So... I finally had the money and time to upgrade our home server, and boy did I blow it. My current server is a Dual Xeon 3GHz (SL8SV) on a Supermicro X6DHE-G2 w/ 16GB ECC memory and two M1015's in IT mode running all of ZFS arrays. It's old as dirt, but been rock solid.
So I finally upgraded ... or attempted to.
Supermicro X10SRL-F
32GB DDR4 PC4-2133 ECC (checked compatibility with supermicro)
and the kicker...
E5-2670 (v1)
so... the processor is a v1. My board only supports a v3. I normally do lots of research before I buy, so I'm not really sure how I missed the LGA2011 vs LGA2011-v3 spec difference. But I effed up...
So my question is this... I need a E5 CPU that can stream at least 6 1080 streams simultaneously. Plex's hardware requirements are 2000 passmark per 1080 stream, so I'm thinking that a E5-2620 might work, but was wondering if there are better prices out there... an extra $350+ isn't going to go over well with the wife.
So I finally upgraded ... or attempted to.
Supermicro X10SRL-F
32GB DDR4 PC4-2133 ECC (checked compatibility with supermicro)
and the kicker...
E5-2670 (v1)
so... the processor is a v1. My board only supports a v3. I normally do lots of research before I buy, so I'm not really sure how I missed the LGA2011 vs LGA2011-v3 spec difference. But I effed up...
So my question is this... I need a E5 CPU that can stream at least 6 1080 streams simultaneously. Plex's hardware requirements are 2000 passmark per 1080 stream, so I'm thinking that a E5-2620 might work, but was wondering if there are better prices out there... an extra $350+ isn't going to go over well with the wife.