Hi, i recently made a post about my original build plan: PREVIOUS POST
I thought I had chosen the right hardware, but today I discovered the Intel E series CPUs.
So I need some advice on two slightly different builds. Will it be worth it to spend about $100 more?
Also if there is anywhere I could save some money, it would be much appreciated, since my original budget was around $1.500.
If you see anything missing in the build, let me know as well.
I've made an spreadsheet with some details on the two builds: SPREADSHEET
The prices shown, are the pricing in Denmark. See picture below for details as well:
Here are some of the things the server will be running:
Both CPUs do not come with any CPU cooler, so I am looking for one that will fit.
*UPDATE: I have changed the cabinet to a Define R5 instead to save some money.
I thought I had chosen the right hardware, but today I discovered the Intel E series CPUs.
So I need some advice on two slightly different builds. Will it be worth it to spend about $100 more?
Also if there is anywhere I could save some money, it would be much appreciated, since my original budget was around $1.500.
If you see anything missing in the build, let me know as well.
I've made an spreadsheet with some details on the two builds: SPREADSHEET
The prices shown, are the pricing in Denmark. See picture below for details as well:
Here are some of the things the server will be running:
- Plex server: 2-3 devices at max (No 4k content so far)
- Backup service: 1-2 devices
- Media storage: for storing photos and video
- VMs: Linux web server (might be multiple), Grafana, MySQL
- Home Assistant
- Pi-hole
- Mail server
- Mediawiki
- Security camera recording
- More Linux servers for other tasks and development
- Mail server
- pfSense
Both CPUs do not come with any CPU cooler, so I am looking for one that will fit.
*UPDATE: I have changed the cabinet to a Define R5 instead to save some money.
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