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  1. Updated RC8 to Stable and now gaming on it😁
  2. I believe one option is power off the system and pull the usb. plug it into your laptop and run a disk check. In windows you would go to my computer ( or this pc for windows 8 and up, i think), right click the usb drive and select properties, select tools tab and then select the check button under the error checking section.
  3. Upgraded from rc5. Working well for me on GIGABYTE GA-7PESH2 board. Definitely liking the new UI.
  4. Awesome post. I saw that my write cache was disabled and wasn't sure about enabling it. Thanks for posting your experiences and the commands ran to change the states. I was also experiencing the sub 50MB/s speeds prior to enabling write cache and now get over 200MB/s. GIGABYTE GA-7PESH2 board with onboard sas controller flashed to IT mode with Seagate ST6000NM0034 drives.
  5. Thanks guys. I've decided to go with the Gigabyte board and everything appears to be well so far. my build is as follows: Rosewell case M/B: GIGABYTE GA-7PESH2 Version 00000001 BIOS: GIGABYTE Version R17. Dated: 06/26/2018 CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2690 0 @ 2.90GHz 2 x ADATA_SU800 for Cache and 2 x Seagate Sas ST6000NM0034 from amazon, ~$90 with 1 year warranty and getting write speed of about 200MBs
  6. Yea i've seen some complaints with vt-d and virtualization on the supermicro boards however I'm not sure if it was a specific model,just random issues, or firmware update needed. Features I would want would be a couple sata 3 ports, mini sas 2 ports works for me as well, not ddr4 as it appears to be expensive, virtualization and vt-d support, 64GB+ memory, 10 gbe and dual socket is a bonus as I have another server with dual 10gbe ports and second socket would give me ability to expand if I want to increase compute for more virtualization. Lastly I wanted pcie gen 3 slots, which the board has and the x4 slots should fit my needs for throughput leaving the x8 and x16 available for gpu and another device. I think the board on the link you provided meets my needs but i'll verify that I do have the compatible ram and spend another day looking into the board as I just found out if I want to use e5 v2 i may need to update the bios in order for it to work and that i'll have to flash it mode on the onboard lsi. Though jonp's comment does make me feel uneasy about going with gigabyte as I've never used any of their products. would prefer something less than $300, ideally under $200 .
  7. RSV-L4000 rosewill case which supports e-atx, I may have a power supply or two sitting in a storage container in the basement, some extra fans and a noctua cpu cooler(Noctua NH-U9S which fits in the case ). A couple hot swap drive cages(RSV-L4000), a couple 3tb hdd's, a couple memory models which i believe are compatible(possibly 64gb worth), a 1060 however may consider getting a refurbished higher end card if price is right or warranty is included, so i think about halfway there.
  8. I was not aware of this site but it definitely caught my interest. I'm extremely excited about the idea of getting this board since I believe I have everything else I would need, rosewill case, hard drives,ssd, psu, possibly have a stash of compatible ram, and added 10gb port and onboard sas is a nice bonus . Thanks!!
  9. I've briefly looked at this board earlier this week and marked it for future consideration. Thanks for your reply
  10. I received a Xeon e5-2670 and was wondering if getting a compatible motherboard would be worth it, I would like to have something future proof for a couple years while spending the least amount. Current thoughts were running unraid with the e5-2670 and a win10 gaming vm with gpu passthrough. I may also run a couple docker containers, plex not included. I've seen that the ryzen cpu mobo combos are becoming more popular and wasn't sure if i should just save my money for a ryzen purchase instead.
  11. Thanks. I was able to set up a test host and the problem that I was experiencing was that the disk would spin immediately back up and I was not able to determine why at the time. I plan to do more testing when I have the chance. For those interested, sdparm is available from the Nerdpack plugin.
  12. I found this link that may be able to assist with this problem but I don't currently have a dev unraid system to test this on. If anyone is willing, I'd appreciate finding out if this works on unraid https://zackreed.me/spindown-sas-disks/
  13. Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask but is SAS drive still not fully supported ( sleep not working). Just wondering if it's in the works, a workaround is available or just have to stick with leaving the drives on while the sata disks go to sleep. Thank you
  14. Awesome thanks. The dual port card I was looking at has an Intel X540 controller as well so it should work out great I hope. Thanks again
  15. Thanks. I was considering that card as well. The reason I was considering the one I linked is because it has dual ports which would allow me to connect another pc without having to get a 10 gbit switch. Not necessary, but i'm just trying to plan for future use until those switches are much cheaper. How long have you used the asus card?