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New PC or faster GPU?
curiousMonkey:
My issue was related to using a VNC login to the HTPC. When I took a closer look at Task Manager, I saw that the VNC consumed about 50% of the CPU. During 4k video playback without the VNC, Media Center uses about 13% of the CPU and the network traffic for the file is another 20-22%.
curiousMonkey:
I ended up purchasing a Minisforum UM790 Pro for $500 and then added 32GB of RAM and a WD SN770 SSD for another $150. It gets a JRiver benchmark score over 9000 (about 3x my other system) and renders 4K video frames in between 7 and 10ms, which is about 2-3 ms faster than my other system.
It has 2.5Gb Ethernet ports which are nice, but I just ran a 10Gbe optical cable to my theater room so I would prefer something with SFP+ connections. So I may just keep the UM790 on my desk next to my M1 Mac Mini.
craigmcg:
I have a UM 790-PRO in my bedroom as the HTPC; I really like it. Not sure if you saw it but Minisforum has a new pc https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-01 that has two 10GbE SFP ports. I think that it might also be possible to convert one of the USB 4 connections to 10GbE but not sure about to optical.
In case it helps,
Craig
eve:
--- Quote from: curiousMonkey on January 31, 2024, 08:01:19 am ---I ended up purchasing a Minisforum UM790 Pro for $500 and then added 32GB of RAM and a WD SN770 SSD for another $150. It gets a JRiver benchmark score over 9000 (about 3x my other system) and renders 4K video frames in between 7 and 10ms, which is about 2-3 ms faster than my other system.
It has 2.5Gb Ethernet ports which are nice, but I just ran a 10Gbe optical cable to my theater room so I would prefer something with SFP+ connections. So I may just keep the UM790 on my desk next to my M1 Mac Mini.
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If you need SFP, there's a minisforum linked that has it. There's also Fitlet which may have a SKU / config that fits your requirements
curiousMonkey:
--- Quote from: eve on January 31, 2024, 03:23:37 pm ---If you need SFP, there's a minisforum linked that has it. There's also Fitlet which may have a SKU / config that fits your requirements
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Yes, I saw the MS-01. But I was disappointed that they appeared to have downgraded the GPU performance since it has an Intel processor. It will be interesting to read the reviews when it is released in a month or two.
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