Desktop¶

I thought I'd include my desktop system as it is a PC build running a Debian-based operating system and therefore, quite similar to the other devices in my homelab.

I wanted to have a client device (other than my Macbook) that I could use for things like bakcing up my media collection with MakeMKV and re-encoding it with Handbrake. I bought a used Ryzen 9 5900X platform with that in mind and after much shuffling around, I'm now using it for exactly that. I threw in an Intel Arc A310 and I couldn't be happier with the result: low-power draw, stable graphics in GNOME, and 250+ frames per second when doing Handbrake encodes using the Quick Sync AV1 encoder.

I got the case and power supply on FB for $50 total which was a great cost-saving move. The case isn't great though and the fans I have in there right now do get a little noisy so I'll probably switch them out soon.

The motherboard was originally meant to be in my nas build as it has eight onboard SATA ports, two m.2 slots, and four (physical) x16 PCIe slots. The only reason it isn't in the nas build is that the mobo in my NAS at the moment won't fit in my desktop case.