Asrock Rack AMD AM4 workstation/server board

[Jason 84]

My current server is on a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX Motherboard - LGA1155 Socket https://g.co/kgs/WMNwaB

[Dave 434]

Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 here.  

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-P55-USB3-rev-10#ov

16GB RAM

i7 860 @ 2.8Ghz

 

Kinda old but works.  I found my first post on it. Aug 6th, 2010.

 

 

[Trig0r 211]

Cant remember what my board is, got an i7-3770s and 32gb in it though..

[JackoUK 54]

"For 198 I'd be looking for 10G and a Thunderbolt header …"

https://www.zdnet.com/article/usb4-will-come-with-thunderbolt-3-support-and-speeds/

Hopefully some nice developments here coming soon.

And here.

https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/amd-ryzen-3rd-generation-specs-and-prices-spill-out-after-a-retail-leak

Edited March 4, 2019 by JackoUK

[Jason 84]

Can any of these boards do hardware transcoding of 4K media by chance? My current server seems to be more than effective as a Plex Media Server and file server, among other concurrent roles. However it seems like surgery trying to get PMS and the client playback device on LAN to align perfectly for direct playback of a 4K media file. Without building another HTPC, I’ve only managed to get the Roku Ultra to work and it’s still temperamental.

[ShadowPeo 81]

Tried a nVidia GPU? Plex supports using them for hardware transcoding (max 2 streams)