Anyone use the i7 2600s low tdp CPU?

[tankerboi]

Was thinking about building a headless encoding rig around an i7 2600s... like the fact that it runs at 65w... I haven't built a computer in ages and am still using my q6600 rig which takes 10 hours to re-encode a 2 hour 1080p video.. or should I go with the 2600k? I plan on installing Debian server on it then slapping it in a corner to crunch video all day

 

[Guest]

Was thinking about building a headless encoding rig around an i7 2600s... like the fact that it runs at 65w... I haven't built a computer in ages and am still using my q6600 rig which takes 10 hours to re-encode a 2 hour 1080p video.. or should I go with the 2600k? I plan on installing Debian server on it then slapping it in a corner to crunch video all day

if "headless" you mean no monitor then you are cheating yourself out of quick sync which is the best advantage of using a sandy bridge cpu to encode . . . it needs a monitor plugged in to enable it.

 

[tankerboi]

Would quick sync work in a virtual machine?

 

[Guest]

Would quick sync work in a virtual machine?

i stole this from:
http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1964-sandy-bridgequick-sync-for-a-whs2011-media-server/

Since you are virtualizing CPU's in a VM machine, the software does not have direct access to the hardware and therefore will not use Quicksync.

1st page toward the bottom.

 

[tankerboi]

i stole this from:
http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1964-sandy-bridgequick-sync-for-a-whs2011-media-server/

Since you are virtualizing CPU's in a VM machine, the software does not have direct access to the hardware and therefore will not use Quicksync.

1st page toward the bottom.

Meh... well, I guess I'll just stick with my original plan then. Appreciate your help!

 

[Guest]

Meh... well, I guess I'll just stick with my original plan then. Appreciate your help!

if the goal of your plan was to lower your power consumption than a pentium G850 would help. it doesn't have quick sync and give a simular performance to a q6600 according to:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/53?vs=404

i was pretty shocked myself. but if you really wanted to decrease your encoding time, sorry maybe someone else would have a better suggestion.

 

[amuffin]

Go with a 2600 if you are using virtualization.

 

[fb39ca4]

Also, keep in mind that quick sync is not supported on Linux, you will need to find a copy of windows. Also, you can get a "dummy" DVI or VGA dongle that will fool the computer into thinking there is a monitor attached.