Hi,

 

I have (had) a build based on an ASRock C2750 Avoton board. However, the board died on me yesterday, so I'm looking to upgrade to a newer and hopefully better build.

 

While my old setup comfortably ran 2 Plex transcodings, several dockers, and a VM, I'm locking for bit more "umpf" hence the Xeon CPU. Also I like "future proofing" in the new setup, i.e. being able to add a SATA adapter and more RAM if needed.

 

Any suggestions or comments are welcome.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://se.pcpartpicker.com/list/3BzsXP

 

 

CPU: Intel - Xeon E5-2603 V4 1.7GHz 6-Core Processor 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: ASRock - X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard 
Memory: Kingston - ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory 
Memory: Kingston - ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory 
Storage: Seagate - Archive 8TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Storage: Seagate - Archive 8TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Storage: Seagate - Archive 8TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Storage: Seagate - Archive 8TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Storage: Seagate - Archive 8TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Storage: Seagate - Archive 8TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Storage: Seagate - Archive 8TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Storage: Seagate - Archive 8TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GT 710 1GB Video Card 
Case: Nanoxia - Deep Silence 5 ATX Full Tower Case 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt Lite 230V 400W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply

 

Hi -

 

An E5-2603v4 would in fact have a "bit more umph" than the C2750.  It has 5,473 Passmarks vs. the 3,344 Passmarks of the Avoton.  On the other hand that's a really low end E5; a CPU with 5,473 Passmarks and 1.7GHz cores is nothing special these days - even a 2 core Pentium can beat that.  If you're getting a great deal on this setup then it may be worthwhile, but there are lots of other options that might either cost less or perform better...