So at the moment i have 2 seperate machines running, besides my main Game system.
1 Old Amd-e350 which acts as a nas, automated download box, a small DB server, and i wanted to host my HomeWizzard, but :
its on 24/7
-I want the DB server to be its own instance, because of some issues with the downloads taking up all the cpu on unrar actions
-its only got 4gb of ram, which aint enough for another VM
-Its Dog Slow.
-its decided 100mbit was fast enough ethernet for it, instead of 1gbit
2 A 1st gen i5 nuc. running windows, that is connected as my pc, and is used for viewing films from the nas, stream netflix, a LOT of browsing, and some light gaming.
its on a fair bit, and goes to sleep when im nog using it for 30 minutes
-Its also only got 4gb ram, which is getting problematic when you got 20+ tabs open, half of them youtube.
-It can't keep up with 4k decoding, and im buying a 4k tv in next few months.
So both are outdated and problematic at this point, and i want to save some energy by turning them in to a single system
On a Whim i bought a weird chinese m-atx mobo with a mobile i7 soldered on it for cheap, thrown 32GB on it, and After some fiddling i now have it running perfect in windows 10 viewing 4k films.
My intentions were to make it a VM-Host using unraid or something, and then just host a new nass VM, a few smaller vm's . and host the HTPC as a VM with gpu passtrough.
But after some more reading, it seems GPU passtrough the igpu, without a second GPU installed is gonna be very problematic, and because of the power usage, i dont want to add a second GPU.
So im not sure what my options are, i gues ill could just run the windows HTPC install, and host the VM's on there. But with the pc being used a lot it requires regular reboots.
Which isnt very ideal as a host and i gues that would prevent windows going to a lower power usage state
So im not sure what the best options is ? You guys have any suggestions ?