ADVICE: NooB UnRaid Build

[PiratePete]

G'day all,

I currently have an UnRaid running in an old 4RU Rack server that I got for nothing. It is being used as a NAS, NextCloud, Plex and *arrs.

Current hardware is:
Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (No hyper threading etc. 4 cores is it)
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5Q-PRO, Version Rev 1.xx

4GB Kingston DDR2 Memory
3x 3TB WD RED (New)
1x 2TB WD white label Green drive (shucked)

1x 2TB Seagate Barracuda Green (Shucked)

1x 128GB LiteOn SSD SATA for Cache (salvaged from old laptop)

With all that, it runs. But it does struggle at times, especially if file transfers are in progress or transcodes etc. The old CPU loads up pretty quick and I have had the occasional out of memory issues.

I am shopping for upgrades and so far have come up with this list. Could someone please have a look at the list below and tell me if I am going to run into any issues if I grab it all? I am not after record breaking performance, I just want to be able to do what I want comfortably and do so well into the future.
No VMs at the moment, but if I do, they won't being doing a great deal.

MOBO: MSI B550-A-PRO (I went with the 550 chipset as it appears to allow all 6 SATA ports and M2 to run at the same time)
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B550-A-PRO

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x 
https://www.amd.com/en/product/8446

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x 8GB) 2666 
https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/Categories/Products/Memory/VENGEANCE-LPX/p/CMK16GX4M2A2666C16

CACHE: WD Blue sn550 250GB NVMe
https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-sn550-nvme-ssd#WDS250G2B0C

Thanks in advance. 

 

Edited September 8, 2021 by PiratePete

[Lolight]

18 minutes ago, PiratePete said:

CACHE: WD Blue sn550 250GB NVMe

https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-sn550-nvme-ssd#WDS250G2B0C

A better choice would be a WD Black sn750 NVMe Gen 3 (not the DRAM-less WD Black sn750 SE Gen 4)

[PiratePete]

25 minutes ago, Lolight said:

A better choice would be a WD Black sn750 NVMe Gen 3 (not the DRAM-less WD Black sn750 SE Gen 4)

Thanks mate. Are you saying that based on the higher R/W speeds?
If so, in my application as a basic NAS, Next Cloud, Plex etc, would I really see the benefits?

[Lolight]

18 minutes ago, PiratePete said:

Are you saying that based on the higher R/W speeds?
If so, in my application as a basic NAS, Next Cloud, Plex etc, would I really see the benefits?

DRAM-less drives in general are not nearly as fast when moving large files around.

According to this site: https://premiumbuilds.com/comparisons/wd-blue-sn550-vs-black-sn750/#Verdict

 

"The Western Digital Blue SN550 is inferior to the Black SN750 in sequential read speed by 44%, sequential write speed by 53%, and 4KB read and write speeds by 25% and 38% respectively."

 

And on top of that please be aware of the following development:

 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/western-digital-confirms-speed-crippling-sn550-ssd-flash-change/

[PiratePete]

51 minutes ago, Lolight said:

DRAM-less drives in general are not nearly as fast when moving large files around.

According to this site: https://premiumbuilds.com/comparisons/wd-blue-sn550-vs-black-sn750/#Verdict

 

"The Western Digital Blue SN550 is inferior to the Black SN750 in sequential read speed by 44%, sequential write speed by 53%, and 4KB read and write speeds by 25% and 38% respectively."

 

And on top of that please be aware of the following development:

 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/western-digital-confirms-speed-crippling-sn550-ssd-flash-change/

Ok cool. I'll swap them out and go with the black