April 7, 201412 yr Hi All, Looking to build the following to replace my ageing HP Microserver. Debating on what CPU to use whether it be a Xeon or Desktop type. Wanting to chuck ESXi and unRAID on there hosting Plex, SabNZBd and NZBDrone. Currently Plex can only handle on stream so looking at upping this to 3-4. Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 Motherboard: Asus M5A97 AMD 970 CPU: AMD Piledriver FX-8 8350 RAM:Corsair Vengeance Pro Gold 16GB PSU: Corsair RM 650 Datastore: Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB Storage Drives: 4 x Western Digital Caviar Red 4TB Any feedback would be great.
April 7, 201412 yr Sounds like you want to maximize performance -- so I'd use an Intel motherboard and CPU. Probably go with a Haswell-based Xeon.
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