On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 12:47 AM Lynne <d...@lynne.ee> wrote: > > As discussed during the last developer meeting, I am in need of new hardware > to > work on Vulkan filtering, hwcontext, AV1 VAAPI decoding, new assembly and > general development on FFmpeg and projects involving the FFmpeg libraries. > > I was requested to post what I'd like on the mailing list for discussion, as > well > as to talk about their purchase, since I currently lack the spare funds to buy > everything and then be refunded, which is the standard way we have handled > hardware and expenses in the past. >
Hi, and first of all - thank you for posting this. Just to start with my position: 1. I have no control over whether someone receives money or not, I am just part of the community. 2. IMHO we should be utilizing the money for things we find useful for the project, the most recent of which were the two M1 Mac Minis. Hardware required for development clearly fits that bill. So as such I am not opposed to > As we have literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in our SPI fund > (121 716.03 USD as of the end of 2019), I have spared no expense in > my selection. Personally, while I know that thinking about the big picture in money is not our hobby nor a thing that we like to keep in our minds, but I think we should not make such statements unless one has an understanding of the growth rate of that fund. I do not have such understanding, and I would not like to start making the calculations in my head to get an understanding of the yearly fluctuations of the fund, and thus I would not have utilized such wording. Depending on such knowledge, it could be seen whether utilizing roughly 1:20 of that amount on a single entry can be seen as either something that can be handled within the yearly growth, or not. And if not, whether we have a reason to be OK with it (the single entry being of such importance that it cannot be ignored, other sources of income for the project, etc) Let's just say that I'm happy to not be an accountant for anyone else than myself, having to look at whether something is sustainable or not. > The price listed on each component is the lowest I could > find from all the stores I searched. > > PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HJwhLP > <https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/HJwhLP> > > CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor (€949.00 @ Topchat.com) > CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Celsius+ S36 Dynamic X2 PWM 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU > Cooler (€145.66 @ Amazon) > Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero ATX AM4 Motherboard (€574.98 > @ Amazon) > Memory: 2x G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) F4-4000C16D-32GTZR > DDR4-4000 CL16 Memory (€470.95 @ Amazon) > Storage: 2x Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€216.38 @ > Amazon) > Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB Speedster MERC 319 Ultra Video Card > (€1925.89 @ Amazon) > Case: Fractal Design Define 7 Compact ATX Mid Tower Case (€132.78 @ Amazon) > Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion+ 860 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular > ATX Power Supply (€185.50 @ Amazon) > Case Fan: 3x Noctua A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140 mm Fan (€21.90 @ Amazon) > Monitor: LG 27GN950-B 27.0" 3840x2160 144 Hz Monitor (€742.49 @ Amazon) > > Total: €6096.66 A lot of these components sound quite alright, and reasonable for a development workstation. Then there are various things which unfortunately make it hit my uncomfortability level, mostly due to not knowing how the context of the fund. The most recent purchase I recall was for two pieces of shared hardware going for about 1500eur (1,299 gbp) which together would be around 3000eur. Personally, without knowing the state or growth rate of the fund I would be much more comfortable with something along those lines. Best regards, Jan _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
