Looking to upgrade me NAS and need suggestions

[knoober]

I recently started gathering parts for a ryzen build for my desktop but since the cpu and gpu I am shooting for are consistently out of stock, I started giving more attention to my NAS. Originally I had thought I would grab a cheap Ryzen APU and do a quick swap but it seems that the APUs are in short supply as well. I am looking for as many threads as I can without breaking the bank. The Athlon 3000G would work if it had more cores/threads but sadly only offers 2c4t. So now I have to look at Intel and I have never been real savvy there. I would like a minimum of 4c8t and support for modern instruction sets. I know a NAS doesn't need real beefy CPU, but I would still like to bring mine to current/recent gen hardware.

If cpus were in stock and prices weren't artificially inflated , I expect I could build a 4c/8t AMD rig with new mobo and 16gb of ram on a ~200/250-ish budget. This might be a little optimistic but I think I could manage it. What would the intel counterpart to such a build be? Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays

 

[trents]

Look for an 8th or 9th gen i5: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3390994/intel-8th-gen-vs-9th-gen-core-cpu-which-should-you-buy.html

 

[knoober]

Look for an 8th or 9th gen i5: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3390994/intel-8th-gen-vs-9th-gen-core-cpu-which-should-you-buy.html

Ty again. This gave me a solid place to start. Now I can narrow down possible chipsets (looking at B365 and H370). I would like to do something fancy,if I can, with a multi-gpu setup and passthrough, but we will see what I can get with my budget. I will be perfectly happy with a solid board and 4 cores or better. Core count will become more important if I score a board that supports multi-gpu configs and passthrough.

 

[trents]

All 3xx Intel chipsets should work with an 8th gen Intel CPU. The higher end chipsets with "Z" in them are overclockable. B and H chipsets are not overclockable boards. H boards will have better features than B boards.

 

[Woomack]

You can also look at new i3 like 10100 -> 4 cores+HT
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/p...-10100-processor-6m-cache-up-to-4-30-ghz.html
https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i...3-10100-_-19-118-138-_-Product&quicklink=true
B460 motherboards start from ~$70 but you may look for something around $100 or go for a cheaper Z490 which should be around $150.

 

[knoober]

Update:

Getting ready to commit to a 10100 and an msi mortar B460m for the dual gpu support. I'm am still on the fence after reading about the memory speed limits on I3/i5 for 10th gen. This is why AMD has always been default. Intel just searches for ways to kick the consumer.

That said: the i3/msi combo fits my budget and will work fine. I'm just angsty that I couldn't build a similar powered/priced rig with an AMD setup. Thanks for the help guys.