Intel Or AMD for a NAS

[rookie_eyes]

Hey Guys, I'm an avid PC builder and I'm currently working on building a crazy overkill NAS. However, I've asked around my friends and colleagues at work and it strikes an interesting debate on which is better: Intel or AMD. I kinda wanna know what your experiences are with each so that I can move forward with my build. I'm Looking using FreeNas as the OS and also about 48 TB of storage. Many thanks for your help in advance

[LukeSavenije]

A xeon is great for that

A opteron/epyc would be great too

a ryzen would do too

a intel core will do

It's whatever you can get for your money, not by what brand it is

[NelizMastr]

Depends on what you want it to do. For dumb storage and nothing else, you could even use an Athlon 200GE or a Pentium.

[rookie_eyes]

Just now, NelizMastr said:

Depends on what you want it to do. For dumb storage and nothing else, you could even use an Athlon 200GE or a Pentium.

I'm Looking at being able to create Virtual machines on it as well as a storage box. Plus ECC support has a better history with Intel. But the prices for AMD are hard to ignore

 

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, rookie_eyes said:

I'm Looking at being able to create Virtual machines on it as well as a storage box. Plus ECC support has a better history with Intel. But the prices for AMD are hard to ignore

 

Most Intel CPUs don't have ECC support, though, where all Ryzen processors do. 

 

I'd take a look at the Ryzen 7 2700. Sounds right up your alley. 8c/16t 65W TDP, decent price, unbuffered ECC support. You'll just need a low end piece of crap GPU to run a display and you're ready.