Spec me a new Server? Upgrade from E3-1226 v3

[Randall8686]

Hi Guys 

 

 So i have a system with 12 drives in it, its done me well but about about 5/6 years old now and im running out of CPU grunt. My machine does the following 

 

Plex transcoding (4k) yes the current cpu will transcode 4K at 90-95% load (single stream) but often have 3/4 users using the plex library so cant do 4k if this is the case

Virtual machine that does a little bit of video encoding work

CCTV server (3 cameras currently recording using xpenology as its the lightest application i can find on cpu) 

File server for 5/6 users 

 

Future machine will have two Windows VM's 

would like to move away from a xpenology VM for IP cctv cameras but cannot decide on what software to use. 

 

So i clearly need more cpu horsepower. I dont want to spend a fortune (£400-500) and i am happy with a decent second hand (recent ish) hardware. 

Ideally i would like a dual CPU board so i can add another CPU or even start with two. more threads are needed ideally minimum 6c/12t cpu's 

I already have a BIG rackmount case, beefy psu and all my HDD's 

I will need Motherboard (again ideally dual socket but no idea on chipsets etc)

CPU/'s

RAM 

 

Current CPU is E3-1226 v3 with 16gb DDR3 ECC but ideally would like to use this elsewhere. I keep finding bargain servers on ebay etc but although some are dual slot 6c12t setups with 96gb ram they are slow clock speeds so not really too sure what if any benefits i will get. I guess transcoding and VM's are my heaviest loads. 

 

TIA