Whats the ideal CPU for a Dell R720?

[Aristotle]

I'm planning to build a Proxmox server to host around 7-8 VMs for various applications like Active Directory, Pi-hole, Grafana, Graylog, Elasticsearch, and more. One of the VMs will require high performance for capturing multiple media streams and storing them on a TrueNAS-based filesystem. I'm considering using a Dell R720 for this setup. My primary focus is finding a CPU that balances low power consumption with the necessary performance to handle these tasks effectively. Kindly advice me on the CPU for this?

 

[esi_y]

You can find the list of supported CPUs here:

https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-pro...edge/poweredge-r720_reference-guide_en-us.pdf

... including with TDPs and then crosscheck them with benchmarked results.

But even e.g. E5 2650L v2 is underwhelming nowadays:

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...processor-e5-2650l-v2-25m-cache-1-70-ghz.html
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5-2650L+v2+@+1.70GHz&id=2989

These are all EOL products.

If this is for homelab, a mini PC is a better investment. Or something like HP Microserver G11 with E-2434.