u/bri4jenn

Hi. Does anyone have any experience with CPU core limitations on Supermicro X13SCL-F-O or similar X13 server motherboards. They all say they support up to eight cores. I was looking at the i9-12900 12th Generation Intel CPU with 8 P-cores and 8 E-cores. Will this motherboard support all 16 cores?

Supermicro Motherboard Manual X13SCL-F-O

Supports an Intel Xeon 6300-series/E-2400 or 12th Generation Pentium (V0 - LGA 1700) processor with a thermal design power (TDP) of up to 95 W and up to eight core

Has anyone ordered Great Tales of Middle-earth Box Set: The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, The Fall of Gondolin Slipcase set from Amazon recently or elsewhere? I heard that The Fall of Gondolin book is missing ten pages. It jumps from page 136 to 145.  Is this still the case?

Link: Great Tales of Middle Earth Slipcase Set

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0063447983
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0063447981

Hello, I am struggling with the hardware selection for a Plex and TrueNAS Server build with a ZFS Raid (Raid-Z2) with (12) 12TB drives. I will have up to 4 concurrent streams in 4k. I am struggling with what will be best for hardware encoding/transcoding, Quick Sync or a dedicated graphics card. I want the motherboard to have IMPI Lan control with a 10Gigabit port. I will use a separate LSI SATA card in IT mode for the 12 hard drives. I would prefer a motherboard with multiple PCI slots in x16 and x8.

Budget for CPU, motherboard, RAM, SATA card, dual boot SSD's, and enclosure- $2500 (I already have the HDD’s) • ⁠Expected usage - 4 Plex streams plus NAS workload from 4 users • ⁠Media types - 4K and 1080p • ⁠Transcoding needs - I will need either Quick Sync or a dedicated graphics card • ⁠Form factor - Any size constraints? - I haven’t bought a case yet and would like any recommendations to work with 12 drives

Option 1: A CPU with no Quick Sync like AMD 9800x3D/990x3D and use a dedicated graphics card like the following: NVIDIA Quadro P2000 / Tesla P4/NVIDIA RTX 3060 (12GB)

 Option 2: Use a Generation 14 Intel 14900K or generation 12 Intel 12900k that both have the 770 UHD Quick Sync

Option 3: Use a Xeon E5-2699 V4 without Quick Sync with a dedicated graphics card like the following: NVIDIA Quadro P2000 / Tesla P4/NVIDIA RTX 3060 (12GB)

Option 4: Use a Xeon W-1370P with P750 iGPU (Quick Sync),

Option 4 seems like the best of both worlds with a Xeon processor and Quick Sync. The graphics are not the newest 770 but should work to reduce the load on the CPU.  Is Quick Sync just as good as a dedicated graphics card? If there is little difference than option 1 with the AMD 9800x3D would be the way to go. If Quick Sync is better Option 2 would be the best. There are still some lingering questions about the 14th generation Intel 14900k but it is fast and has Quick Sync. What do you think about the options?