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Hideous build. I hate it. If she doesn't want it, I guess I could be convinced to take it as a gift, though... Only as a favor to a friend

As others have pointed out, the CPU upgrade will likely not net much if anything in FPS. If you are going to spend that money, I would sell the 4070S and combine the budget and proceeds for a GPU upgrade. That is where the performance differential will be.

Copy that. To expand, is the QuickSync on the 10100 going to do anything transcoding-wise that the QS on the 4570T or 7700 won't?

I have the following hardware options: A: Lenovo M73 Mini PC - OEM MOBO, i5-4570T, 8GB DDR3 B: Dell Inspiron 3668 - OEM MOBO, i7-7700, 16GB DDR4 C: Custom PC - Strix B460-I, (CPU TBD), 16GB DDR4 Intended use case: Proxmox server with a handful of VMs A simple NAS with file sharing. (I may end up utilizing some of this extra space in the large case, and running a small RAID array seperately via a SBC. TBD.) Ripping my own DVD and Bluray media VIA internal ODD Plex/Jellyfin (Family of 6, so a handful of devices streaming simultaneously is possible.) Radarr, Sonarr, Openbooks, Photoprism, Nextcloud, etc are likelihoods as I get deeper into the project. I have a nice roomy old PC case with a bunch of 3.5" bays, a Bluray Drive capable of 4k rips, and a decent PSU. I am either going to swap the OEM stuff out A or B, or if 10th/11th gen is significantly better for my use case, buy a cheaper CPU for my Strix ITX board. My main question: Is there anything here that would theoretically be too intensive for build A? If so, would build B be sufficient? Or would perhaps a cheap i3-10100 or i5-10400 in build C be a significant improvement? The main concern would be hosting enough VMs to run the above, and using QuickSync to transcode a few Jellyfin streams. Advice is appreciated!

Would like a GTX 1050 make life easier in this regard? Would an older like GTX650? I've got both on hand, currently unused...

Hey all! I've been building PCs for several years, but I've just never touched servers. I don't have a NAS, I've only touched Linux on my Steam Deck, and as far as the wide world of stuff that a home server can do, I'm entirely fresh. That said, I'm becoming interested in setting up a server for my household, both to back up all of my family photos, kids videos, etc; and to begin backing up my legally obtained media. My budget is low right now, but I do have a few unused older office PCs lying around, which I know CAN become home servers. The question is: are they going to be sufficient for my use case? Currently on hand I've got some Dell OEM systems with i5-3470 and i5-4470s in them. I've also got an HP with an i7-7700. Really all I want to run is stuff like Jellyfin, Radarr, Sonarr, OpenBooks, NextCloud, PhotoPrism, and to operate as a basic NAS. Is there anything within this line of operation that would require more than an i5-3470?

I understand the want to keep building and upgrading once you've tasted building. It's really fun! That said for 1080p gaming... There is nothing here that won't excel. Maybe a monitor upgrade? You'll pull 60FPS at 4k in practically anything. When I was jonesin' badly to build, I started grabbing up used parts and systems, rebuilding and selling them. That helped me chill the f out on things.

For a second I thought you were trolling with the 3M branding and just posting some adhesive square. That's really cool!

I really doubt Linus spends much time on the forums. I've been using for years, and never seen engagement. That's not really the point of the forum.

I wasn't paying attention to your specific case or anything, just linking a high end Ryzen board. There are obviously some ITX boards available. That's generally inaccurate. Mid/high tier Ryzen boards generally run less or at least competitively with Intel boards. You can also overclock from B series boards, you don't need X series or anything; and just about every single Ryzen chip is overclockable.

I mean... I don't wanna push any brand biases... But the Ryzen 7 7700X is almost the same price as a i5-13600k. Just saying. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/WfqPxr/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-45-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000591wof And solid AMD motherboards are almost always a savings from the Intel stuff. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/fFzhP6/gigabyte-b650m-aorus-elite-ax-micro-atx-am5-motherboard-b650m-aorus-elite-ax It doesn't come with a stock cooler, but you've got an AIO iirc.

I've not seen any data to indicate that the 13400 or 13500 would be a bottleneck for the 3080, nor that CPU overclocking is going to be needed to play 4K on current gen games. So really the only reason to go for the 13600 (k or non) is if in your productivity computing, that small amount of clock speed is going to significantly boost your performance, or if overclocking is going to push that productivity that much further. 11th-13th gen has been exceptionally good at providing budget solutions that still kinda rip at productivity. Just buy the best piece within your budget, but again remember that for 4K gaming, the GPU is SIGNIFICANTLY more important than the CPU, so I'd save on the 13400, and spend on the 3080 personally. And as a side note: obviously with 4k AAA gaming, 60FPS is the goal, not 144FPS. The latter is for competitive eSports type gaming, which won't be difficult to achieve at 4k in either case.

Are you actually wanting to overclock? Honestly 4K is so GPU bound, I don't necessarily see the benefit of the K variant chip. You could save on the 13400/f or upspend a little for a 13700f if your specific software needs will benefit greatly from those extra cores.

@VEXICUS I see the Neo-Forza NFS01 is C-Tier, the NFS06 is B Tier, is it safe to say the NFS10 a step up from the 06? (maybe not a whole tier, just technically better specced?)

Thank you!