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Upgrade 8 year old build to Ryzen


muggi

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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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