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Devices => PC's and Other Hardware => Topic started by: AlcoPop on February 26, 2021, 05:45:25 am
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Hello Everyone,
I’m in the process of building a silent Windows audio server and JRiver is recommended by my DACs manufacturer.
I intend to just use it for serving music to my DAC via USB. I don’t intend to use any kind of up sampling or DSP functionality in JRiver, though I would use the feature that inserts a small amount of silence at the beginning of the first track of an album as my DAC makes a small click when audio formats/bitrates change.
Highest bit rate format would be DSD512.
I’d also be operating JRiver by remote.
Would a 35w TDP Intel Core i5 10600T be capable of doing the above or do I need something more powerful? It has a passmark score of 12177.
Additional PC specs are:
Streacom FC10 Alpha case
Asuz Z490M-Plus Micro-ATX Motherboard.
32GB DDR4 2666 Ram.
512GB M.2 System Drive
4TB Samsung EVO SSD.
Windows server 2019.
At a later date, I’ll add a JCat or Pink Faun USB card.
Thank you in advance to anyone taking the time to post.
AlcoPop.
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That CPU and hardware should be more than fine (though, if you can find a AMD Ryzen 5000 series CPU and motherboard, it might be cheaper with better performance and less power draw), but I should point out that JRiver doesn't support running Media Center on Windows Server.
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Hello Awesome Donkey,
Thanks for the reply, good to know I won't be getting something can't cope.
And mods, sorry for posting in the wrong section.
Kind regards,
AlcoPop
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You should use Windows 10, there's no need for Windows Server. You may have problems finding some drivers for Windows Server.