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[Mylo75]

Unraid Server
M/B: Supermicro - X8DTL
CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU L5520 @ 2.27GHz
HVM: Enabled
IOMMU: Enabled
Cache: 256 kB, 1024 kB, 8192 kB
Memory: 12 GB 
Network: bond0: fault-tolerance (active-backup), mtu 1500
eth0: 1000 Mb/s, full duplex, mtu 1500

600 watt Power supply

4 8tb  drives and 2 6tb drives

 

What would be a decent energy efficient upgrade from this old server hardware I'm currently running.

 

I'm running 12 or so dockers, 1 or 2 plex streams and 1 or 2 non gaming vms also leaving some room for extra future usage. 

 

Thanks in advance.

[Zonediver]

3 hours ago, Mylo75 said:

What would be a decent energy efficient upgrade

 

You can use a "normal" (non server) Intel platform with a 12th gen CPU - avoid 13th and 14th gen CPUs.

You have also the opportunity to set the PowerLevel within the BIOS.

My "old" i7-9700 is running with 45W.

A cheap solution could be a 12600K running at 45-50W.

And if you ask: Why (the hell) a 12600K? Well - it has 10 cores and 16 threads - good for your VMs 👍

Edited September 15, 2024 by Zonediver

[Mylo75]

CPU Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor 

CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15S chromax black 

Motherboard Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard

Memory Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory

Power supply ASUS ROG Thor 1000W Plat II PS

Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case

 

Just getting back to looking at this now. Would this be a good fit?

 

Whats the reason to avoid intels 13 & 14 gen cpus