Building a high performance compute server for HQPlayer

[firedog]

On 4/13/2020 at 6:31 AM, The Computer Audiophile said:

This is interesting. I'm trying ASDM7EC and my old school Xeon E3-1241 v3 CPU doesn't get above 40-50%, yet the audio constantly stutters. 

 

I have a similar setup and a similar issue. I monitor the server, and the internal temperatures also get quite high so it scares me. That's doing DSD with DRC and DSP, though. I guess that's asking a lot. In PCM it does fine, no matter what I ask it to do. 

[firedog]

Okay, not interested in getting too far into the technical weeds on this, but to fully exploit HQP at rates up to DSD 256, is a 9900K

necessary? Or is a 9900 (no letter) enough? I'm asking because it seems a 9900 would run quite a bit cooler than the K version. 

[firedog]

i9 9900k -, no video card: will it run all the modulators at 256 DSD?

if not, i9 - 10700k, again, no video card.

[firedog]

Just for general information-

I just received a PC with a i7-10700K board, air cooled, but with quiet fans (processor and case) and a case with sound deadening material on the inside. 

Can't hear it at all unless I get about 20cm from it - even when the HDD is working hard. It's actually even quieter than my previous fanless server, b/c with that one I could sometimes hear the HDD spinning. 

Conclusion: no need for fanless server. I'll be testing it soon for how hot it gets internally when doing upsampling to DSD 256 and DRC.