I currently have a Gen7 Microserver that I use for Plex, Couchpotato, Transmission, and headphones. However, the processor in this system is not up to the task and therefore I can't really do much transcoding. I stumbled upon unRAID recently and I'm very interested in running this for my new system, utilizing Dockers for the various applications.
I've been reading the forums trying to decide what hardware to buy and I've come upon two options, the basics are the same just the processor and motherboard are different. Between these two configurations the AMD system is about 30 Euros cheaper:
AMD
AMD A8-7600 - Passmark 5184
MSI A88XM-E35
WD Green WD20EZRX
Thermaltake Core V21
Lexar Jumpdrive S33 16GB Blauw
Kingston KVR13N9S8/4 4GB
Corsair Builder CX430 Bronze
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB
INTEL
Intel Core i3-4160 - Passmark 5037
ASRock B85M Pro3
WD Green WD20EZRX
Thermaltake Core V21
Lexar Jumpdrive S33 16GB Blauw
Kingston ValueRAM KVR16LN11/4 4GB
Corsair Builder CX430 Bronze
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB
I'll be using this system for Plex, Headphones, Sonarr, Couchpotato, Transmission/Deluge, nginx. At the most I'll have 2 simultaneous transcodes running, but usually just 1. looking at the Plex guidelines either of these processors should be able to handle this.
I'm trying to keep my energy bill to a minimum considering this system will be running 24/7, which of these systems will use the least amount of electricity?
Does anybody have bad experiences with any of these components?
Thanks in advance for reading!