Hardware specs for a new unRAID server??

[StevieP]

I've currently got unRAID running on a HP Microserver with the following specs:

Intel® Xeon® CPU E31260L @ 2.40GHz
16 GiB DDR3 Single-bit ECC

Within the system I've got a 250GB MX500 SSD and 3 x Western Digital RED hard drives (2 x 4TB and 1 x 2TB)

I use the system predominantly as a storage NAS for movies, photos etc along with Plex but am also hosting a number of game server dockers for a few mates for when we want a dedicated server. (7 Days to Die, Satisfactory, Valheim etc)

My issues is that the RAM and CPU seem to be holding me back when I'm hosting multiple servers so I was looking at a full revamp, including case, CPU and RAM.

Can anyone recommend me a decent spec for this sort of use - ideally with low(ish) power usage for 24/7 operation?

Thanks...

 

[StevieP]

Is that a single stick of ram? Might be worth getting another but how much performance that gives i dunno.

I believe its 2 x 8GB sticks but the issue is that the motherboard and CPU doesn't support any more RAM than 16GB! (a quick Google seems to suggest this anyway!)

To be honest, as good as the Microserver has been, I'm definitely leaning towards new hardware from the ground up.

 

[StevieP]

If ECC is important to you a cheap AM4 system is an option. I’m using a Ryzen 5 1600AF and an ASRock board which supports ECC RAM. Idle power usage tends to be a bit higher than a typical Intel system but it’s better under load.

If I'm honest I don't fully understand the benefits of ECC??