Well with the lack of interest, I've already gone ahead and built this using an intel platform. unRAID works very well as the host, as expected. There's also plenty of scope to expand in the future.
I've always felt this is more of a technical forum, where you go to get your problems answered rather than a community to hang out and collaborate. Getting said questions answered is always exceptional but leaves this place quite cold. I guess that is the nature of this product, as its geared towards power users, despite the excellent efforts of limetecch to simplify the experience.
Well worth creating an HTPC around this now. SteamOS and their controller works particularly well.
Hi Ockingshay,
I am very interested in your build.
What hardware, software and peripherals did you end up using?
And did everything work out of the box?
P.S. If I get an unRAID with Intel build working smoothly, I will give the AMD FM2+ build a shot in the future as well. Also thinking about tinkering with Dell Precision T3500 and HP Z400 workstations as these are quite cheap and are the first platforms to support VT-d.