NAS build sanity check

[parithosh]

I'm looking to update my home NAS and I wanted to see if I'm on the right track with my parts. Any feedback is appreciated

 

My uses:
- Unraid
- Plex server
- Syncthing

Priorities:
- The NAS needs to be low powered, the energy costs at my place (Germany) are super high
- It needs to be really quiet
- Budget is flexible, so i'd like to be future proofing it

I'm thinking of getting the following:
- CPU: Intel core i3-10100
- Motherboard: Gigabyte B460M D3H
- Crucial 16GB RAM
- Re-used 400W power supply
- Re-used rack mounted chassis
- Re-used Hard drives/boot drive

I was mainly looking at the intel i3 CPUs since I read they're quite a bit better at transcoding for plex. I'm open to AMD if that's a wrong line of thought. Are there any newer i3 chips that might make sense looking into?

 

Thank you for your help!
 

 

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

Even a lower end Pentium or Celeron processor will be suitable for Plex transcoding, since they also have the same Quicksync technology. They'd also consume less power, potentially, and obviously be cheaper.

 

So a Pentium:

G6400

G6500

G6600

G6605

etc

 

or a Celeron:

G5900

G5920

etc

 

Basically anything with UHD 610 or UHD 630 iGPU.

[parithosh]

1 hour ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Even a lower end Pentium or Celeron processor will be suitable for Plex transcoding, since they also have the same Quicksync technology. They'd also consume less power, potentially, and obviously be cheaper.

 

So a Pentium:

G6400

G6500

G6600

G6605

etc

 

or a Celeron:

G5900

G5920

etc

 

Basically anything with UHD 610 or UHD 630 iGPU.

Thank you! I'll look into that. It seems that they should be able to handle a couple of streams without a problem, so it should be enough for my needs.

[Pixel5]

the advantage of going with the i3 10100 is that it means you are on a socket that gives you the option to upgrade to much higher end CPU´s if you ever feel like you need more power or if you maybe get a good deal on a used CPU.

 

A system with the i3 10100 can run below 20W at idle easily if you dont add any fancy stuff.

Personally i am running the same CPU but with a 10G NIC and an HBA so i can attach more hard drives so im idling at around 40W instead.

 

Also note that a quite system and at the same time being a rack mounted system are two things that basically never exist at the same time, you will have a much easier time to get a silent system if you build in a regular case which allows you to use regular noctua fans for example.