December 5, 20187 yr Hi everyone, My first UNRAID build has failed after 8 years of loyal service. I'm looking to replace it with something a bit more power efficient and quiet. This is strictly a Media / File Server, possibly with a couple of Dockers / Plex, but no VMs or anything demanding. Most of the time it will simply feed media around the house. I don't anticipate any serious transcoding. My existing HDDs are still fit for purpose, and will number about 6/7 drives in the end, all 5400 rpm models. Desired build: CPU: Pentium G4560 Motherboard: MSI B250M Artic Micro ATX PSU: Corsair 450W 80+ Platinum SFX RAM: 8gb Corsair Vengeance DDR4-2133 Case: Fractal Node 804 Cache drive: Intel SSD 660p NVMe 500gb Does all that seem reasonably appropriate for a basic media server? Grateful for any thoughts / constructive criticism!! Many thanks Andrew
December 11, 20187 yr Hi, some random thoughts: - The motherboard appears expensive? - The G4560 is suitable for a low end file server. - 8GB is suitable for a low end file server. - I'd imagine Kaby Lake hardware is nearing the end of its sales cycle. You'd want to be sure of the specs since in-place upgrades of CPU or memory will get harder, or require going to eBay.
December 20, 20187 yr My config is similar as the onw you propose and it's fine running a couple of Dockers (Plex and rutorrent) + 5-6 plugins (using 3 out of 12GB of ram)
July 22, 20196 yr Author Hi everyone, I really appreciate the responses. Life got in the way of building a new server, but I'm now at a point where I have the time / money to get it sorted. Already have all the HDDs I need, and will install an SSD cache drive from my main PC once all the data has been transferred to the new server. To confirm this is very much a basic media server with a couple of dockers, so no VMs or anything fancy. This is my updated build list: CPU: Pentium G5500 Motherboard: ASRock B360M-HDV PSU: Corsair 450W 80+ Platinum SFX RAM: 8gb Corsair Value Select DDR4-2400 Case: Fractal Node 804 Cache drive: Intel SSD 660p NVMe 500gb Does this all still pass muster for a basic media server? Many thanks for your help.
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