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I agree, I never really cared about QSV as an Intel feature until I started doing Livestreams, using Plex/Jellyfin/Emby, and virtualizing/homelab work.

WaxProlix 2y ago
QuickSync passthrough should get you everything you need on i3+ chips. It's basically intel's only selling point in the homelab/home server space, and it's a big one. [Edit: I think I initially misread you - but I agree, it's a huge differentiator]
- close04 2y ago
  > It's basically intel's only selling point in the homelab/home server space In the homelab/home server space I always thought the OOB management provided by AMT/vPro is probably the biggest selling point. Manageability, especially OOB, is a huge deal for a lab/server. Anyone who used AMD's DASH knows why vPro is so far ahead here.
  - BobbyTables2 2y ago
    Intel probably spends more on office supplies than they make from homelab customers…
    - close04 2y ago
      Maybe, but I wasn't thinking of Intel's profit. The question was what might be a bigger selling point in a home lab, QuickSync for transcode related tasks (your Plex/Jellyfin machine for example, which would also work with most Nvidia GPUs and some AMD ones), or OOB manageability for your entire home lab especially if it's composed of multiple machines and IP KVMs quickly become cumbersome.
      - Wytwwww 2y ago
        > Nvidia GPUs You would need an actual GPU, though. Massively increasing cost, power usage etc. without providing any real value in return for many use cases and AFAIK HW transcoding with Plex doesn't even work properly with with AMDs iGPUs? The N100 can transcode 4k streams at ~20w while costing barely more than a Raspberry Pi.
        wcfields 2y ago
        Yeah, I’d love to use AMD cpus for my Plex/Homelab/VM/unraid system but when you’re building one for home use, every watt matters and an Nvidia GPU, while nice, is hard to justify just for transcodes. I feel like my Dad saying “turn off the damn lights” now that I gotta pay the ‘light bill’ on a machine that runs 24/7 with spinning disks.

WaxProlix 2y ago

QuickSync passthrough should get you everything you need on i3+ chips. It's basically intel's only selling point in the homelab/home server space, and it's a big one. [Edit: I think I initially misread you - but I agree, it's a huge differentiator]

close04 2y ago
> It's basically intel's only selling point in the homelab/home server space In the homelab/home server space I always thought the OOB management provided by AMT/vPro is probably the biggest selling point. Manageability, especially OOB, is a huge deal for a lab/server. Anyone who used AMD's DASH knows why vPro is so far ahead here.
- BobbyTables2 2y ago
  Intel probably spends more on office supplies than they make from homelab customers…
  - close04 2y ago
    Maybe, but I wasn't thinking of Intel's profit. The question was what might be a bigger selling point in a home lab, QuickSync for transcode related tasks (your Plex/Jellyfin machine for example, which would also work with most Nvidia GPUs and some AMD ones), or OOB manageability for your entire home lab especially if it's composed of multiple machines and IP KVMs quickly become cumbersome.
    - Wytwwww 2y ago
      > Nvidia GPUs You would need an actual GPU, though. Massively increasing cost, power usage etc. without providing any real value in return for many use cases and AFAIK HW transcoding with Plex doesn't even work properly with with AMDs iGPUs? The N100 can transcode 4k streams at ~20w while costing barely more than a Raspberry Pi.
      - wcfields 2y ago
        Yeah, I’d love to use AMD cpus for my Plex/Homelab/VM/unraid system but when you’re building one for home use, every watt matters and an Nvidia GPU, while nice, is hard to justify just for transcodes. I feel like my Dad saying “turn off the damn lights” now that I gotta pay the ‘light bill’ on a machine that runs 24/7 with spinning disks.