Hello All. I have been planning a build and have started the following parts:
Ryzen 3700x
Aorus Master x570 (I know it is overkill, but I got it for free)
64 GB DDR4 2400 (already had it laying around)
Quadro P2200
Radeon R7 240 (older but thermals are perfect for what I needed)
WD White Labels - (4x) 8TB, (2x) 10TB, (2x) 12TB
(3x) 1TB Samsung 970 NVMEs
Rosewill 4U Server Chassis
EVGA 850 G3 PSU
LSI SAS Controller (IT Mode) w/ 2 ports - so I will be running all mechanical HDDs off of it
So here is what I am wanting with the setup.
Unraid NAS for all of my storage - Plex, Video Editing, Other Files, etc.
Plex Media Server (use Quadro for transcoding)
Windows 10 VM
So a few questions.
What is recommendation for Plex - to run via Unraid or through my Windows VM?
If via unraid, is that a separate VM for plex? And then another for Windows for two total VMs?
How will that effect the number of video cards needed to be the heads for my setup? How do I ensure I get the Quadro setup right for Plex?
What would you recommend I do with the NVMEs? I was thinking of one for Windows and the other for Plex.... should the third be used for cache or something?
Anyone do any water cooling in the Rosewill case? I have an old server running it now with air cool, but curious about water cooling and if anyone has done anything custom for it. Tight space for sure.
I appreciate your help, these are probably dumb questions, but I just want to prepare for everything before the build begins.