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[571.56 --> 577.24] So I'm trying to be a good citizen and replaced it with a more power efficient system with the |
[577.24 --> 578.34] Intel QuickSync stuff. |
[579.66 --> 583.24] But this motherboard in particular has a couple of really interesting things. |
[583.24 --> 586.96] I think if you're looking at a media server motherboard, you should be aware of. |
[587.64 --> 590.90] First of all, it's a micro ATX board, which may not be for everybody. |
[591.58 --> 591.62] Yeah. |
[591.74 --> 599.14] But it does have three PCIe expansion slots on it, plus one NVMe drive slot. |
[599.38 --> 602.26] So there's plenty of expansion options in there should you need it. |
[602.96 --> 610.20] It also has a really very, very nice HTML5 based IPMI implementation, which is really nice. |
[610.20 --> 617.18] So I've got OpenSense running on an APU2 at my dad's, and then I use that as my WireGuard endpoint. |
[617.60 --> 624.26] So once I've got the site-to-site VPN up and running, or just connect through the client |
[624.26 --> 630.02] on my laptop to that site, I can then just access it through an IP address directly in |
[630.02 --> 630.42] the browser. |
[630.66 --> 632.04] There's no Java crap needed. |
[632.24 --> 633.66] It's really, really nice. |
[634.30 --> 635.88] Oh, that's going to be great, Alex. |
[635.88 --> 640.96] I mean, it really sounds like a great ideal board and setup for what you're doing. |
[641.08 --> 646.82] My only knock against it would be, it's kind of a bummer it only has one NVMe slot, because |
[646.82 --> 650.22] it would be really nice to have, you know, maybe in a mirror or something like that, like |
[650.22 --> 652.16] a couple of drives and have that speed still. |
[652.48 --> 657.76] Well, it would, but luckily the primary PCIe port supports by FUcation. |
[657.76 --> 665.78] So what I've been able to do is buy an M.2 NVMe PCIe card that has four NVMe slots on it |
[665.78 --> 672.70] and split that up, split that port up essentially into not four, unfortunately, but three extra |
[672.70 --> 673.70] NVMe slots. |
[674.08 --> 680.86] So I don't need it for this server in the UK, but for my server back at home in the US, I'm |
[680.86 --> 681.40] going to do this. |
[681.52 --> 685.02] I'm going to, I've been testing it for the last few weeks and it works pretty well. |
[685.02 --> 690.12] Now, the main slot supports eight by four by four. |
[690.46 --> 695.66] So what that means is it splits that 16X link into three segments. |
[695.90 --> 703.16] So I can just have effectively three of the four slots on that NVMe card will work just |
[703.16 --> 705.14] as if they were plugged directly in through the motherboard. |
[705.62 --> 705.78] All right. |
[705.82 --> 706.30] That's pretty cool. |
[706.36 --> 709.90] I'll toss a link to that, although it might be sold out on Amazon right now, but I'll put |
[709.90 --> 712.26] a link to it in the show notes if people want to see this Asus. |
[712.42 --> 712.64] Yeah. |
[712.70 --> 713.30] What isn't? |
[713.30 --> 714.02] Yeah, really? |
[714.02 --> 717.44] That's part of why it was nice that you could use a board you already had, really. |
[717.78 --> 719.12] Well, I didn't, I didn't already have the motherboard. |
[719.22 --> 719.88] I had the CPU. |
[720.44 --> 725.66] I think I bought the boards through Newegg because, you know, in the US and brought them |
[725.66 --> 726.38] over with me. |
[726.66 --> 727.04] I see. |
[727.14 --> 727.90] Much cheaper that way. |
[728.00 --> 730.44] Also, I could do all the testing at home where I have all my gear. |
[730.72 --> 732.80] So you brought this motherboard through TSA? |
[733.46 --> 733.82] Yes. |
[733.94 --> 736.74] I also brought a Synology NAS, which I'll come on to later. |
