Upgrading i3-3240 Ivy Bridge Dual-Core to Xeon E3 cpu

[jon928]

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

[SSD]

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.

[jon928]

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.

[Jessie]

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.