andrewpercival Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Hey Guys, I originally converted over an old HTPC to an Unraid server. I use it for a few dockers including: Plex, SAB, Sonar, and Couchpotato. Im dont really need to run any VM's or anything of that sort. Im looking to upgrade my current setup and was hoping it could get a few suggestions. I have already purchased a 240gb ssd for a cache drive and am thinking i would like to upgrade my CPU. I would prefer to keep the motherboard so would prob have to stay in the haswell 1150 chipset. I also have another power supply to switch is as well. Current Setup Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Unlocked Dual Core 3.2GHZ Processor Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI mITX LGA1150 Z97 Kingston HyperX Fury Memory Black 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair CX Series CX430 Fractal Design Node 304 mITX Compact Case Black Western Digital WD40EFRX 4TB Red Western Digital WD20EFRX Red 2TB x4 Also any guide to add a ssd cache drive would be very helpful. Quote Link to comment
Hoopster Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I currently have the same motherboard in my main unRAID server (see sig). I am using an i5 4590 CPU and it is more than able to keep up with several dockers (I am running 8; among them Plex and CrashPlan) plus a Windows 10 VM. This CPU has no problem with three simultaneous Plex streams; although, usually, I only have two. I am upgrading to server-grade MB, Xeon (10k+ pass mark) and 32 GB ECC RAM to push it even further. I also had the same PSU (CX430) but recently switched to a Corsair SFX unit. The CX430 is plenty for the 6 HDDs + one SSD cache drive I at one time had in the Lían-Li PC-Q25 case. I don't know how far you want to push your setup but the i5 and 16GB RAM I have now is plenty for what you stated you want to do now. Quote Link to comment
tdallen Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The G3258 is a great little chip for NAS duties. If you want to upgrade so you can run more applications you still have a lot of new options available since Haswell is a recent architecture. You obviously have many options if you go used, too. What are you thinking, Core i3, i5 or i7? Have you looked at Passmark scores as a way to compare options? Also, if there are certain things you want to do on the box that you can't do now and are looking for a recommendation for a CPU that can support them, it would be worth listing them out. Quote Link to comment
andrewpercival Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Thanks for the reply guys. I think the 4590 looks like a great little chip. didnt realize i could run a vm with it. i have a 750ti card laying around i could throw in as well. i for sure want to go with at least a i5. i have some cash id like to add into it. At some point id like to move to a bigger case for some breathing room. Quote Link to comment
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