Motherboard CPU recomendations

[m.b.d]

I know this has been covered thousands of times, I've read 12 or more threads about this very topic but none fit my situation.

 

Currently I'm running

 - Supermicro - X10SLL-F motherboard

- Intel® Xeon® CPU E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz Processor

- 32GB of ECC Ram

 

My current setup has 5 drives (2 Parity & 3 data) and a single cache drive.

I have 2 VM running, one is a simple website, the other is a VDI (not for gaming general web work)

I have 5 dockers running about 100% of time time.  only one draws much cpu time (plex)

 

Since plex has introduced Live TV my family records about 15 to 20 shows a day, and seems to stream a lot more than usual.  I'm getting transcoading issues due to lack of CPU power.  I've given Plex full control of 3 of the 4 cores and everything else runs on core #1

 

I'd like to upgrade processors for more cores to assist in the overload issues.  I know my current MB is a few gen old so can anyone assist me in parting out new hardware?

 

Thx

[ashman70]

Ok I take back what I said, your board can only take dual or quad core CPU's, so you'll have to get a new board. I would start listing features your current board has that you want, features it doesn't have that you want and features you don't want.

Edited September 11, 2017 by ashman70

[HellDiverUK]

1220v3 is 4 cores.  Best CPU to swap in is the 1281v3 which is 4.1GHz, 4 core with Hyperthreading (so sort of 8 core).  It'll be WAY faster than what you have.  

 

Though, the 1271v3 is probably easier to find, it's 4GHz but stlll 4 core with HT.

[MowMdown]

Like @HellDiverUK mentioned, you can find Quad Core E3s that support hyper-threading.

 

I myself run a E3-1241v3, Here are the Passmark Comparisons between the E3-1220v3 and the E3-1241v3.

 

With a 10K passmark score, plex thinks it'll be able to handle 5 1080p transcodes.

 

 

Edited September 14, 2017 by MowMdown

[m.b.d]

Looking up the suggested processors,  thanks for the great suggestions.

 

Is there an advantage to keeping with Xeon processors and not moving to a i5 or i7?

 

As for things that I'd like to get that i currently dont have more on-board sata would be nice, but I have an expansion card if and when i need it.

Edited September 14, 2017 by m.b.d

[HellDiverUK]

On almost all i5 and i7 you lose ECC support.  There's typically a Xeon E3 part to match every i5 and i7 as far as clock speed and core counts are concerned.

 

There are a few i5 and i7 chips that support ECC, but I've never seen them 'in the wild' as they either never really existed, or were used in specific OEM machines.

[m.b.d]

On 9/14/2017 at 1:30 PM, HellDiverUK said:

On almost all i5 and i7 you lose ECC support.  There's typically a Xeon E3 part to match every i5 and i7 as far as clock speed and core counts are concerned.

 

There are a few i5 and i7 chips that support ECC, but I've never seen them 'in the wild' as they either never really existed, or were used in specific OEM machines.

I knew i would loose the Ecc support, but with Unraid is ECC worth the expense?

 

I've ordered the replacement 1281v3 its sitting at the post office waiting for Monday

[ashman70]

I used to argue that ECC was a nice to have not a need to have, and to some degree I still feel that way however it comes down to how important your data is to you. For the extra cost I now feel it's worth it, but that is just my opinion. You get extra protection with ECC in the event that a memory error occurs. Some might say memory errors are rare and they may be right, but again, how important is your data?

[HellDiverUK]

If I have a board/CPU that supports ECC, then I'll use it - if I can't I don't sweat it.

 

Anecdote: 6 workstations running 24/7 at work for just under 9 years, and only 1 ECC memory error has happened in all that time, and it was quite recently during a storm where the mains went out and the building switched to generator.  They're Dell Precision T5400 with dual Xeon chips and the super-expensive FBDIMMs.