First Home Server Hardware


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Hello Unraid Friends,

I'm planing to build my very first home server with Unraid.

I took the time to go over many forum suggestions and links and from all I read and my future usage plans, I think I should abandon my initial idea to use an AMD CPU, and instead choose an Intel CPU that can properly pass-through the iGPU to several VM's at the same time.

If possible, I could use suggestions from knowledgeable users to double check my hardware preferences allows to run about 3-4 VM's and pass the iGPU to all of them at the same time.

I was thinking of using the Intel Core i7-10700 (8cores/16threads 65w).

I'm unsure which motherboard chipset will be most suitable for a mini-itx form factor: z490, b560 or z590. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Are there major differences between these motherboards I should know of?

Would you recommend a specific PSU wattage?

Hope someone can help 🙏

Edited by mjeshurun
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