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Hi, Thanks for that, but I need M.2280 NVME.

Hi, So I will start with that that I know it's not really ideal, but I maybe will start with tiny box that have 6 bay for NVME only. I thought about 3 NVME as RAID5 or RAID10, and other one for cache, then total 4 discs and 2 for future. I need some models that can handle this, do you have some recommendations? Regards.

WOW 100TB ? insane. For me 2TB is enough (for currently) and also I take in consider that it will be small computer. Regards.

It's not just for backup, it's also for NAS and video stream by ethernet.

Yes I thought about 2TB x2, and with RAID1 I will get 2TB (or 1.8TB something like that), it's enough for me currently. And it will connect direct to switch that connect to router. Regards.

Yes sure I will check the specs, the Lenovo is just example for the size. I just don't get bigger size. And want to know also if the idea is good (run the backups on NVME) Regards.

Hi, Yes I know it's not ideal, But what you think about Mini PC with 2 NVME SSDs with RAID1? I know that the NVME isn't ideal for use instead of HDD, but I live in small place and really want small NAS. So I thought to use this until I move to bigger place and really build what I want. So any recommendation for Mini PC that can hold 2 NVME? or NVME and 2 HDD also great! but should be small. (Like Lenovo M920q) Regards.

I have option to buy second hand, i5 13600K with ASUS B660M WIFI Mobo at $310, The Mobo I don't need, and I assume I can sell it for $140 (something like that), It say that the CPU costs me $170. It's second hand but still with warranty. i5 13600K - HD770 - 6cP8cE(14c)/20t But the TDP is 125W until 181W

You stream at 4K or 1080? I don't think I will have more then 4.

Thanks for comment, Where it will "meet" me when you said "more transcoding power"? I try to understand that.

Thanks for replies, Price for new CPUs here in Israel, i5 12400 - HD730 - 6c/12t - $162 i5 12600 - HD770 - 6c/12t - $214 i5 12600K - HD770 - 10c/16t - $256 i5 13400 - HD730 - 10c/16t - $207 i5 12600 have 6 performance cores and 12 threads, With HD770, 3.30GHz - 4.8GHz, 65W - 117W, Single CPU score - 3839 Multi CPU score - 21666 i5 12600k have 6 performance cores and 4 efficient cores and 16 threads, With HD770, 2.80GHz/3.70GHz - 3.60GHz/4.90GHz (efficient/performance) 125W - 150W, Single CPU score - 3936 (2.5% more) Multi CPU score - 27673 (21.7% more)

Thanks for note this. To be honest, I don't know if I will use it or not. But I said to my self, I already buy a CPU (new or secondhand) then maybe get the best I can for my money. I don't PC unused parts here. Currently I have NVIDIA Streamer that connect to my TV, to the streamer I connected SSD HDD then in the network I transfer to it content. In the NVIDIA I play with VLC Player. Regards.

Thanks for it, 150w is the maximum watt it will "draw"? (as mentioned in Intel website) So after this thread, I spoke with my friend, ChatGPT, and asked him, what's prefer for plex encoding, Intel i5 11600 vs AMD 5700x + NVIDIA 1050? He answer that 11600 can go up to 125W at full load, makes sense? (didn't know that, I thought 65W is the maximum) While the amd solution is up to 140W and the 1050 support only H.264 and not H.265 and not support 10-bit So I asked what's the lowest graphics card that support H.265 + 10-Bit, he answered that 1650 GTX (with TU116 Core) or 1660 and up. Then I asked him again to make compare, now with Intel i5 11600 vs AMD 5700x + NVIDIA 1660 GTX (that support H.265 + 10-bit) Intel i5 11600 - 65W Until 125W AMD + 1660 GTX - 65W (88W Actual) and 1660 is 120W at full load - total 208W at full load For the Intel one, it's can handle, 5-7 1080 streams simultaneously 1-2 4K streams simultaneously AMD can handle, 8-12 1080 streams simultaneously 3-4 4K streams simultaneously What do you think about it?

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/4306vs4814/Intel-i5-11600-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-5700X The single CPU score is +- the same, but the multi core is much better for 5700x side. But now, if I want transcoding (for the start I don't, but I assume in future), graphics card is better then CPU? If I use Nvidia 1050, it's better then use the internal GPU of i5 11600? can you put things in order for me? Regards.

As I don't have computers parts here, I need to buy, and if I buy I prefer to get the best I can get for my money. Beside the price, important for me the performance and also that will be lower TDP. I thought maybe about i5 11600 CPU (that support Plex transcoding also) and Z590 Mobo.