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Cheap and stable motherboard/CPU replacement for 10 years old Core2Duo for home mediaserver

jakobscafe

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Feb 20, 2016
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Hello - Im looking for at fairly cheap but most important stable motherboard/cpu replacement for my old Asus p5b-v ATX and Core 2 Duo CPU. The MB is used as a mediaserver in my home, and I am looking for at least 7 SATA3 connectors. I have 1 SSD and 6 WD RED drives and although it works very well and has worked well since 2007 I would like to upgrade it.
It is running Win 10 and mainly accessed by remote desktop.
So im looking for:
Plenty of sata3 connectors (Pref 7 sata 3 and perhaps extra sata2 for blu-ray/DVD)
Good ethernetchipset (pref. Intel)
Low temperature - and lasting at least 10 years, like the one i'm replaceing
Integrated graphic
CPU: Intel i3 or i5 (need not be latest generation, just better than mu Core 2 Duo (c: )
Ram: 8 GB
Size: ATX
It is not for gaming or anything, just a server for media (movies, music) in my private home, with perhaps 3 concurrent connections (Kids and my self).
Budget: MB+CPU about $250
Any thoughts? Best regards Jakob
 
Solution
Here are two possibilities. The boards both have eight SATA 6 GB/s ports. The Haswell build is a newer platform but the FM2+ is cheaper.

Haswell i3
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Zf8KD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Zf8KD3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($151.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $266.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 13:06 EST-0500

FM2+ Build
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3NmKNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3NmKNG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz...
Here are two possibilities. The boards both have eight SATA 6 GB/s ports. The Haswell build is a newer platform but the FM2+ is cheaper.

Haswell i3
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Zf8KD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Zf8KD3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($151.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $266.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 13:06 EST-0500

FM2+ Build
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3NmKNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3NmKNG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X PRO3+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $174.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 13:11 EST-0500
 
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