hominid Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 I have a question that I think should be pretty simple: Between a Ryzen 5/7 and a Intel i5, for running a few Docker containers (Plex/Sonarr/Radarr), serving files under modest load, and occasionally running Windows 10 for 1080p gaming at "average" video quality, is it going to be significantly more turn-key to go Intel than AMD? I'm planning on going big with CPU & motherboard, spend about $30 on a Excel-rated GPU and wait a couple months to hopefully upgrade to a upper-mid level graphics card at a reasonable price. I've read enough about Ryzen to get excited, but I also need everything to work reasonably well within a few days of starting the project. I've read through the forums and seen some similar posts languish. Hoping the brevity of this one encourages response. Basically, I'm I think I'm asking about the state of GPU/PCI passthrough and what specific qualities I'd need to look for in a GPU/motherboard to facilitate the use case I've outlined. Thanks!
nimble_bitz Posted February 1, 2018 Posted February 1, 2018 Ryzen requires a gpu in first slot outside what you want to passthrough. Ryzen 2 APU is about to be released which “could” remedy that bios workaround. Board I use with my Ryzen 5 1600X is a MSI X370 SLI plus. Works well and haven’t had the c-state error since 6.4rc7.
doubleohwhatever Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 On 1/27/2018 at 6:06 PM, hominid said: Between a Ryzen 5/7 and a Intel i5, for running a few Docker containers (Plex/Sonarr/Radarr) I was dealing with a similar decision this past week (Ryzen 7 vs i7-8700). I ended up going with the 8700 since I could pass the integrated GPU to the plex docker for transcoding. After getting it running and seeing how well plex runs with hardware acceleration (leaving the CPU for other tasks), I feel like I made the right choice.
hominid Posted February 10, 2018 Author Posted February 10, 2018 Huh. Well, doubleohwhatever, I didn't learn about that before buying my Ryzen 7. I'll report back here once I've had some relevant experience.
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