blackb0x13 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Greetings all. Long time a forum stalker and Unraid user. Currently, I'm using: ASRock A75M-HVS/ AMD A8-3870 with 8 gigs of DDR3. Other notable hardware is an LSI-9300-16i with 14 drives with cache and parity (68tb) and I plan to add 2 exos 18tb's soon, sitting on a Rosewill RSV-4500U case. Software-wise, I use the suite in 'arr apps, Jellyfin and a few other apps as well such as Krusader, Home Assistant, pihole (2nd DNS). One of my issues is that since my video file sizes are so big (some 60gig) for some movies, the current system struggles so push out multiple streams, and jellyfin crashes. I think the time has come on this 10+ year-old mobo/cpu/ram combo to be retired. I would like to use some VMs (windows maybe) and access it from any room in the house but I am unsure as to what else the future may hold. My plan is to upgrade to an Intel Gigabyte B760M C (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZQ1PWGJ/?coliid=I2JWK4RTH1LTIX&colid=2AH9YPK86IMQO&psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_lstpd_5JD8TRAWE37CYA344S2C) and at least 32 gig of corresponding ram. Here is the part that I am unsure of... i want a CPU with integrated graphics (intel 770) and at first, i chose an i9. The price combined made me rethink the idea to an i7. Since my current system is so old with no GPU for transcoding, all my front ends can do the transcoding with the weakest being a simple cell phone, Nvidia shield, an Xbox and other HTPC's. Everything is, for the most part hard ethernet wired and I dont do any compression on my movies. I like that sweet bitrate when I use my almost/projector setup that being ran by the HTPC with a NTC 1660 6gig. The most video streams at one time may be 4. I guess I'm just torn between my CPU choices. Do I go crazy with an i9? will this be a waste? is i7 good enough? or is all this overkill and should I just stick with an i5? On another note, this upgrade should be made to last 5+ years as this hardware is currently 12 years old but only using it for unraid since 2016. Looking at at sub $700 budget for the mobo, cpu and ram combo but the lower, the higher the W.A.F Thoughts? Suggestions? Real world experience? thanks all! Quote Link to comment
xyzeratul Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 For your currect useage, I am sure a i7 is more than enough, but I don't know how many VMs you plan to run and how you gona use them, if nothing major, I would even suggest a i5. Quote Link to comment
blackb0x13 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 12 hours ago, xyzeratul said: For your currect useage, I am sure a i7 is more than enough, but I don't know how many VMs you plan to run and how you gona use them, if nothing major, I would even suggest a i5. probably just one VM to start with. i was actually thinking between an i5/7. when time comes, i will check prices and go from there i guess. Quote Link to comment
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