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Sounds like a plan. Have pulled the trigger and ordered one. Shipping is like 2-3 weeks to Aus. Will let you know how I get on.

Time to upgrade my server I built more than five years ago off the Pimp Your Rig thread. Ran like a dream up until recently when I started wanting to watch 4K streams and while it does play the MB beeps constantly and CPU load is at 100% on cpu 0/2 & cpu 1/3. It stops beeping and load goes back to 1% as soon as I stop video. Below is the setup I have running Unraid v 6.5.3: MB: SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCM-F-O LGA 1155 Intel C204 Micro ATX Intel Xeon E3 Server Motherboard CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100 RAM: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G CABLE: 2 x NORCO C-SFF8087-4S Discrete to SFF-8087 (Reverse breakout) Cable - OEM CABLE: 4 x 1m 30AWG Internal Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male to Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male Cable - Black FANS: 2 x ARCTIC F8 Pro PWM Fluid Dynamic Bearing Case Fan, 80mm PWM Speed Control, 33CFM at 22dBA FANS: 2 x Nexus PWM Series D12SL-12PWM 120mm Case cooler CONTROLLER: SATA2 Serial ATA II PCI-Express RAID Controller Card (Silicon Image SIL3132) CONTROLLER: 2 x Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 8-Port SAS/SATA Add-on Card CASE: RPC-4224 4U Rackmount Server Case with 24 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays, MiniSAS Connector CASE BRACKET: 120mm fan wall bracket for RPC-4224, RPC-4220, RPC-4216, RPC-4116, RPC-4020, RPC-4164 I also added psu, usb (unraid), ssd (cache) and 24 hard drives (1 parity & 23 storage). One thing I did have a Plex Pass (expired now) and I cannot recall this happening. It wouldn't be that causing the issue? If not plex pass then I gather I need to update mb, cpu and ram. Something to play 4K streams (atleast 1 and 2 streams of 1080p at once) definitely and depending on budget maybe something that can play games as well. Any help is really appreciated.