Hi
I'm looking at parts for my first NAS and I'm having a little trouble making a decision on which CPU I should use.
Originally, I was going to just build a NAS, using a 6th Gen Skylake Intel i3-6100, which has two core, four threads
However, after watching some of the stuff Linus Sebastian has been doing with UnRaid, I now want to also run a Windows 10 VM to use as an HTPC.
My concern is that, even though it does support Visualization, the i3 will not really be up to the task when it effectively cut in half into two single core hyperthreaded CPUs.
I'm wondering if it would be better to buy the entry level Core i5, the i5-6400, which has four physical core but no hyperthreading, for about another NZ$100 over the price of the i3? Even though it's clock speed is a GHz lower, with four physical cores, each system can have a dual core processor.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to any advice you have
Paul