[Build Advice] Cheapest upgrade for my i3/8gb unRAID box? (Canada)


superderpbro

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Hello, i built a unRAID server out of spare parts (and new drives) about 10 months ago(?). Been going great so far.

 

M/B: MSI - CSM-H87M-G43 (MS-7823)

CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-4170 CPU @ 3.70GHz

Memory: 8 GB (max. installable capacity 32 GB)

 

As of a month ago I have maxed out my SATA ports and would like to add a second parity disc and another data drive (I don't need to do this i just want to).

 

https://i.imgur.com/MEn8ry7.png 

 

So, i "need" to get a good (non Syba) HBA or a board with at least two more SATA ports. However, what i really want/need is more cores and RAM. I recently got into VMs and my parents finally figured out how to use PLEX (lol). I would like to go with a (used?) Super Micro board, at least 4 true cores (Xeon?) with single core speed faster than my lil i3, and at least 16GB ECC. I don't do a ton of stuff on it so i don't need go crazy with it.

 

https://i.imgur.com/F1afqp8.png (I don't really use Emby its just there as i was messing around with it)

 

I am also not made of money (Far from it) so i am looking for the absolute best bang for my buck. Anyone got any MB/CPU/RAM combo recommendations?

 

Thanks :D

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