November 10, 2025Nov 10 Hi all, soon to be first time unRAID user here and looking for a bit of guidance for my NAS build. I want to avoid any major compatibility issues for my use cases (bios issues, recognizing iGPU, etc) as well as get some feedback from users on anything major I should change.My primary use cases will be:data hub for everything, photos, videos,etc.2-3 video game serves at any given time (heavily modded usually, so will be a ram pig)plex media server, transcoding required by Intel iGPU, 4-6 4K streams top end but thats alongside everything elsebackup for all other PCs in the houseVM spinups for test environments and random projectsLooking at the following right now:intel core ultra 7 265K - could downgrade to the 245K or a 14500, but worried about the 14th gen intel issues. Heard that unRAID at one point had an issue with the 15th gen iGPUs though. Status now?Asus PRIME Z890M-PLUS WIFI Micro ATX LGA1851 motherboard - primarily picking as it has 6 sata 6gb ports. Open to suggestions here.64 gb corsair ram, 32x22x 2b 980 pro name samsung drives, cache/game servers located here6x 12tb WD red pro - I believe this one is CMR and not SMR, correct?750W platinum power supply, unsure which one yet.Any feedback/advice appreciated, especially on CPU given my use case and potential motherboard options that have 6 or more SATA connections. Thanks!
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