May 25, 20215 yr Hi, I would like to upgrade my good old stable build from 2013. My goal for the upgrade, is to get a stable, low power, and silent build, with more muscles so I can run a few VM's on there. A linux VM always running, so I can drop my separate i3 build where it is running now. It runs samba, dhcpd, apache etc. And it's idle 99% of the time. And if possible, a couple of Windows Server 2019 VM's, just for testing/educational purpose, which will only be started rarely. It will not be used for gaming or transcoding. As of now, I don't use any dockers, but maybe a few in the future. Current build: Case: Fractal Design Define R4 PSU: CX430M CPU: AMD sempron 145 Board: Asrock 880GM-LE FX Memory; 4 GB ram HDD's: 3 x 8 TB Seagate, 4 x 3 TB Wester Digital 2 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Card (ASM1061 Chipset) Thoughts on a new build: Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (reused) PSU: CX430M (hopefully I can reuse this? ) CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X (65w TDP) Cooler: Noctua NH-L12S Board: Any recommendations? Need 8 SATA 6Gbps ports, 2 x M.2 NVME. Maybe IPMI? X570 chipset? (Case should take both mATX and ATX, so that should give some extra options). WiFi is not needed. GPU: Do I need one for the VM's or is this done virtually using the CPU? I would like some way to access the BIOS and such, so I guess a dGPU or a board with IPMI support? And can you recommend a simple 2D low powered dGPU (a few watts) if that's the way to go? Memory: 2 x 16 GB Cache: 1 or 2 M.2 NVME's for VM's and downloads. SATA controller card, if needed someday. For motherboard, I've looked at Asrock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 and Asrock X570 Taichi. Are they good and stable boards with unraid and a few VM's? Or would you recommend another one? The Asrock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 is only half the price as the Taichi. And they are in stock in my country Could such a build get me to my goal? I would hope, that with unraid running, 1 linux VM (not doing much), all disks spun down, it would use about 45-50w. Is that wishful thinking or doable? My hardware knowledge is a bit rusty, so any suggestions/guidance are more than welcome 🙂
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