[Swlug] Dual system case or......

[David Fear]

Hi Dave

I would recommend a HP Microserver Gen 8 or above. ASUSTOR might have a NAS
that suits your needs, however some of the SOHO NASs have really crap
processors in them.

Regards

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On Tue, 6 May 2025 at 22:31, Dave via Swlug <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hi all!
> I'm going to be on the market soon for new/used gear for my Plex
> Server, and was wondering if any other members could throw some input?
> I was originally looking at downsizing the case it is currently in
> which is a MozartTx beast, and it currently houses 2 servers in the
> case, the main Plex server is am ageing i7 3770 with 16Gb RAM and a
> Quadro k2200 GPU, and the second (currently not used server) i3 3240T,
> 8Gb RAM and 1Tb Drive.
> My original idea was to get a new case which can house a 5 bay Icy Box,
> and havw spacw to add more drives as I fill the current 5 up.
>
> The other idea is to just upgrade what I currently have with a later i7
> say the 7700 or 8800 with 16 or 32Gb DDR4 RAM, especially as eBay is
> getting an influx of older parts as users rush to attempt to upgrade
> their perfectly good CPU etc for Windows 11.
> So what are others thoughts on which direction to take.
>
> Cheers in advance.....
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