Dan de Brunner

Ich wollte eigentlich meinen alten HTPC ausschlachten (i3-3225) — mittlerweile sieht es nach Feedback im Englischsprachigen Forum aber wohl doch nach komplettem Neubau aus. Aktuell erwäge ich einen INTEL CORE I3-12100 3.3 GHz (SOCKET LGA 1700) oder INTEL CORE I5-12400 2.5 GHz (SOCKET LGA 1700) Was wären Eure Empfehlungen? ————- Anforderungen: - Max. 1 User - NAS/storage (max. 6 HDDs, anfangs nur 3x 3.5’’ plus Cache NVME) - Nextcloud/Owncloud - Paperless NGX - Immich - ARRs and downloaders (Usenet and maybe BitTorrent) - Jellyfin - Some app to stream music - Maybe home lab server apps (Webserver, database, etc.) Nicht zwingend: - VM brauche ich nicht zwingend (aber wenn ich 1 Windows VM laufen lassen kann und es dir Kosten nicht erhöht, nehme ich es mit) - Transcoding max. 1 stream in 1080p (meine Videos sind in 1080p gespeichert) ————- Hardware (was ich aktuell hier habe): Core System - Case: Auriga 6-bay dual-chamber NAS case - Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4-M (mATX, LGA 1155, 4× SATA3) - CPU: Intel Core i3-3225 (2 cores / 4 threads, 3.3 GHz, Ivy Bridge) - CPU Cooler: Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev B low-profile 5-heatpipe cooler - RAM: 2× 8 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz — 16 GB total - Power Supply: PicoPSU-160-XT with 192W external AC/DC adapter Drives - Parity Drive: 1× 8 TB HDD (e.g., WD Red Plus / Seagate IronWolf) - Data Drive: 1× 8 TB HDD (same as above) - Cache Drive: 1× 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD (via PCIe adapter) / Download/Unassigned Drive: 1× 2 TB WD Green 3.5” HDD (reused from HTPC) - Boot Drive: SanDisk MobileMate USB 3.0 microSD Card Reader with Sandisk 16 GB Industrial MLC MicroSD SDHC UHS Additional Hardware - PCIe Adapter: UGREEN M.2 NVMe to PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter for cache SSD - Tp-link Lan Card (tx201) 2.5 Gigabit Pci Express Adapter Cooling and Airflow - Top Compartment Intake: 2× 92mm PWM fans (Noctua NF-A9) - Top Rear Exhaust: 1× 80mm PWM exhaust fan ( Noctua NF-A8) - Bottom Compartment Exhaust: 2× 92mm PWM fans at the rear - Fan Accessories: Y-splitters to manage limited motherboard header Storage Wiring and Accessories - Backplanes: 2× SATA backplanes (each with 3× drive slots, 1× Molex power, 3× SATA data) - Power Splitters: Starlink Molex to SATA power splitters - Cables: Starlink SATA III data cables (90° + straight ends, shielded) and Starlink Molex extension cable (for reaching from PicoPSU to bottom backplane)

What would be a cheap upgrade (CPU and MB) qfrom here that doesn’t break the bank? Would the following combo work (that’s already much more than what I wanted to spend)? Buy new: INTEL CORE I3-12100 3.3 GHz (SOCKET LGA 1700) ASROCK H610M-H2/M.2 (INTEL SOCKET 1700 DDR4 MICRO-ATX) Buy used: Intel i5-8500 / i5-8400 / i5-8500T + B360/H310 Motherboard Intel i5-9400 / i5-9500 / i5-9400T + B360/B365 motherboard ——— I’m not looking for virtualization or tons of hardcore transcoding. I’ll be the single user of this box. (If I can get VM support “for free” because of the added horsepower it’s fine, but it shouldn’t be a factor for driving up the cost). — Micro ATX — iGPU — H.265 hardware transcoding (UHD 630) — AVX2 for Immich — Support for 6 SATA drives — low power consumption/energy efficient — popular enough so that I can find it second hand here in Asia (where not everything is always available—the above combo I would have to buy new)

Does this mean I won’t be able to run those apps? Does it mean it will be slow? Note that most of these apps wouldn’t run in parallel for the most time. I guess a downloader and some of the ARR apps would run 24/7 but the rest would only be used on demand. Not sure whether that helps or not?

I haven’t but it was highly recommended by people on Reddit given the mess with actual USB sticks. People report that this micro SD card reader works like a charm and has its own ID so you can just swap the micro SD card once it fails (which can be prolonged by using one of the industrial use cards like I purchased).

I have an old HTPC that I’m not using anymore and with the help of ChatGPT changed some of the hardware to make it fit for UnRAID (upgraded to 16 GB RAM and added an NVME card and a 2.5 Gbit card). What ChatGPT didn’t tell me but what I saw on the UnRAID docs now is that a quad core CPU should be minimum. So, do I need to upgrade that too? My hope actually was to recycle most of theta I have in my old HTPC. Key applications: - NAS/storage - Nextcloud/Owncloud - Paperless NGX - Immich - ARRs and downloaders (Usenet and maybe BitTorrent) - Jellyfin - Some app to stream music - Maybe other server apps, such as own LAMP stack, RSS reader etc. Not needed: - No virtualization - No heavy encoding (max would be 1 stream at a time at 1080p max which most video files would be in already) Hardware: Core System - Case: Auriga 6-bay dual-chamber NAS case - Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4-M (mATX, LGA 1155, 4× SATA3) - CPU: Intel Core i3-3225 (2 cores / 4 threads, 3.3 GHz, Ivy Bridge) - CPU Cooler: Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev B low-profile 5-heatpipe cooler - RAM: 2× 8 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz — 16 GB total - Power Supply: PicoPSU-160-XT with 192W external AC/DC adapter Drives - Parity Drive: 1× 8 TB HDD (e.g., WD Red Plus / Seagate IronWolf) - Data Drive: 1× 8 TB HDD (same as above) - Cache Drive: 1× 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD (via PCIe adapter) / Download/Unassigned Drive: 1× 2 TB WD Green 3.5” HDD (reused from HTPC) - Boot Drive: SanDisk MobileMate USB 3.0 microSD Card Reader with Sandisk 16 GB Industrial MLC MicroSD SDHC UHS Additional Hardware - PCIe Adapter: UGREEN M.2 NVMe to PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter for cache SSD - Tp-link Lan Card (tx201) 2.5 Gigabit Pci Express Adapter Cooling and Airflow - Top Compartment Intake: 2× 92mm PWM fans (Noctua NF-A9) - Top Rear Exhaust: 1× 80mm PWM exhaust fan ( Noctua NF-A8) - Bottom Compartment Exhaust: 2× 92mm PWM fans at the rear - Fan Accessories: Y-splitters to manage limited motherboard header Storage Wiring and Accessories - Backplanes: 2× SATA backplanes (each with 3× drive slots, 1× Molex power, 3× SATA data) - Power Splitters: Starlink Molex to SATA power splitters - Cables: Starlink SATA III data cables (90° + straight ends, shielded) and Starlink Molex extension cable (for reaching from PicoPSU to bottom backplane)