Should i repurpose my current PC for TrueNAS or buy new computer

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I would like get ride of my current TrueNAS and build a new one

Current NAS that i am going to get rid of
AMD Phenom™ II X4 Black 980
16 gigs of ECC RAM

My 2 options are

Repurpose my CURRENT DESKTOP

but swap out the current non ECC RAM for ECC RAM like this

and

In total for the upgrade it would cost around

$400 for 64 gigs of ECC RAM

OR

Build a new AM5 NAS?

Current Desktop

X570 AORUS ELITE (rev. 1.0)

Ryzen 3800X

GSkill F4-3600C16D-16GVK

Currently im running Docker inside of TrueNAS and running the following containers

2 Minecraft Servers
Vault Warden
Emby > i rarely have to transcode anything > i know quick sync on intel is the best for this
Next Cloud
QBittorrent
Home Assistant
Frigate
Syncthing
Wireguard
Mosquitto
Airsonic
and im sure the list will continue to grow

What would you do or what would you recommend

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I’m afraid that won’t work, as the current RAM should be of DDR3 type and the proposed one is DDR4 type.

I don’t think you’re going to get what you’re looking for with this change, but you will lose PCIe Gen 4 speeds b/c the 5700GE only supports PCIe Gen 3.
Most NAS systems spend more time in idle than at full peak load. So, to compare for best energy consumption you will need to compare the CPUs power consumption at idle rather than at load. Although I don’t have first hand knowledge my hunch is that the 3800X and the 5700GE are pretty similar at idle power consumption. At least close enough that the investment is not worth it (meaning the savings over lifetime will not make up the replacement CPU cost).

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@jode
I can see how i may of written it confusing and i will edit my current post
i plan on throwing out my old NAS and either repurposing my current Desktop as the new NAS

or

build a new AM5 or intel NAS

My current desktop has the
X570 AORUS ELITE (rev. 1.0) motherboard which should support the ddr 4 memory

you make an excellent point about the power draw on CPU,
according to this article its only like a 30 watt difference on idle which i dont think makes it worth buying a new CPU

you also make an excellent point about losing pcie 4.0… but i dont think i am or will be using pcie 4.0 for anything on a NAS… is there some PCIE 4.0 device that you are using ?

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The main driver on overall power consumption at idle in modern computers is not the CPU, but typically the motherboard.
Watching the counters I can see my 5900X CPU not consuming between 1.5-5W. Not much more than my 5700G.
However the 5900X sits in a power hungry workstation-class mobo and the 5700G in a low power mobo. I see 40W difference at idle between these sets.

The X570 motherboards are notorious for high power consumption.
Mobos with low power consumption at idle for AM4 platforms are typically mATX format (less components to power) with a B550 or similar chipset.
There are few reviews for modern motherboards in regards to their power consumption.

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