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How much can I expect from a Xeon E3 1270v6? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just got a great deal on a Dell Precision 3420 with a Xeon E3 1270v6. It has 4GB of ram but I intend to upgrade it soon to at least 16gb.

If running VMs and containers, how far could I realistically go with 4C8T from 2017? I was thinking of at least running OPNsense with a new network card as well as maybe TrueNAS, but I'm not sure if I could realistically run more, like a Plex server for a few people and myself.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Just be mindful that for Plex that chip has no iGPU (unlike some Xeon CPUs) so will not have QuickSync for better hardware transcoding. Also Xeon class systems tend to consume more power and electricity bills are a little higher than they were over 5 years ago. Having said that, I've been running a Kaby Lake based NAS from brand new and it's been a great little workhorse, with over a dozen containers running 24/7 sharing only 4 threads!