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Hello,

I'm thinking of buiding a render server for myself and I have a lot of questions. First, will I be able to get away with a High-end GPU paired with a lower end CPU? And then, How does one go about this? 3. How would this work? 4. Will this work with my hackintosh if I put in an nVIDIA card into the server (I assume yes)? 5. Can I also use this as a Jellyfin (open-source alternative to plex/emby) server? As for use case, I'll probably just render videos from premiere, or after effects, and mostly using it to upscale vieos using Topaz labb's video enhance AI. Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.

(Side note: I'm trying to do this with 1000 USD budget)

 

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–Chapter 118, Oathbringer, Stormlight Archive #3 by Brandon Sanderson

 

 

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Why do you want to build a completely new PC if you only want to sue gpu rendering? Can't you just put a new gpu in your existing pc and be done with it? 

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GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
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7 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Why do you want to build a completely new PC if you only want to sue gpu rendering? Can't you just put a new gpu in your existing pc and be done with it? 

I kinda want to have an nvidia GPU but, it's running macOS. Also my parents won't let me open up any pc because I could "destroy it", So a new pc would be an okay work around to that. Also, I would want to use it as a Jellyfin server in its downtime.

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Premiere and after effects are noramally pretty cpu heavy, so a big cpu will help much more.

 

Id just use the money to upgrade your main pc, you will get a much faster single pc.

 

Same reasons as the above, hmmmmm, I could just use my current pc for premiere and after effects, It's been working fine, I just thought I would well offlaod it, but the upscaling AI is the only workload that isn't working well on my current pc

"The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it?
It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar."
–Chapter 118, Oathbringer, Stormlight Archive #3 by Brandon Sanderson

 

 

Older stuff:

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"A high ideal missed by a little, is far better than low ideal that is achievable, yet far less effective"

 

If you think I'm wrong, correct me. If I've offended you in some way tell me what it is and how I can correct it. I want to learn, and along the way one can make mistakes; Being wrong helps you learn what's right.

 

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1 minute ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

kinda want to have an nvidia GPU but, it's running macOS. Also my parents won't let me open up any pc because I could "destroy it", So a new pc would be an okay work around to that. Also, I would want to use it as a Jellyfin server in its downtime.

What mac do you have now?

 

Can you get a egpu if you want more gpu power? The amd gpus will work fine in osx.

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

What mac do you have now?

Can you get a egpu if you want more gpu power? The amd gpus will work fine in osx.

I'm am currently using a Hackintosh, without thunderbolt.

"The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it?
It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar."
–Chapter 118, Oathbringer, Stormlight Archive #3 by Brandon Sanderson

 

 

Older stuff:

Spoiler

"A high ideal missed by a little, is far better than low ideal that is achievable, yet far less effective"

 

If you think I'm wrong, correct me. If I've offended you in some way tell me what it is and how I can correct it. I want to learn, and along the way one can make mistakes; Being wrong helps you learn what's right.

 

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1 minute ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

I'm am currently using a Hackintosh, without thunderbolt.

What specs?

 

Why not just put a faster cpu or gpu in the hackintosh? That will probalby be a better value upgrade.

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What specs?

 

Why not just put a faster cpu or gpu in the hackintosh? That will probalby be a better value upgrade.

An Intel core i7 6700 (vPro non-k)

Integrated graphics

8 gigs of DDR3 memory

(BAsically whatever else that comes in a dell optiplex 7040 prebuilt)
As for adding a new graphics card inside it:

7 minutes ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

Also my parents won't let me open up any pc because I could "destroy it", So a new pc would be an okay work around to that. Also, I would want to use it as a Jellyfin server in its downtime.

Yea, my parents are kind of paranoid

"The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it?
It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar."
–Chapter 118, Oathbringer, Stormlight Archive #3 by Brandon Sanderson

 

 

Older stuff:

Spoiler

"A high ideal missed by a little, is far better than low ideal that is achievable, yet far less effective"

 

If you think I'm wrong, correct me. If I've offended you in some way tell me what it is and how I can correct it. I want to learn, and along the way one can make mistakes; Being wrong helps you learn what's right.

 

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2 minutes ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

An Intel core i7 6700 (vPro non-k)

Integrated graphics

8 gigs of DDR3 memory

(BAsically whatever else that comes in a dell optiplex 7040 prebuilt)
As for adding a new graphics card inside it:

Yea, my parents are kind of paranoid

Don't tell your parents and just do it?

 

Do you need a mac? Id probably just sell that and get faster pc, you can easily do that for a 1000

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49 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Don't tell your parents and just do it?

 

Do you need a mac? Id probably just sell that and get faster pc, you can easily do that for a 1000

The whole situation is pretty complicated. As for building a new pc, I dunno, as I said, I would also like to use it as home theatre pc, so well yea

"The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it?
It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar."
–Chapter 118, Oathbringer, Stormlight Archive #3 by Brandon Sanderson

 

 

Older stuff:

Spoiler

"A high ideal missed by a little, is far better than low ideal that is achievable, yet far less effective"

 

If you think I'm wrong, correct me. If I've offended you in some way tell me what it is and how I can correct it. I want to learn, and along the way one can make mistakes; Being wrong helps you learn what's right.

 

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1 minute ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

The whole situation is pretty complicated. As for building a new pc, I dunno, as I said, I would also like to use it as home theatre pc, so well yea

can't you just replace your desktop with part of the budget? That seems like a better spend of meony.

 

But you can just remote into a system and run the program in there.

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42 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

can't you just replace your desktop with part of the budget? That seems like a better spend of meony.

 

But you can just remote into a system and run the program in there.

hmmmm that is an interesting idea, I'll look into it, Thanks

"The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it?
It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar."
–Chapter 118, Oathbringer, Stormlight Archive #3 by Brandon Sanderson

 

 

Older stuff:

Spoiler

"A high ideal missed by a little, is far better than low ideal that is achievable, yet far less effective"

 

If you think I'm wrong, correct me. If I've offended you in some way tell me what it is and how I can correct it. I want to learn, and along the way one can make mistakes; Being wrong helps you learn what's right.

 

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Your parents won't let you open a Hackintosh but they let you build a completely new system? What? 

 

I think your situation could simply be solved by one good PC instead of two worse ones. 

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List 

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