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Originally Posted by el Filou
@DragonQ personally, I'd put the i3 in the HTPC. If the only thing your server is doing is serving files, then a faster CPU won't change much as it's pretty much only the storage subsystem and RAM that matters.
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I think you're right that most of the stuff it does is I/O or bandwidth limited rather than CPU limited:
- Serving files
- Serving Windows Updates
- Calculating FlexRAID parity nightly*
- Backup files nightly
- Running background downloads
- Hosting a VPN
- Hosting a web server (file sharing, SubSonic, WebMediaPortal, etc.)
The starred item would probably benefit from greater CPU power but it's rare that it has to do a long recalculation anyway. Whenever my girlfriend upgrades her gaming PC I'll be able to nab her Core i5-2500K too but that could be years away. I could even retire my X5650 system but that'd be a terrible server since it uses so much power!