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
March 12, 20188 yr Your i3 has a passmark of about 4300. The E3-1245 v2 has a passmark of about about 9100. So yes - it is more than 2x the speed. Depending on the cost it would seem worthwhile. The E3 also has a GPU and looks like it support quicksync. This does transcodes in hardware. I expect it would be quite a boost to your transcoding capability. Seems like a good upgrade. As far as extra memory - depends on what you would need it for. Transcoding to RAM can be a good technique that you might explore.
March 12, 20188 yr Author Thanks for the quick reply SSD. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E3-1245-V2-CM8063701098602-SR0P9-CPU-3400-3-4GHz-LGA-1155-100-work/132295989389?epid=127288914&hash=item1ecd74988d:g:r-gAAOSw9ZNZkpLg This CPU should drop right into my mobo correct? I was just reading about QuickSync so that would be awesome if I can do hardware transcoding as well. I have lots of friends and family who use my Plex so being able to handle several concurrent streams and transcoding is a must. Ideally I'd also like to also run a surveillance server for my 6 IP cameras as well. I'm not familiar with transcoding to RAM and what the benefits are and what I would need to do to enable this. edit: Reading this thread about transcoding to RAM now. Thanks. I've never tinkered with VM's so perhaps maybe run 1 VM as well while also handling the PMS transcoding and surveillance server. Thanks. Edited March 12, 20188 yr by jon928
March 25, 20188 yr That's a socket 1155 board. Check that it supports IOMMU. It may not. It would mean you could still run VM's but maybe not pass through to video cards etc. I think anything after 1155 would be ok. eg 1150 or 1151.
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