Truenas Rebuilt

When I first built my Freenas system.  I used the parts of a retired computer that I had replaced.  The retired system was a Xeon CPU which at the time was an equivalent to an i7 core cpu. Minus the integrated graphics.  The system had 16GB of DDR3 RAM.  I had built this computer in 2014 and then repurposed it in 2017 as my new Freenas server.  It served me well over the years and greatly expanded what I had originally set out to do.

I figured it was time to upgrade this system.  Recently, I found some good deals on the hardware and decided it was time upgrade.  The new core hardware is an AMD 5600X CPU that runs at 3.7Ghz and max boosted speed of 4.6Ghz. Paired with a Asrock motherboard that is using 32GB ECC unbuffered DDR4 RAM.  In addition to installing a NVME 2260 64GB solid state drive.

I kept the video card, power supply, and of course the hard drives.  The new AMD Ryzen CPU run on 65 watts of power.  Coupled with the NVME drive it should run at peak performance and lower wattage and slightly cooler.  Which means less heat and noise.  With having 32GB of ECC memory it will make running my server a bit more efficient.  Overall it is about better performance, less energy, and less heat.  Sounds like a win to me.

Truenas Rebuilt