[Intel Socket 1151 Motherboards with IPMI AND Support for iGPU]

Great.  Sorry I am very new to this forum and looking at the Unraid software too.  I think the E2288 is a great processor as well.  Additionally I think I can add the Quadro P2000 or bigger to this motherboard too.   I primarily want flexibility with this build.  I want to run VM's and a upgraded Plex Server.  The WD PR2100 fails at 4k transcoding.  It buffers from the start for like a minute then shows 12 seconds of the program and stops to buffer again and so on.  IPMI I love and have it on my Dell servers as Idrac very useful.    Is the E3C246 board the biggest? I have been looking for the most optimal.  

 

Thanks you for the response Hoopster.  I spend 4 days looking around and you zeroed in on the same things I did as far as parts.  I appreciate your input very much.  

 

Mike

[Intel Socket 1151 Motherboards with IPMI AND Support for iGPU]

This has been an excellent read.  I am going to start my build shortly and get off my WD PR2100.  How does the video transcodeing do on the chip.  Wouldn't that transcoding benefit from an actual GPU installed ?  Just thinking out loud.  I am tired of my plex grinding to a halt on 4k videos.   I like this motherboard combo listed here.  I was thinking an I7-7700k would be better with graphics and video ?  Seeking thoughts.. 

 

Thanks.