April 1, 20215 yr Hi, I am planning to upgrade my current Unraid server E5-1620 v2 D3128-B2 FirePro W7000 into a low noise, low idle-power HTPC-build (Silverstone GD07)., and I need some help because power consumption wasn't a topic for me before. But I want to keep my bills as low as possible and be more "green". Since this server will be running 24/7 in the future - I want to build it with the lowest possible idle-power consumption - BUT with enough power for everyday usage and some light gaming. I want to keep the GPU for now. Usage: 2 VMs (1x Windows for gaming (no AAA games) and image editing / 1x Linux for surfing and online banking) NAS usage (datastore, no media streaming) paperless-ng home automation docker pihole proxyserver as I am new to Unraid, there will follow some more dockers I was thinking about the 3700x or 3600x, but I've read that AMD motherboards are not really power efficient. So maybe Intel? The power of the i5-10400 should be enough for my needs or should I better go for a more powerful CPU and undervolt it? Motherboard requirements: - 1 USB port on the motherboard for the Unraid-stick - 1x PCIE x16 for GPU - min. 2x PCIE x4 for 10GBE or USB controller or whatever will be needed in the future - no LED lighting wanted - form factor: Extended ATX, ATX, Micro-ATX (I believe the smaller the better) An idle power of <=30W would be very nice. Thanks Dorsch
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