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I have absolutely no S3 sleep mode anywhere under platform power. I'm even in the advanced settings as well. Their is a real small note next to S3 Save Mode in the BIOS manual for this board that does state, (Note) This item is available only when the motherboard chipset support this feature

I'm trying to setup the dynamix S3 Sleep plugin for my system. When I go into the BIOS for my motherboard, I can't seem to find the s3 save mode option or Wake From Lan to send a packet to wake the server up. BIOS version is F29a and its revision 1.3 Is this motherboard missing both of those features? Do I need to get a different Motherboard? Is their another way I can put the system to sleep and wake it back up?

I have all parts gathered and I was ready to build. Someone made a comment to me that my CPU is overkill (power hog and slower than modern CPU's). They recommended I get a 12th or 13th gen CPU and a new board to match. My current part list is as follows: CPU: Intel Core i9-9900k Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro Wifi CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Memory: 64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400mhz PSU: Corsair RM850X Hard Drives: 2 WD Red 14 TB's, 2 WD Red 8 TB's, 2 WD Red 4 TB's and a 250gb Samsung 960 EVO SSD for cache Case: Fractal Design Define R5 CPU is brand new, in sealed box. MB was only used for a couple months in my personal computer setup. I see that CPU is selling for quite a bit of money recently and by selling it I could probably upgrade for no money out of pocket. My server needs would be as a Plex Media Server, File storage (photo's and backup's) and a Windows 10 and MAC VM's CPU I was told, " Grab a Gaming X Z690 board with a i3 13100. Less energy usage, more compute power, not a dead end move, much better expansion capabilities, MUCH better transcode performance." Cache drive I was told, "The EVO is overkill (if you move to a board with Gen4 on it). A WD SN770 will give you better performance for less money. You should be running NVME in RAID1 pools. A pair of 500gb SN770's will run you $100. 250gb imo is too small Am I wasting time and potential money building with my current parts? Should I look into a 13th gen build?

All my parts are here for the build except ram. I know this board accepts up to 2666 without OC, as that's what the limit is on the i9-9900k anyways, unless you overclock. I was looking at the Corsair Vengeance LPX 32gb 3200mhz kit. I found it for a decent price, but I won't get the full speed unless I enable XMP profile on my board. Wouldn't this cause the system to be less stable in the long run being that its on all the time as a server? Do I just go with the 3200mhz memory and not enable XMP or try to find some 2666 ram for cheaper?

Unless I actually enable OC it doesn't appear to be turned on by default. I'm just unsure how stable it is. Very entry level board from what I am hearing? Also if the VRM's only have issues when overclocking I don't see that being a problem. I don't tend to overclock at all.

Looking to upgrade my current unraid server. Its a Dell PowerEdge T30 with an Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1225 v5 and 8gb of ECC Ram. I have a brand new i9-9900k sitting in the box and a used Asus prime z390-a board that I picked up used from Ebay. Hoping to use them in my new build. I read the Asus board is terrible for VRM's but that should only correlate to overclocking? I don't plan to overclock anything, just looking for a stable build. Keep the i9 and find a better motherboard? Use the Asus anyways? I could sell the intel and go with an AMD setup? Main use for the server is Plex streaming, Windows 10VM, Mac VM and photo/file storage.