So the home server is in need of a refresh as the M2NPV-VM board is well past its prime. Over the years I've been through many iterations, and the addition of SSDs was the last incremental change.
Current build
- Asus M2NPV-VM (left from my MythTV hacking days)
- Athlon II X4 640
- 8 GB RAM
- 2 X SSD - Raid 1
- 5 X 3TB HD - Raid 6
- PCIe 4 Port Sata-3 card
- GigE PCIe Network Card (onboard has died)
- Arctic CPU Fan
- Low voltage case fans
Requirements
- New Motherboard
- Minimum 4 x Sata-3 - 6 or more preferred
- Onboard Video - Either via CPU/GPU on built in
- Minimum 32GB Ram
- GigE onboard
- Micro ATX preferred
- PCIe Slots to re-use SATA-3 card and allow for additional NIC
- CPU
- Open to AMD or Intel
- Would probably hold back for AM4 if I was sticking with AMD
- VT required (hardware virtualisation)
- 4 Cores Preferred
- Low Power Preferred
- Open to AMD or Intel
- FAN
- Quiet as possible as sits in home office these days
I'd ideally like to re-purpose the an existing case and PSU so this doesn't need to be a high end i7 based environment. I'm actually not using 100% of the current CPU and RAM is more of an issue at present.
I've got 2 850W efficient PSUs I can re-use and the current setup is very very quiet.
Research wise I've been leaning towards a B150 based board with an i5 CPU, but I'm open to suggestions.