[737.14 --> 737.58] Ah, okay. |
[737.76 --> 743.12] The guys in Raleigh didn't care about the Synology, but the guys in Chicago gave me the 20 questions |
[743.12 --> 743.66] about it. |
[744.80 --> 746.12] It's a bomb and an ass. |
[747.38 --> 750.48] Well, they were, they were saying, so what is this thing? |
[750.62 --> 751.58] What do you need it for? |
[751.64 --> 752.66] I'm like, it's a computer. |
[752.84 --> 754.30] And they said, what does it do? |
[754.32 --> 755.90] And I said, it stores data. |
[756.48 --> 757.68] And they went, what data? |
[757.68 --> 760.72] And I said, movies, TV shows. |
[760.86 --> 764.86] And they looked at me, looked at each other and just went, yeah, whatever. |
[765.26 --> 766.16] And just let me go. |
[766.98 --> 768.66] Thank goodness they didn't ask any more questions. |
[769.04 --> 769.22] Yeah. |
[769.30 --> 774.00] Like I was kind of thinking, so where do you get these movies and TV shows from, sir? |
[774.70 --> 775.58] I'll be like, hmm. |
[776.26 --> 778.88] Uh, yes, I legally rip all of these things. |
[779.22 --> 779.64] Wink, wink. |
[779.64 --> 783.66] Uh, it's all Creative Commons content, actually. |
[783.76 --> 784.58] Let me tell you about. |
[784.66 --> 785.80] Yeah, it's all Big Buck Bunny. |
[786.56 --> 787.92] And then going to, yeah, yeah, right. |
[788.00 --> 789.68] Just lots of different rips of Big Bunny. |
[789.74 --> 792.96] And then you just go into like a whole explanation of Creative Commons and hope they just glaze over. |
[793.40 --> 793.64] Yeah. |
[794.60 --> 798.54] So going back to the motherboard briefly, one other thing that was really difficult to find |
[798.54 --> 803.64] out before I purchased that's actually really important is this motherboard is one of the only, |
[804.10 --> 811.08] or one of the few that I could find that actually supports IPMI and IGPU at the same time. |
[811.16 --> 816.12] So what that means is the graphics card that's built into the CPU, which is where QuickSync lives, |
[816.80 --> 823.30] some IPMI implementations grab that monitor and then don't let you use it for QuickSync. |
[824.24 --> 828.30] Basically, you need to go into a secret BIOS menu on this ASRock board. |
[828.30 --> 831.10] And enable IGPU multi-monitor support. |
[831.74 --> 834.24] Once you've done that, it just works. |
[834.38 --> 838.84] You get a BIOS screen through the terminal window in the browser. |
[839.26 --> 846.04] And you also get QuickSync support, hardware transcoding support through Plex and Intel GPU top as well. |
[846.54 --> 848.48] Oh, I could really use something like that here in the studio. |
[848.70 --> 853.54] You know, the server went down, the studio server went down about a week and a half, |
[853.84 --> 855.08] two weeks, three weeks into the trip. |
[855.14 --> 855.56] I can't remember. |
[855.56 --> 861.98] But basically, the last two weeks of the trip, I didn't have the server and it drove me crazy not to be able to see the console. |
[862.38 --> 862.44] Yeah. |
[862.70 --> 865.92] I love that it supports IGPU and IPMI at the same time. |
[866.50 --> 872.54] I mean, when you're looking at all the stuff this thing does, especially if you add that ASUS PCI NVMe expansion card in there, |
[873.00 --> 875.42] I mean, it's $260 for this board on Newegg. |
[875.50 --> 875.62] Yeah. |
[875.62 --> 883.00] I mean, that's kind of, it's expensive, but a good motherboard right now during a parts shortage, not that bad, really. |
[883.10 --> 883.60] $260. |
[884.04 --> 884.50] Exactly. |
[884.72 --> 887.26] COVID has me reframing what is expensive. |
[887.26 --> 895.88] And if it's $50 more than what I'm comfortable spending, I mean, I was looking for something under $200, ideally. |
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