Low power PC upgrade needed - any help appreciated

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Hi all,

I currently have an old low-power PC which I'm using as NAS and to stream/transcode using Kodi. It's an old AMD Athlon 5350(!) which has given sterling service but seems to be creaking a bit now.
I'm a bit out of the loop, so I'm looking for some suggestions to keep the upgrade price down and having looked at ************ I realise I have little idea where to start again.

I have a fairly large case and plenty of storage, I'm looking for mb + cpu + cooler + 16gb RAM, and maybe a replacement power supply but to be as low as possible as this is left on all the time. I think i have a 400w in there at the moment.
Won't be playing games so integrated graphics would be fine, but if it could be enough to drive 4k video sometime in the future that would be good.
If the board can have plenty of SATA ports that would be a bonus, but I am open to getting a card if needed.

Thanks in advance

Dave

 

[Tetras]

An AMD AM5 option.

TPU reviewed the CPU here and the power consumption was very low:

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Review - Zen 4 + Zen 4c Tested

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is a highly affordable Socket AM5 processor. It features the Phoenix 2 core, which combines the Zen 4 and Zen 4c architecture, for improved energy efficiency. In our review we test gaming performance with both integrated graphics and a discrete graphics card.

www.techpowerup.com

The motherboard has 2x DP and 1x HDMI, which could come in handy.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Six Core 3.5GHz (Socket AM5) APU with Radeon 740M Graphics (SKU: PRO-AMD-01798) = £128.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03566) = £114.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast 16GB EXPO (2x8GB) 5600Mhz DDR5 CL36 Dual Channel Kit - Black (SKU: MEM-KNG-02339) = £50.00
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £22.99

Total: £324.96 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

maybe a replacement power supply but to be as low as possible as this is left on all the time

In the description of this video there is a spreadsheet linked that I find helpful:

The Corsair RMx PSUs seem to do pretty well for idle power (in the spreadsheet), however I've seen posts that they have dropped the -12v line and that it can cause compatibility issues with some older motherboards.

If the board can have plenty of SATA ports that would be a bonus, but I am open to getting a card if needed.

I'm afraid most boards only have 4, or even 2 now.

For awhile I'd recommend ASRock's Pro RS (Z790) or Riptide, but 1700 is an outdated socket at this point, especially with the dubious 13th-14th gen CPUs.

MSI's B650 Tomahawk does have 6, on the AMD side, though that would be a lot to pay for your usage.

 

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See, this is why I can always trust this place... I don;t come here often any more but always guaranteed to get a detailed answer.

Thanks very much for this!