Another Microserver user looking to upgrade

[Conan257]

I've been running an N54L for a long time. It appears that i'm starting to struggle with CPU usage (mainly due to Plex), and considering how little I can spend to get a significant upgrade.

Setup:

N54L
16gb ram
120gb Cache
5x HDD totalling 14tb

System is running Unraid. It needs restarting twice a week due to Plex stealing all the resources and it not recovering itself. Sometimes I can restart just Plex, which fixes the problem for a few days.

If I'm just looking at a CPU, Motherboard and PSU upgrade (already have a case), would I get enough for an upgrade to make it worthwhile for £100 or so?

 

[Conan257]

Yes, running Plex in a docker alongside another 8-10 dockers doing various things (the usual).

I've tried to solve Plex, but nothing concrete so far. Never set up transcoding, thumbnail generation is off... Not sure...

 

[Conan257]

I don't think I was struggling with Plex as such, it just ended up sucking up lots of resources at a time when it wasn't meant to be doing anything, that I'm aware of....

Strangely, updating to the latest build of Unraid has solved all my issues and the system is running at around 20-30% CPU and RAM usage.... No reason for the issues before, but I've saved a bunch of money by keeping unraid updated!