TheProfosist

There has already been some progress over on L1Tech but I thought I'd bring this project over here as well since all of my major builds in the past have been here. Some of you may in fact already know about my existing HTPC / Server build #ThePylon. Side note, how's everyone doing? https://forum.level1techs.com/t/looking-for-help-with-a-freenas-build-for-file-storage/136371 Initial post: I am switching away from using my HTPC as a file server and am looking to leave it as an HTPC and building another PC to be be a File Server. I was thinking about using FreeNAS and ZFS. It may also host a VM or torrent client but this is not a primary concern. Right now my current storage is 4x 8TB drives in RAID5 giving me ~24TB of storage. The plan was to build the new system and buy 4 more 8TB drives and get it setup. Transfer all the data from the one computer to the other, then pop the other 4 drives into the system and expand its storage to all 8 drives. What im wondering is what is suitable hardware for this. Something low power is probably preferred. Is it possible to use something like one of the Ryzen APU’s for this task? Would 32GB of RAM be enough. I know I have heard 1GB of RAM per 1TB of storage but I dont know how much wiggle room there is. For the 8 drives I know I would need a expansion card of some sort and that RAID cards are not preferred. I already have 2 of the red ASUS Aquantia 10G NIC’s available to link directly to other systems (one to the HTPC and one to my workstation). Lastly I know SSD caching is an option would NVMe be best for this? I ask since I could have something small like a 128GB otherwise I have a number of 256GB SATA drives kicking around and could chuck a number of them in there on the chipset’s SATA controller. Would it be wise to have some sort of redundancy for the boot drive? Just wanted to say thanks in advance for the help. I know its a bombardment of questions. Its been a while since I have looked into a separate system for my server since I tried to only have one system on 24-7. I should be able to have the HTPC off when I dont need it now due to not needing to record TV. If there is more info I can provide that you think would be helpful let me know. Oh for reference the HTPC is a Sabertooth X79, i7-4820K, 32GB DDR3 (could upgrade to 64GB), GTX1060 FTW2 ICX

Should be GMK Sky Dolch I have a set on my TGR Jane

its still good info could be retitled though

finally finished up a GH60 https://twitter.com/TheProfosist/status/948861971188867072

I picked up on of those myself wish it didnt have G keys or the wrist rest

seems its dead. look for them used.

Generally around 10,000 sub's is when your considered successful on YouTube and may actually want to start considering perusing it farther.

choose launch application instead of open media player

how does that apply to this thread?

what are you trying to say im rather confused...

You should be able to remap this to launch application and then it will launch whatever you want. Either way you shouldnt be using VLC but MPC-HC and I just happened to have updated the files for my thread on that

Alright so MPC-HC finally updated to a new version so I updated both it and madVR. https://goo.gl/OZJY6N

yep buying this little guy http://www.xrite.com/categories/calibration-profiling/i1display-pro

an i5 and a top end GPU and your good for gaming so lanes dont even come into question.

Are you looking for the newer video of this as they recently did one where everyone got a drive. But basically quality of the Nand and enclosure. Possibly a better connection too (I forget if the new angelbird has 3.1 gen 2)

that is literally what speed switches are lol

Youll be fine but this really isnt a question for this thread.

Well @MyInnerFred was a 3 whole versions behind on MPC-HC, who know how far on everything else so I updated the installers. They are now available here https://goo.gl/6x0qzj and the OP is updates. The same guides still apply for the most part but you guys are welcome to post if you need help.

didnt even know that there were fake ones...

just convert it to constant framerate using handbrake here the settings I use you want a big file so you dont loose quality.

anyone have ideas? The odd thing is shadow playu and share working fine and then not. Maybe possible a driver or update issue?

its not a setting. inspect the file with mediainfo and see what the frame rate is listed as mine I recently had to deal with was listed like this Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS Minimum frame rate : 9.901 FPS Maximum frame rate : 30.303 FPS Original frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS after I dixed it it looked like: Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS This is only part of what mediainfo can see and I have the display mode set to TEXT

no VFR = variable frame rate

Dont know how many of you stream but im stumped

Though I may be a noob at streaming and Twitch in general I am by no means a noob when it comes to Hardware and Software as many of you likely already know. This is especially when it comes to video encoding but this one has me stumped. I started using OBS Studio to stream and record my podcast/livestream for my website the other week. This is however not the issue. I also switched to using it for streaming games every now an then because I have has issues with ShadowPlay ever since they changed it to Share. This is where the issue is. When using share Rocket League would be stuttery and basically unplayable. When using OBS Rocket League seems capped at ~30fps. It is normally 60fps V-Synced. This is with just the preview window open without recording or streaming. The same happens without V-Sync and its even lower 23-26fps. I have found CSGO to have the same exact issue and caps around 40fps where im normally doing 150fps+. I have also tried COD4 Remaster and it does not have the issue and seems unaffected. I have been searching for a couple days now in my free time and this is the closest to what I have and game me the idea to try CSGO as well. https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/fps-drop-while-recording-streaming-since-yesterday.51486/ I am steaming using the nvidia encoder but nothing changes when i go to x264. It seems like just the act of OBS Studio capturing the games. My system is in my profile and I have not upgraded to Anniversary due to a number of things with it. Hopefully some of you have experience with this or have run into it so that I can resolve the issue.