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Hi, I have a small business, and we work with 3D illustrations and rendering. I'm seeing the need to have a server to improve render time, and I will use UnRaid to have a NAS (in the same system) here in the company as well. As it is my first time building a server, I would like to know if I am forgetting something, or if exist any part that has a better cost benefit. CPU: Intel - Xeon E5-2660 V2 2.2GHz 10-Core Processor ($200.00) CPU: Intel - Xeon E5-2660 V2 2.2GHz 10-Core Processor ($200.00) CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U12DXi4 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($64.95 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U12DXi4 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($64.95 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Supermicro X9DRI-LN4F+-O Dual LGA2011 /Intel C602/ DDR3/ SATA3/ V&4GbE/ EATX Server Motherboard ($496.69 @ Amazon) RAM: 8x 8GB 64GB RDIMM ECC REG DDR3 1600MHz RAM HP Workstation Z420 Z620 Z820 A2Z51AA ($207.00) Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital - Red 8TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($262.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Western Digital - Red 8TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($262.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Western Digital - Red 8TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($262.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Western Digital - Red 8TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($262.99 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0 Video Card ($173.98 @ Newegg) Case: Corsair - 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($148.89 @ B&H) Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($249.88 @ OutletPC) Other: 10Gtek for Intel 82599ES Chip Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA2 ($99.00) Other: SAS9211-8I 8PORT Int 6GB Sata+sas Pcie 2.0 ($119.98 @ Amazon) Other: Asunflower 3.3Ft Internal Mini-SAS 36P (SFF-8087)Male to 4x SATA Female Breakout Cable ($9.99 @ Amazon) Total: $3367.25

So, I'm planning to build a small render farm. Originally I was thinking of using a Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 and the Asus X99-M WS Micro ATX Motherboard. But now we have The Ryzen CPUs, (Ryzen 1800x -MSI B350M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard) Which of these, you guys think are better? Xeon with ECC memory, wi-fi (and better mobo overall), OR Ryzen with more cores, and better price?

I work with 3D rendering, and I was needing a render farm and a NAS. But as I do not have much space here, I was thinking of building a PC using the Enthoo Xl case, thus mounting two systems in one case. So, what do you guys think of this list? (ryzen - render farm, Atom - Plex/NAS) PCPartPicker part list CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($468.98 @ NCIX US) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($57.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard1: MSI B350M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard2: ASRock C2750D4I Mini ITX Atom C2750 Motherboard ($379.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory1: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($231.99 @ Amazon) Memory2: Kingston Technology ValueRAM 64 GB Kit of 4 (4x16 GB Modules) 1600MHz DDR3 (PC3-12800) ECC Reg CL11 DIMM DR x4 Server Memory KVR16R11D4K4/64 ($577.55 @ Amazon) Storage1: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($173.87 @ Amazon) Storage2: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($120.99 @ Best Buy) Storage2: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($120.99 @ Best Buy) Storage2: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($120.99 @ Best Buy) Storage2: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($120.99 @ Best Buy) Storage2: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($120.99 @ Best Buy) Storage2: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($120.99 @ Best Buy) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GB GAMING X 2G Video Card ($114.99 @ Newegg) Case: Phanteks Enthoo Mini XL MicroATX Desktop Case ($149.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($183.99 @ SuperBiiz) Other: 10Gtek for Intel 82599ES Chip Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA2 ($263.99 @ Amazon) Other: 10Gtek for Intel 82599ES Chip Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA2 ($263.99 @ Amazon)

So, here's my situation: I work with 3D rendering, and I'm about to buy a new PC and a NAS. I'm going to use my old (current) PC as a render farm to improve my work time. And I'm going to use the NAS as my plex library (and transcoding), but it seems that the synology processors are not very good for this. My question is if I can use the CPU of my render farm, to transcode the media files of plex when I'm not using it for rendering. (And I'm thinking of connecting everything via 10gbe, it will work?)

with all these changes, It would not be best to build the setup "dual system in a single case" that I suggested earlier? Leaving one processor for each configuration (nas and render farm) Then I would use freenas because of zfs.

What cpus / motherboard do you suggest? (And at this price point It would not be better to do the "dual system one case" that I mencioned earlier?) I'm new to all this, my first idea was to run two pcs (one with freenas, and the render farm with normal windows and the 3d software), so I'm still looking for the "best"/"easy" option in my case.

Thank you so much guys for the tips. So just to summarize the parts and some question that I have: For the NAS 6x WD Red 4TB as storage, and an raid 0 of ssds for cache (in the videos Linus suggest an raid 1 of ssds for better protection, is not that better?) 2GB ECC RAM (in the plex site, they suggest 8GB, just 2 will be alright?) and a server motherboard with onboard graphics for UnRaid For the Render Farm 1 nvme ssd as boot and storage* (windows 10/ 3D rendering software, *cache of 3D files textures) remaining 62GB ECC RAM And a GTX 1050 for the passthrough Thanks Electronics Wizardy, just some questions about this configuration Would not this increase the cost significantly? I'm still new to the VM/NAS stuff, but looks like the Unraid is very simple to use ( I know that with the zfs I would get more performance from the NAS, but it looks like I would need an additional knowledge to work with linux, is that right?

I work with the distributed rendering of Vray, wich allows the render server to automatically download the missing textures and assets, and save then in a assets cache folder for a period of time. So basically it would look like this: 1º- main machine (Already have) 2º- NAS/ Render farm NAS = 1 SSD, and 6x HDD WD Red - 1 or 2 cores with 2GB RAM Render= 1 SSD, 8/9 remaining cores with 62GB RAM Would that be it? Sorry for my lack of knowledge, although working with 3D rendering, is my first time building a pc/nas.

So. with the VM system, I will use as render farm, and as NAS. How much processing (cores/threads) / RAM do I leave for the NAS? I plan to use the NAS as weekly backups, storage, and maybe plex (with max 2 streaming 1080p)

I work for 8 years with 3d rendering and advertising, and for personal reasons I'm going to work from home now. I'm going to set up a home office, and I've seen the need to have a NAS and a render farm, but I don't have much space. My question is: do I mount two systems in a single case (Enthoo mini XL DS), or do I mount two systems using a stronger processor and virtualization using Unraid? Here are the part lists from pc part picker: System 2 in 1 CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($409.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($57.89 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Asus X99-M WS Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($263.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($171.58 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($169.49 @ OutletPC) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($109.99 @ B&H) Case: Phanteks Enthoo Mini XL MicroATX Desktop Case ($179.00) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($183.80 @ OutletPC) CPU: Integrated with Motherboard Motherboard: ASRock C2750D4I Mini ITX Atom C2750 Motherboard ($379.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Other: 10Gtek for Intel 82599ES Chip Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA2 ($263.99 @ Amazon) Other: Kingston Technology ValueRAM 64 GB Kit of 4 (4x16 GB Modules) 1600MHz DDR3 (PC3-12800) ECC Reg CL11 DIMM DR x4 Server Memory KVR16R11D4K4/64 ($519.08 @ Amazon) Total: $3584.73 ------------------- System VM CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 V4 2.4GHz 10-Core Processor ($879.99 @ B&H) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($64.45 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Asus X99-M WS Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($263.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: Crucial 64GB (4 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory ($417.77 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($169.49 @ OutletPC) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($169.49 @ OutletPC) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($145.99 @ B&H) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($109.99 @ B&H) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($134.49 @ OutletPC) Other: 10Gtek for Intel 82599ES Chip Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA2 ($263.99 @ Amazon) Total: $3449.58 What do you guys think?