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I think the TDP for the 8 core version is like 15w. However, the Atom chips are great for a NAS that is going to be on 24/7 since it is so low power draw. While it obviously can't compete with a Xeon or Core i chip, it is more than enough for just storage. But I just got one of NZXT's IU01 expansions and it has been great and leaves the single PCIe slot open for something else later. I would say the only downside is the number of USB ports available. It also runs Plex and BTSync (previously also had Transmission, SickBeard, and CouchPotato as well) and has never gotten above 65% CPU load while streaming Plex and uploading to BTSync. I have been running it with 2x8GB of RAM, and 4x3TB drives using ZFS.
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For $280 it really can't be beat with 4 full size DIMM slots with ECC support, 12 SATA ports, Dual Intel NIC's and an IPMI port. I set up a freenas box a few months ago with that ASRock board except the quad core version (couldn't justify the extra $120 for the 8 core) and have had absolutely no performance issues. There is a PCIe slot, though, and you could pick up an inexpensive controller to pop in there if you planned on using all of those 10+ drives you mentioned. While they only list E5-series Xeons, I'm sure the quad-core E3 chips would run circles around 8-core Avoton.Īs a low-power storage platform, though, that ASRock board looks awesome.Īlmost forgot: This ASRock board has all of the important features from the other board you linked, aside from the 6 extra SATA ports, and with the Xeon processor you chose it comes out to ~$26 more than the Atom setup. Anandtech had a decent review of the ASRock board you linked, with some semi-appropriate benchmarks.
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For the encoding tasks that do well with a larger number of cores (multiple streams in Handbrake, PovRay), it is on par with the lower-end, dual-core, Core i3 3000/4000 series CPUs, but it's. I don't know if you've looked at any benchmarks for the C2750, but the performance is well below Core i-based CPUs for any task that isn't heavily threaded. I am open to going higher for future-proofing as long as it's not outrageously expensive. Product recommendations would be helpful but generic advice is just as useful.īudget: Probably $600 for motherboard+processor. However I'm not real familiar with this kind of server building so I'm turning to you all for help. Since if I would be getting a Xeon I'd be getting a budget version it seems I would be loosing the advantages high-end Xeon's are known for putting it in Atom territory. Usually SoC so comes with a motherboard.Higher power usage (not sure if it matters long term though).

Xeon (for example this one another user said was in the budget category) Once you move past the stigma attached to old Atom procs it seems the major difference are

I already have a stack of hard drives (10+), case, power supply, etc so this is the last thing to choose. I'm looking into building a new NAS server but am struggling with what type of processor and therefore motherboard I should go for. r/HomeNetworking - Simpler networking advice. r/pfsense - for all things pfsense ('nix firewall) Might be able to find things useful for a lab. r/hardwareswap - Used hardware, swap hardware.
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