my NAS, too. I saw you guys building very small cases with mobos and PSU. So now I saw an i3 having 4 threads based on 2 CPUs for really cheap price and it got me thinking about that. 4Gb memory and a 64gb ssd. Not sure about having a GPU and what type of PSU would fit. I want the budget to be as low as possible with least amount of electricity/heat. What do you guys think?
halfelite:
Depends how long you want the encodes to take if you are not in a hurry buy one of the cheap intel nucs. and use the onboard gpu for encoding. I don't do much encoding at all accept making 1:1 which is not encoding at all so im not the best to answer this one.
kitamesume:
speed over quality = Quicksync
quality over speed = CPU
generally an i3 would be 30% or so slower than the lower end i5s so it shouldn't even be much of an issue either.
to note though, quicksync is still 3times faster than the i7s but the quality is mediocre.
i don't recommend going with a 4GB ram, even if its barely sufficient its gonna end up as an issue later on.
at least go with a 1x4GB 1600mhz so that you can expand later on.
64GB ssds aren't worth it, they're priced at $50~$70 while 128GBs are priced at $70~$100.
you can skip a GPU for later, try out the IGP first if that'll suffice, if you find it lacking you can add a GPU later on.
edit: to note, you'll need slightly more ram if you want to use the IGP, since the system ram and gpu ram is shared on the same ram.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kitame/saved/4CaQ
Mistgun_Zero:
Noctua came out with some new fans with a grey color scheme. (Finally!!!). Seriously though, what's up with their ugly colors? They should know by now that majority doesn't like them.
http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/noctua_adds_two_fan_product_lines_and_accessory_kits.html
Tatsujin:
Ordered first half. Going to order second half for the NAS set up. DF-85 case is more than enough storage and sports a lot of fans. Think a Pentium 3.0Ghz Haswell will disperse a lot of heat inside a room?
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