Hi,

So after a couple months of saving I am looking at building my first homelab server using proxmox or going unraid. Now My current desktop is and AMD 5700G with 32GB DDR4-3600 & NVIDIA 3070 12gb with Asrock B550 motherboard which is what I use for daily activities.

Since this will be holding a large number of drives (16) the bulk use of it will be plex media server or jellyfin. I also plan to run some VM’s & Dockers as well.

I’m debating on doing an intel i5 11th/12th gen build with onboard graphics for video transcoding, and encoding as I do make videos for youtube, facebook… with motherboard, ddr5 and lsi raid card flashed to IT mode.

Or should I just upgrade my desktop to a newer intel 14th gen or ryzen 7000x series with board & ram and use the 5700g as my homelab server?

I do have a 1660ti I can put in it as well.

As for case either 4U Rackmount or Fractal Meshify, more leaning to the Meshify.