calgarychris
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Hi,
I'm looking to build a second server and wanted to run the following past you folks for recommendations. I will note that the use case is a 2 adult household, using the box primarily as a media centre, with potentially some streaming to iPad in the future via Plex. I don't know if this is overkill - my current box is an Asus AMD E350-I that's worked fine but is 92% full.
Option 1
MBD-X9SCM-F-O
Xeon E3-1240V2
4 x 8GB 1600 DDR3 Samsung (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
6 x 4TB Toshiba MC04ACA in RaidZ2
Corsair RM450
Lian-Li PC-A04
vs.
MBD-X10SLM+-F-O
Xeon E3-1231V3
4 x 8GB 1600 DDR3 Samsung (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
6 x 4TB Toshiba MC04ACA in RaidZ2
Corsair RM450
Lian-Li PC-A04
edit: This option prices up about $10 cheaper
Given that my needs are (I think) relatively insignificant, should I be looking at the new Atom processors instead of the above? The two builds above are at the upper limit of what I want to spend and there's nothing in it for Sata DOMs or an SSD. I looked at the Crucial memory, but it came out more expensive than the Samsung when buying from Superbiiz.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks
I'm looking to build a second server and wanted to run the following past you folks for recommendations. I will note that the use case is a 2 adult household, using the box primarily as a media centre, with potentially some streaming to iPad in the future via Plex. I don't know if this is overkill - my current box is an Asus AMD E350-I that's worked fine but is 92% full.
Option 1
MBD-X9SCM-F-O
Xeon E3-1240V2
4 x 8GB 1600 DDR3 Samsung (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
6 x 4TB Toshiba MC04ACA in RaidZ2
Corsair RM450
Lian-Li PC-A04
vs.
MBD-X10SLM+-F-O
Xeon E3-1231V3
4 x 8GB 1600 DDR3 Samsung (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
6 x 4TB Toshiba MC04ACA in RaidZ2
Corsair RM450
Lian-Li PC-A04
edit: This option prices up about $10 cheaper
Given that my needs are (I think) relatively insignificant, should I be looking at the new Atom processors instead of the above? The two builds above are at the upper limit of what I want to spend and there's nothing in it for Sata DOMs or an SSD. I looked at the Crucial memory, but it came out more expensive than the Samsung when buying from Superbiiz.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks