#Cpu led light on motherboard upgrade

If starting from scratch with a new build to be single user Plex server, storage, pihole but efficient energy wise, what would you chose? Seems to be a board many have used but I can't find that anywhere now.Īnother MB recommendations I have seen used are ĪSRock X570M Pro4 with AMD Ryzen 5 5600G - my preferred based on 8 SATA and available to buyĪsus PRIME Z590-A with Intel Core Intel Core i3 10300 (only 6 SATA ports I believe though) A recommendation I did find was the Asrock Rack E3C246D4U paired with i3 8100 CPU.

#Cpu led light on motherboard upgrade

Once I have this locked in I can slowly upgrade the HDD's too much larger ones to lessen the count for less power draw.įinding it hard to hit on a recommended board to be honest by trawling the forum, especially that is actually available. So my aim if to start with a new MB & CPU combo that are much more efficient, high SATA connection count and a boost in performance for Plex if possible. 110W and will draw 160W when doing a parity check.

According to my Eve Energy plug the server ticks over at approx. This setup is doing ok but it is noisy (not wife friendly as it's in her office) and not very efficient power wise and we have a big focus on this currently with energy prices going through the roof. Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8, 8-Port SAS/SATA CardĢ x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB for Cache pool It's about time I retired my old server that's been going well for over 10 years now! Had a few HDD failures over the years plus one PSU but it been pretty reliable and served me well.