dedicated server with CPU w/ integrated GPU

scoopydude2002

I'm looking for a dedicated server in the USA with a CPU w/ integrated GPU

CPU example: E3-1245v5 or i7-3770 or i7-4770 or i7-6770, 30TB BW, 32GB Ram, 1Gbps port, 4TB SATA

Budget ~$50/month.

Please submit your offers.

willie

Hetzner.

AiONets

You will not find anything in this budget range in the US. Go with Hetzner or you might need to consider higher budget ranges

scoopydude2002

Hetzner peering is horrible, not usable from the North America.

permatahost

cheapest US server that i know is virmach
E3-1240v2 32GB RAM 2x 1TB HDD for $49

Junkless

@permatahost said:
cheapest US server that i know is virmach
E3-1240v2 32GB RAM 2x 1TB HDD for $49

Please read the OP again, carefully this time.

willie

Will OVH (Quebec) do? SYS has a few that are almost in your budget.

https://www.soyoustart.com/us/essential-servers/

Also WSI has an "i7-3700" which I think is supposed to say 3770, 2TB HDD + 120GB SSD instead of 4TB but mentioning in case you can work with that.

scoopydude2002

@willie said:
Will OVH (Quebec) do? SYS has a few that are almost in your budget.

https://www.soyoustart.com/us/essential-servers/

Also WSI has an "i7-3700" which I think is supposed to say 3770, 2TB HDD + 120GB SSD instead of 4TB but mentioning in case you can work with that.

OVH seems ok but don't like the 250mbps guaranteed BW. Don't need unlimited BW but prefer 1Gbps burst.

William

scoopydude2002 said: OVH seems ok but don't like the 250mbps guaranteed BW. Don't need unlimited BW but prefer 1Gbps burst.

Cant have your cake and eat it too, especially in that already not realistic budget.

scoopydude2002

I can increase my budget to $70-80 for an i7-6770k. Any suggestions?

willie

Maybe if you wait a little. Intel supposedly cut some CPU prices in response to the Ryzen. The Ryzen itself might be worth looking into, but it will be a while.

maldovia

Here is another, 2TB and 16GB RAM: https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/cart/?id=302

FredQc

@maldovia said:
Here is another, 2TB and 16GB RAM: https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/cart/?id=302

...

willie said: Also WSI has an "i7-3700" which I think is supposed to say 3770, 2TB HDD + 120GB SSD instead of 4TB but mentioning in case you can work with that.

scoopydude2002

Thanks for all the suggestions. I just signed for the "i7-3700" with NOCIX.net with hourly billing to test it out: https://www.nocix.net/cart/?id=302&hourly=true

willie

scoopydude2002 said: https://www.nocix.net/cart/?id=302&hourly=true

Thanks, that definitely looks like a WSI brand or reseller, but the hourly offer is interesting. I wonder how many they have.

oplink

Just curious what are you using a DED GPU for on a dedi server?

didtav

@oplink said:
Just curious what are you using a DED GPU for on a dedi server?

Remote gaming?

scoopydude2002

@oplink said:
Just curious what are you using a DED GPU for on a dedi server?

Doing HW accelerated transcoding with ffmpeg. With these Intel processors with integrated GPU I can do 20x 1080p 10mbps transcoding compared to about 5x with just software.

willie

scoopydude2002 said: Doing HW accelerated transcoding with ffmpeg.

Interesting, what config are you using to transcode with the Intel gpu? Are results as good as cpu coding? I have an i7-3770 at Hetzner so might give it a try. I thought I had looked into this and found the interesting formats were supported only for NVidia.

The more recent Intel generations have much faster gpu's than the older ones so if you're really into this, I'd definitely go for a 6770 or 7700 rather than a 3770 or 4770.

RXWatcher

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/5k2bpo/plex_now_does_hw_transcoding_hardware_transcoding/ intel GPUs for now.

willie

RXWatcher said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/5k2bpo/plex_now_does_hw_transcoding_hardware_transcoding/ intel GPUs for now.

Thanks, I don't see anything in there about ffmpeg though. I wonder if Plex is using some non-ffmpeg codec.

RXWatcher

I can't tell you what this Plex HW transcoding is using but yes, some of the plex transcoding is using ffmpeg: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250377-Transcoding-Media There are two types.

I recall when you use the optimize function in plex that that too is using ffmpeg.

willie

Thanks, I'm looking at some ffmpeg related pages. Will report if I do a successful hw transcode on my i7.

maldovia

@FredQc said:

@maldovia said:
Here is another, 2TB and 16GB RAM: https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/cart/?id=302

...

willie said: Also WSI has an "i7-3700" which I think is supposed to say 3770, 2TB HDD + 120GB SSD instead of 4TB but mentioning in case you can work with that.

oops /shrug

scoopydude2002

I got the i7-3770 server with the integrated GPU to work with beta version of Plex which supports HW transcoding. Recommend using beta version of VAAPI and Intel graphics drivers:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wsnipex/vaapi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libva1 vainfo i965-va-driver
sudo usermod -a -G video plex # or whichever user that's running plex

Then logout and log back in. Then type:

vainfo

The install works if you see something like this:

error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment.
error: can't connect to X server!
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_39
failed to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/hybrid_drv_video.so
Failed to wrapper hybrid_drv_video.so
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 0.39 (libva 1.7.3)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Bay Trail - 1.7.3
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh         : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointVLD

Installing ffmpeg w/ VAAPI HW transcoding (not required for Plex).

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:djcj/hybrid
sudo apt-get update
sudo app-get install ffmpeg

willie

Got some benchmarks?

GamerTech24

OMG

Yes you can find something in North America,

The intel HD graphics on these are pretty powerful, tested on Windows 8.1 Pro on the $49 USD model, ran steam games and MC with no lag

Delivery time in BHS is 120sec

Edit: looks like OP already found a server

ladude626

Network/peering is very marginal at NOCIX.net so looking for another provider.

Anyone has any experience to Dedispec? This server looks interesting: https://www.dedispec.com/client/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=0

Zeal

@ethancedrik said:
OMG

Yes you can find something in North America,

The intel HD graphics on these are pretty powerful, tested on Windows 8.1 Pro on the $49 USD model, ran steam games and MC with no lag

Delivery time in BHS is 120sec

Edit: looks like OP already found a server

How did you view the games, did you use tightvnc or?

GamerTech24

@Zeal said:

@ethancedrik said:
OMG

Yes you can find something in North America,

The intel HD graphics on these are pretty powerful, tested on Windows 8.1 Pro on the $49 USD model, ran steam games and MC with no lag

Delivery time in BHS is 120sec

Edit: looks like OP already found a server

How did you view the games, did you use tightvnc or?

Yes I used a combination of RealVNC and Steam in-home streaming over a VPN (Hamachi on server and my PC)

hostcare247

i suggest nocix.net