Mobious Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Hello, I am considering upgrading my current server and would like some community guidance. My goal is to set something up that is more power efficient, and modern. I currently use a dual Xeon E5-2665 v1 setup with 64GB ram, 6 x 8TB WD Red drives attached to an LSI SAS card, 3 x Samsung EVO M.2 drives, and a Quadro P400 for transcoding. My primary use for the server is Plex, Nextcloud, Bitwarden, SearXNG, and occasionally 1 Windows 10 VM. At idle this beast eats up between 180 to 250 watts. I would like to reduce the power usage a bit while maintaining a capable server. Any CPU and motherboard recommendations you guys could make would me much appreciated. Quote Link to comment
Lolight Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 11/1/2022 at 8:51 PM, Mobious said: I would like to reduce the power usage a bit while maintaining a capable server. Any CPU and motherboard recommendations you guys could make would me much appreciated. Any current Intel CPU with a built-in iGPU for transcoding, consumer motherboard and 16-32GB of non-ECC memory. Quote Link to comment
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