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
• 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.