My current system is over 7 years old, but has worked great until recently, and I'm looking to replace the main components (motherboard, cpu, memory).  Current system will power on, but CPU fan won't spin and system won't post.  At first I tried replacing the CPU fan, but the new one won't power on either, so I think the motherboard has an issue.  It's about time for this system to be upgraded to something more modern anyway.  

 

Notes: I don't do GPU transcoding, but I would like a CPU with integrated graphics so that I can configure things without needing a graphics card.  For context, I don't run VM's, just docker containers, and don't need a ton of horsepower.  I will be reusing my existing case, power supply, HBA, and hard drives.  Would like to keep things as low powered as possible to conserve energy.  I have 2gig internet service, and would like to be able to use that and possibly 10gig in the future, so a higher bandwidth NIC would be nice.

 

Old System:

• Case - Fractal Design Node 804 (microATX)
• Motherboard - Asrock H170M Pro 4s
• CPU - Intel i7 7700 (7th gen)
• Memory - Corsair 32GB DDR4
• Power supply - Corsair 1000w
• HBA - RocketRAID PCI-e x4 card
• Drives - 1x M.2 drive, 8x 3.5" drives

 

New Build Option 1 (Intel):

• Motherboard - ASRock B760M PRO RS
• CPU - Intel Core i5-13400
• Memory - 32GB DDR5 4800

 

New Build Option 2 (AMD):

• Motherboard - ASRock B650M PRO RS
• CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
• Memory - Corsair 32GB DDR5 4800

 

The AMD option is actually a bit more expensive than the Intel option, which surprised me (shopping at Newegg and amazon).  Looking for advice with which way to go or if I should be looking at something else.  I mostly checked out Asrock and Asus motherboards since I've had good experience with them in the past.  Same goes for corsair brand memory.

50 minutes ago, smidley said:

At first I tried replacing the CPU fan, but the new one won't power on either, so I think the motherboard has an issue.  It's about time for this system to be upgraded to something more modern anyway. 

You should think twice about re-using the old PSU, if it's indeed over 7 years old.

PSUs do degrade with age, especially those on the lower end.

 

The cheaper i3-12100 might be more than adequate for your use case.

 

Since you desire power efficiency..

Your could get rid of the HBA by getting an ATX motherboard with 8 SATA ports, but you're restricted by your Node 804 form factor.

There are no readily available mATX motherboards with so many onboard SATA ports (at least not from the big 4).

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/

Edited January 5, 20242 yr by Lolight

I feel like it's worth reiterating the caution about re-using power supplies. I was doing some testing/prep for a backup server build with an old PSU which came out of a functioning system - somehow it completely toasted two hard-drives on first boot (and really glad I was using old drives I had around not new 16TB+ drives... bummed it was the 500gb not the 250gb but...) - subsequent more careful testing showed the PSU wasn't delivering adequate current to spin up multiple drives (I could get 3 ssd to show up but not even 2 spinners).

 

Second, read the blog on power efficient builds and tuning thread. Lots of good info including example builds if you want to really hit a nice efficient build. PSU matters here too. Picking the right Intel parts may let you get to lower power consumption numbers. I can't justify the cost to myself at the moment, but would consider the ASRock Rack W480D4U in place of my current board - it has a mix of available slots/features to meet my use case (8 onboard SATA included... and it happens to be mATX so might work for you). I can't say how it does on power efficiency, but the chipset is reported capable of quite low power consumption builds. My backup server doesn't have IPMI and I really wish it did (remote management > schlepping a keyboard and monitor around).