2024-06-11, 04:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 2024-06-11, 04:53 PM by mildlyjelly. Edited 1 time in total.)
That CPU cooler is so adorable!
I'm running a headless install of Ubuntu server on a KVM instance.
When transcoding a single 4k stream, my CPU load gets up to about 2.
RAM usage goes up to 2 GB.
SWAP sticks at 800 MB pretty much always.
The key here is the headless Linux, and the pass through GPU.
Linux uses far less CPU and RAM.
The CPU is barely touched during transcodes because the GPU is handling the heavy lifting.
So, I think if you can run Linux, and throw in a dedicated GPU, you will be fine with a single 4k transcode. You might even get away with two 1080 transcodes.
It looks like you have an extra RAM slot, if you can get another 4 GB stick, I would do that too.
I'm running a headless install of Ubuntu server on a KVM instance.
- 4 virtual cores of an AMD Ryzen 7 2700x @ 3.7ghz
- 3 GB of RAM
- 4 GB of SWAP space
- Pass through GeForce GTX 1650
When transcoding a single 4k stream, my CPU load gets up to about 2.
RAM usage goes up to 2 GB.
SWAP sticks at 800 MB pretty much always.
The key here is the headless Linux, and the pass through GPU.
Linux uses far less CPU and RAM.
The CPU is barely touched during transcodes because the GPU is handling the heavy lifting.
So, I think if you can run Linux, and throw in a dedicated GPU, you will be fine with a single 4k transcode. You might even get away with two 1080 transcodes.
It looks like you have an extra RAM slot, if you can get another 4 GB stick, I would do that too.