August 25, 20241 yr Hello, Right now I'm running my Unraid server on the following combo: - CPU: Intel i7-7700K - MB: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H - RAM: 16GB DDR4 - Storage: 1x16TB Seagate (parity) + 4x8TB Seagate (array) + 1xADATA Legend 800 1TB (cache) I just added an Intel ARC A380 GPU to use the server as an encoding machine (AV1 and HVEC) and, occasionally, plus NAS and PLEX server. However, without ReBAR, the encoding performance of the A380 is halved, much better than the UHD630 from the CPU, but much worse than what it can be. I want to do an upgrade as follows: - CPU: I would go with an i5-12400F (since I already have the GPU I do not need an IGP) but I'm also looking at an i-5 13400F or i5-13500, depending on the deals I might get on the last 2. - MB: anything mATX Intel that supports 6 SATA - the issue here is the offer is very limited for 6 SATA MB but I found a couple of good deals like ASRock B660M Steel Legend or BIOSTAR B760MX2-E Pro D4. They're both DDR4 MBs, so no need for new RAM. I trust Asrock more, so I think I'll go with that one. Now, my 2 questions related to this upgrade: 1. Is there anything specific I need to do for my Unraid server before the upgrade? Or I'll just swap the parts and that's it? 2. I have a Dell LSI 9207-8i adapter I'm not using yet, as a future-proof solution in case I want to add more storage. If I get a 4SATA MB - the offer is much more varied than the 6SATA one - and add the Dell adapter (since I have 5 HDDs), will it be able to recognize my array from the start? Or is there something I should be aware of with the new setup? Thanks a lot for any answer!
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