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Hoopster - so something like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0083A0BY4/ref=psdc_430499031_t4_B00BF3S83C I've only ever put a fan on a cpu before so I'm just wondering how this would screw in?

Thanks. I’m fine with with the number of bays. I’ll probably go for 3 8tb 5400rpm and a 7200 for parity then a nvme flash for cache.

I've been following this thread, thanks for the info so far. I'm going for the ASrock rack E3C246D4U and the Xeon 2244G. I want to use my old fractal design mini case I bought in 2011. Can you see any issues? https://www.fractal-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Define-Mini-PS.pdf

I like the look of this motherboard ASRock E3C246D4U but it's hard to get in the UK. https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C246D4U#Specifications plus the Xeon E-2244G https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/191041/intel-xeon-e-2244g-processor-8m-cache-3-80-ghz.html

It's been a while since I've built a server (2011) so quite out of touch on the hardware side of things but I'd like some suggestions on some parts to build a server that will be on 24/7. So I would like it to consume as least power as possible when idle. It will need to to run a windows 10vm on virtualbox (2cpu, 4gb ram) whilst running plex streams. I don't have to transcode to often as the clients I have usually are able to play the videos in native format but possibly looking for a graphics card for transcoding for mobile devices. Plus apple time machine backup. Looking to spend around £800 I have a Fractal Design Define Mini Case and an Antec EA-380GREEN 380W EarthWatts Green PSU - 80Plus Bronze already. I would like the motherboard to have ipmi so I'm thinking and AS rock motherboard? Before I used an Intel Core i5 2405S, which was a low powered i5 processor do Intel still make S models? 16gb ram 1 ssd for cache 4 x 4tb hdd's. with the cache option is it possible to say download a large nzb movie file with sabnzbd have it extract to the cache quickly so i can play it straight away in plex then over time it moves to the hdd but maintaining the file paths?