effiency Efficient NAS, media streaming & web hosting CPU

[DaSh__]

Hi there, 

I’m building a 1gbit/s home server for basic NAS, media streaming and webhosting capabilities for up to ~10 concurrent users.

The difficulty I’m facing is choosing the right CPU that’d both be able to handle peak loads and still consume as little power as possible when standing around doing nothing.

Since the server will be hosted at home - it should be as silent and efficient as possible.

 

Here’s a list of CPUs I’ve already taken a look at:

• AMD Athlon Pro 200GE
• AMD Athlon Pro 300U - unsuitable with socket

[Electronics Wizardy]

I think the intel pentiums still idle at a bit less power, and have a slightly faster cpu, so thats probably what id go for here. 

 

Why are you getting the pro versions of the cpus?

 

Nothing you listed will need much cpu power, so basically any modern cpu will work fine here.

[DaSh__]

19 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

I think the intel pentiums still idle at a bit less power, and have a slightly faster cpu, so thats probably what id go for here. 

 

Why are you getting the pro versions of the cpus?

 

Nothing you listed will need much cpu power, so basically any modern cpu will work fine here.

Do you have any specific Intel Pentium in mind?

[Electronics Wizardy]

4 minutes ago, DaSh__ said:

Do you have any specific Intel Pentium in mind?

Id get something like a g5400.

 

What is running on your webserver? Im guessing it won't need much cpu with 10 users

[SupaKomputa]

10 users is easy, even an atom cpu will have no problem.

The problem is when you need to transcode the files, like in a plex server, that's when you need some horsepower.

But for general file transaction, it's not that demanding.

[Boomwebsearch]

1 hour ago, DaSh__ said:

Hi there, 

I’m building a 1gbit/s home server for basic NAS, media streaming and webhosting capabilities for up to ~10 concurrent users.

The difficulty I’m facing is choosing the right CPU that’d both be able to handle peak loads and still consume as little power as possible when standing around doing nothing.

Since the server will be hosted at home - it should be as silent and efficient as possible.

 

Here’s a list of CPUs I’ve already taken a look at:

• AMD Athlon Pro 200GE
• AMD Athlon Pro 300U - unsuitable with socket

 

If you are not needing any rendering/transcoding to be done on the server, then I would recommend a A10 9700 or Ryzen 3200G with an AM4 motherboard.

[DaSh__]

Alright guys looks like this thread is solved, at least for it's requirement.
If I woudn't have any other needs, the Intel Pentium G5400 or the Ryzen 3 3200G would be the cpu to go, but now I got new needs and for that i'll open up a new thread - a CPU with ECC and Intel AMT or AMD Dash or even better a motherboard with IPMI compatibility.
Thank y'all!