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System Name | Nebulon-B Mk. 4 |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D |
Motherboard | MSi PRO B650M-A WiFi |
Cooling | be quiet! Dark Rock 4 |
Memory | 2x 24 GB Corsair Vengeance EXPO DDR5-6000 |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7800 XT |
Storage | 2 TB Corsair MP600 GS, 2 TB Corsair MP600 R2, 4 + 8 TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5" |
Display(s) | Dell S3422DWG, 7" Waveshare touchscreen |
Case | Kolink Citadel Mesh black |
Power Supply | Seasonic Prime GX-750 |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 2S |
Keyboard | Logitech G413 SE |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | Cinebench R23 single-core: 1,800, multi-core: 18,000. Superposition 1080p Extreme: 9,900. |
Hi all,
I have an old, garbage secondary rig that I use for home theatre purposes. A few days ago I noticed that it didn't play some of the newest movies that I have. As it turned out, the H.265 codec is unsupported by the GPU, and the CPU isn't strong enough to handle it in 4K (I wouldn't mind watching them in 1080p, but I only have them in 4K unfortunately). I guess upgrading the CPU would be useless, as it would not only increase power consumption, but it's also becoming harder to find a 2nd gen Core i5 or i7 on the market.
So my question is, is there a video card that is relatively cheap, energy efficient, and supports H.265 hardware decoding? I've looked at the GeForce GT 1030, but it's a bit too expensive to just watch a few movies on.
The system spec are as follows:
- Gigabyte something mini-ITX motherboard
- Core i3-2120T CPU (2.6 GHz, 2C, 4T, 35W)
- 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz RAM (single channel)
- GeForce GT 610 1 GB
- Corsair SF450 power supply that I'm thinking about selling and swapping out with my old Coolermaster G550M that I'm currently replacing in my main rig with a more efficient unit
Thanks for the tips.
I have an old, garbage secondary rig that I use for home theatre purposes. A few days ago I noticed that it didn't play some of the newest movies that I have. As it turned out, the H.265 codec is unsupported by the GPU, and the CPU isn't strong enough to handle it in 4K (I wouldn't mind watching them in 1080p, but I only have them in 4K unfortunately). I guess upgrading the CPU would be useless, as it would not only increase power consumption, but it's also becoming harder to find a 2nd gen Core i5 or i7 on the market.
So my question is, is there a video card that is relatively cheap, energy efficient, and supports H.265 hardware decoding? I've looked at the GeForce GT 1030, but it's a bit too expensive to just watch a few movies on.
The system spec are as follows:
- Gigabyte something mini-ITX motherboard
- Core i3-2120T CPU (2.6 GHz, 2C, 4T, 35W)
- 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz RAM (single channel)
- GeForce GT 610 1 GB
- Corsair SF450 power supply that I'm thinking about selling and swapping out with my old Coolermaster G550M that I'm currently replacing in my main rig with a more efficient unit
Thanks for the tips.