I have an old workstation that was my primary gaming computer for years. I'm wondering if its a good value to upgrade the current setup with a motherboard I already own.
Current freenas setup:
ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer
i7-5820K (upgrade to compatible used Xeon)
16GB DDR Memory (upgrade to 32/64GB DDR4 ECC)
Is there any real value in upgrading this x99 board with a used Xeon and some DDR4 ECC vs. just going new board, new Ryzen and new DDR4 ECC?
For me the value prop is that I already own the motherboard, could sell the old CPU and RAM, offsetting costs. Just not sure if this is a good idea.
As for use, I use the freenas for file store along with plex server and other misc services. Nothing too heavy, but I do a fair amount of CPU-based transcoding. I have about 40TB raw space.
Current freenas setup:
- E3-1286L v3
- 32GB RAM
- Intel low-end server MB
ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer
i7-5820K (upgrade to compatible used Xeon)
16GB DDR Memory (upgrade to 32/64GB DDR4 ECC)
Is there any real value in upgrading this x99 board with a used Xeon and some DDR4 ECC vs. just going new board, new Ryzen and new DDR4 ECC?
For me the value prop is that I already own the motherboard, could sell the old CPU and RAM, offsetting costs. Just not sure if this is a good idea.
As for use, I use the freenas for file store along with plex server and other misc services. Nothing too heavy, but I do a fair amount of CPU-based transcoding. I have about 40TB raw space.