March 21, 201610 yr Frys has the Core i3-4170 LGA1150 Haswell Processor on 2 day special for $77. I was looking at the G3258 4 Pentium CPU but not sure what is the better one for a new build. Still haven't decided on a MB either. Or just pick up ThinkServer TS140 Intel Core i3-4130 for $294, but that is for another topic.
March 21, 201610 yr Neither have vt-d. The Haswell has the better passmark. What do you plan to do with your new build?
March 21, 201610 yr They're both very nice chips, suitable for basic NAS duties and some light Docker/VM work. The G3258 is a dual core CPU that gets just under 4,000 Passmarks. The Core i3-4170 is a dual core CPU with hyperthreading (so 4 threads vs 2) that gets over 5,100 Passmarks. I don't consider overclocking appropriate for servers, so that advantage of the G3258 is kind of moot. The G3258 might be a little more power efficient. At $10 more than a G3258, the Core i3-4170 is a great bargain - for unRAID I'd pick it up and I wouldn't look back. Unless you are planning a very basic NAS that does nothing but serve files, the Core i3-4170 is a better chip. What do you plan to do with your server?
March 21, 201610 yr Author Well right now it was just a file server, it was a HP N40L that mother board took a dump and figure build a new one vs $150 on a new N54L board. Would like to start playing with at least 1 VM on it. I also have to start looking for a itx board with at least 5 sata ports, I like the smaller footprint. And how does an AMD system running Unraid?
March 21, 201610 yr If you want to play VMs then the Core i3-4170 is better - 4 threads are better than 2 if you are going to be doing multiple things. Be careful, though - if you want to get serious with VMs then the i3-4170 probably won't be enough. Getting serious with VMs requires more cores/threads, more memory, potentially VT-d support, etc. I prefer Intel over AMD - you're getting more horsepower and power efficiency for your $. That said, unRAID does run on AMD.
March 22, 201610 yr Author So how is this deal? Found it on CL locally. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/sys/5466633384.html
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