French-Guy Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 First of all, I wish you - Unraiders - a very Happy New Year 2019 I've been running Unraid for many years with a super basic hardware (Sempron LE1100 and 2GB Ram) I switched a few months ago to something i had laying around but still not much better compared to today's standards (Athlon II X2 250 and 4GB Ram) So now I'm looking to upgrade to have something more up to date. I know it's subjective, but I would like to find the "best bang for the buck" compromise I was thinking i3-8100 or Ryzen 5 2400G.... I'm not sure what I want to do with my server at the end.......But I'd like to be able to test a Windows VM Are those 2 CPU decent choices, or should I pay more right away for something like i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 2600? Thanks Quote Link to comment
drdebian Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Coming from an Athlon II X2, the i3-8100 will already feel like from another galaxy. You'll definitely have to upgrade the RAM as well, 4 gigs isn't going to cut it if you intend to run Windows VMs at all. Quote Link to comment
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