Linux Ryzen 5 2400G is a high-performance processor designed for gaming and content creation.
Linux Ryzen 5 2400G is a high-performance processor designed for gaming and content creation.
I acquired a Ryzen 5 2400G to upgrade my old ECS FM1 Socket AMD A8-3850 media server. I want to verify compatibility with Kernel 4.15 before buying the motherboard and RAM. Next, I need guidance on the best motherboards for Linux support and the Ryzen 5 2400G OOTB. I’m leaning toward staying on the fence about selling the 2400G, opting for a Synology NAS or going Intel (which is costly), or completing the build instead. The server will be mostly headless. The operating system choice depends on whether you prefer Fedora 27/28 server or FreeNAS, depending on which offers better chip support. I favor team Red for my chip configurations. I’ve been using the current board and processor continuously since 2011 as a media server, needing strong transcoding capabilities. I plan to use m.2 drives for caching. If I manage to get a mITX board and the APU functions, I’ll have an open PCIe slot for a tuner card or RAID/SAS expansion (I’d prefer soft-RAID or ZFS-RAID).
I'll handle this myself, especially with Freenas as the Intel G4560 will be a bit more stable right now. Quicksync should help with transcoding too. For APUs, the main PCIe slot is 8x, so the second slot is often turned off. Usually, an SSD cache isn't worth it in ZFS because you don’t need synchronization, and L2ARC hits tend to be low.
The SSD cache is meant for transcoding tasks. A G4560 would struggle to manage the simultaneous load from five to six machines accessing the server at once, especially since not all of them are doing transcoding. The server takes care of everything—TVs and computers connect to it. A dual-core processor likely won’t be sufficient for this workload. I thought about upgrading to a Ryzen 5 1600 or 1400 with an MATX setup, but I went with the 2400G because it offers four cores and eight threads compared to the A8-3850’s four cores and four threads. It also includes a Vega 11 integrated graphics, which could improve performance once Kernel 4.17 is released, as AMD’s transcoding techniques are expected to support multiple streams at once.
The conversion wasn't happening on my current APU's CPU. I relied on the hardware transcoding feature of the iGPU inside the APU. I'm using VAAPI/VDPAU with Emby for this process, and I intend to move to OpenMAX if I can utilize the CPU I already have (2400g).
Nope. Bought on 2/14/2018. Can't return now. Only option is replacement. If possible, it should be new and unopened—maybe someone else wants it. I’ll go that route. Either way, I’m updating one of my machines to Zen. Likely switching from my server (unlikely now) or this desktop (probably 1700X/2700X). I’ll probably run a KVM/GPU pass-through setup there.
You can choose any board you like; they generally support the same operating system. Intel Nic is decent, but it doesn’t really matter much. Most other components work similarly. Zen? Are you referring to Xen? PCIe passthrough with Ryzen is quite an issue.