Micro Server Case?

easyrider · 31 Oct 2016 at 12:07

Is there a case that's similar to the HP micro server?

With HDD bays in the front etc...

Thanks

Armageus · 31 Oct 2016 at 12:12

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-professional-4-bay-nas-bundle-bu-10k-op.html

easyrider · 31 Oct 2016 at 13:10

Armageus said:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-professional-4-bay-nas-bundle-bu-10k-op.html

Cheers

Do you know if I can use a stock intel cooler with it?

HEADRAT · 31 Oct 2016 at 13:14

For an extra £25 you can get a Gen8 Microserver!

Armageus · 31 Oct 2016 at 13:15

I would drop customer service / sales an email, as it says:

- Note on CPU Cooling: Due to the compact nature of the unit a low profile cooler needs to be used (See Related Products below)

But there is no related products section that I can see.

easyrider · 31 Oct 2016 at 13:19

HEADRAT said:
For an extra £25 you can get a Gen8 Microserver!

Its not fast enough

Currently have 3 HP N54L and the main media server is struggling to transcode DTS audio for my Amazon Fire TV

The Celeron in the Gen 8 is not much better than the Turion by all accounts...?

HEADRAT · 31 Oct 2016 at 13:30

Stick any one of these faster CPUs in it (to replace asthmatic Celeron)

http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6596-hp-microserver-gen8-processor-faq/page-22

The Xeons are pretty hard to find/expensive but the i3/i5 stuff is as cheap as chips (pun intended)

easyrider · 31 Oct 2016 at 13:54

I'm wondering if the i3 3240 will be quick enough?

HEADRAT · 31 Oct 2016 at 13:59

Now that's harder to answer, Plex forums might be your best bet there.

I would just be tempted to "overkill" and go for a i5-3470T (nearly twice as fast as the stock Celeron), not a powerful than a Xeon but less TDP and cheaper/easier to find.

easyrider · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:07

HEADRAT said:
Now that's harder to answer, Plex forums might be your best bet there.

I would just be tempted to "overkill" and go for a i5-3470T (nearly twice as fast as the stock Celeron), not a powerful than a Xeon but less TDP and cheaper/easier to find.

Yeah,

The i5 3470T is still only dual core and only marginally faster than the i3 3420...

HEADRAT · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:12

I have a 1230v2 Xeon in my Gen8 and I've never had any issues, that said most of my clients "Direct Play" everything.

easyrider · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:13

HEADRAT said:
I have a 1230v2 Xeon in my Gen8 and I've never had any issues, that said most of my clients "Direct Play" everything.

How much was that?

69TDP and the stock passive Heatsink cools ok?

HEADRAT · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:16

I've never had a problem with temps, I think it was £145 off the Bay

HEADRAT · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:26

Why not create VM on your i7 and see how it copes with trans-coding DTS if you only give it dual cores etc? (to mimic a i3 3420)

Probably the easiest/cheapest way to verify if an i3 3420 would be OK.

Stelly · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:27

easyrider said:
How much was that?

69TDP and the stock passive Heatsink cools ok?

I have the same CPU in my Gen 8 with 16Gb and it flies with Plex and other software on it.

Stelly

HEADRAT · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:29

Stelly said:
I have the same CPU in my Gen 8 with 16Gb and it flies with Plex and other software on it.

Stelly

Agreed, it's a great combo.

easyrider · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:29

HEADRAT said:
Why not create VM on your i7 and see how it copes with trans-coding DTS if you only give it dual cores etc? (to mimic a i3 3420)

That takes effort !

The I7 solution is just a stopgap as this gaming PC is not all the time...

I'll probs just get the intel xeon e3-1220 v2 and be done with it...

HEADRAT · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:31

Or you could do that

I run Xpenology on mine and Plex etc. runs great

Stelly · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:31

easyrider said:
That takes effort !

The I7 solution is just a stopgap as this gaming PC is not all the time...

I'll probs just get the intel xeon e3-1220 v2 and be done with it...

Cant go wrong with it mate... the bay and some searching skills... it is a little louder then the N54L but not by much and it has LiLo as standard as well

Stelly

HEADRAT · 31 Oct 2016 at 14:32

Agreed, I run Xpenology on mine and run Plex as an "App" it's faultless. Also run "Docker", "Couch Potato", "Sonarr", "Unifi Controller" etc. etc.

Also you can get Advance iLO for Gen8 which is a great little addition (512485-B21/512519-021 F/S NEW RETAIL HP ILO ADVANCED PK SINGLE SVR)