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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!