July 14, 20169 yr Hi all! I'm in the process of starting my build of an unRAID NAS with the intention to run one Windows 10 VM for photo/video editing and to have a Windows system in the boys for browsing. I initially was planning on going Intel i5-4590 or i5-6500 but now ran across the AMD FX series. Looking at FX 8300 or 8350. I know the power consumption is higher on these AMD's but is having the 8 cores better for additional potential VMs in the future? Any insight in these options. The other thing is: I'm trying to make this a "budget" build and by that I mean practical gear to get the job done. I love the idea of saving $100 by buying the FX 8300 which still gets a decent pass mark score of 7600. Someone give me direction!
July 14, 20169 yr Author In response to my own questions: it looks like AMD does not have onboard graphics so I'm assuming I would need 2 GPUs for an AMD build, one for the unraid system ( maybe something cheap) and one for the VM?
July 14, 20169 yr In response to my own questions: it looks like AMD does not have onboard graphics so I'm assuming I would need 2 GPUs for an AMD build, one for the unraid system ( maybe something cheap) and one for the VM? With an AMD card, no, you can "steal" it from the UnRAID console however you will have no console output (which many including myself do not have). You can also do it with Nvidia cards, but there is some trickery to get it to work. While AMD will work no doubt, I and many others will recommend Intel as it is the primary platform UnRAID is tested on, and even though you get less cores you get better per core ratings. I think if you run a lot of VM's the extra cores can help with isolation, however the comparison of 4 AMD cores to 2 Intel cores is likely not much difference (I say this without looking at specific ratings, but I know a 4 core i5 goes against an 8 core FX).
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