March 11, 20188 yr Hi Everyone, I'm in the process of rebuilding my NAS. I currently have a 27tb system (4-6tb drives and 4-4tb with 2 parity) running on Expenology (it's a version of Synology's DSM that is modified to work with custom hardware). My friend can get me a good deal on some 12tb HDD's so I'm looking to redo my whole NAS and move to Unraid and possibly upgrade my CPU at the same time. 12TB HDD I want to eventually be running: https://www.hgst.com/sites/default/files/resources/Ultrastar-He12-datasheet.pdf This is the motherboard I'm running: SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCM-F-O Server Motherboard https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182253 Currently running this CPU: Intel Core i3-3240 Ivy Bridge Dual-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1155 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116773 This is the RAM I'm running: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333 Server Memory https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239117 I would like to upgrade the CPU to a XEON E3-1245 v2 3.4GHz 8MB 4Core. My question is, is this a worthwhile cpu upgrade? Will the cpu be compatible with the existing RAM and Mobo I have now? Would it be beneficial for me to look into adding another 16GB of RAM??? I mainly use my NAS for Plex that requires several concurrent trancoding, media backup, storage backup, and if I can get a good surveillance program up and running, recording and archiving surveillance for home. Any help would be greatly appreciated. - Jon Edited March 11, 20188 yr by jon928
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