Just for posterity I thought I'd post the part list that I ended up going with, thanks again for everyones advice :)
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This build leave room for me to buy a graphics card and/or other expansion cards in the future.
im looking at a SUPERMICRO X9DRI-F paired up with a couple E5V2s but i cant find that motherboard in australia, are there any similar ones that are more commonly found?
also is there any specific ecc memory worth looking at or will anything do
Yea after reading all these replies im leaning towwards unraid, i only chose it to start out because it was free, but if unraid is a better option and getting a licence is that expencive ill probs get it.
im pretty settled on this case so buying prebuilt used on ebay is not really an option...
Thanks for the advice.
Did a quick search on amazon and ebay, there a lot of different Xeon E-2xxx CPUs are there any in particular that u recommend?
Also any specific ram i need?
so the igpu and the cpu should be able to handle the around 5-10 concurrent 1080p transcodes?
also if i go the xeon route this would be my first time going with enterprise gear, is there anything specifically different about enterprise motherboards that i should look out for?
Thanks so much for...
Probably some cheap sata cards just to get the 12 data ports I need, I might in the future grab sone raid controllers and an extra GPU for VMs, but not to start with
Is it worth using some of my budget for an unraid licence, given that FreeNAS seems that limited?
Any specific motherboard CPU GPU combo recommendations?
Hey Guys first time posting on the forum,
I've recently decided to build a dedicated Plex Server and NAS instead of piggy backing off my gaming rig so I wanted some advice. The last time I built a computer was about 5 years ago so all my knowledge about what is best to buy is very out of date...
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