So.... I have this little PC. Specs are:
Fractal Design Node 202 with included Integra SFX 450w Power Supply.
Intel i5 7500 Kaby Lake 3.4Ghz Processor 7th Generation
Noctua N-HL9i Cpu Cooler
Gigabyte GA-H270N- Wifi Motherboard.
Hyper X Fury 8gb (two 4gb sticks)2133mhz Ram.
Sandisk ssd plus 240gb Hard-drive.
I'm choosing to stream (no transcoding) to Ethernet and then through to an Nvidia Shield (and Kodi). Except for high bitrate HEVC UHD media files (60GB - 80GB) it plays flawlessly. Given the reputation of the chip to handle 4k I'm not sure whats going on and I'm coming here for advise.
I'm using on-board video
To help eliminate some questions about the software or hardware being an issue....I can successfully stream/play EVERYTHING flawlessly using my main rig - hooked up the same way - which has an i7-5960x (no issues at all).
Is it a matter of horsepower? Is the i5-7500 simply not robust enough? Are there any settings to look for in Windows?
Would you think a i7-7700 or i7-7700k would solve the issue given the cpu boost? (Trying to minimize cost since I have everything for this rig vs. investing in a newer generation or flipping to Ryzen)
Fractal Design Node 202 with included Integra SFX 450w Power Supply.
Intel i5 7500 Kaby Lake 3.4Ghz Processor 7th Generation
Noctua N-HL9i Cpu Cooler
Gigabyte GA-H270N- Wifi Motherboard.
Hyper X Fury 8gb (two 4gb sticks)2133mhz Ram.
Sandisk ssd plus 240gb Hard-drive.
I'm choosing to stream (no transcoding) to Ethernet and then through to an Nvidia Shield (and Kodi). Except for high bitrate HEVC UHD media files (60GB - 80GB) it plays flawlessly. Given the reputation of the chip to handle 4k I'm not sure whats going on and I'm coming here for advise.
I'm using on-board video
To help eliminate some questions about the software or hardware being an issue....I can successfully stream/play EVERYTHING flawlessly using my main rig - hooked up the same way - which has an i7-5960x (no issues at all).
Is it a matter of horsepower? Is the i5-7500 simply not robust enough? Are there any settings to look for in Windows?
Would you think a i7-7700 or i7-7700k would solve the issue given the cpu boost? (Trying to minimize cost since I have everything for this rig vs. investing in a newer generation or flipping to Ryzen)