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Apologies for the slow updates, finally got the board in (shipped to japan, apo system is so slow sometime), rest of the parts are slowly on their way (PSU, CPU coolers, fans, case etc…). It is currently setup on the desk as a temp solution so I can run some stress test, want to avoid prime 95 till I get cpu coolers.
Initially I was set on the R5 however once the package arrived I realized it was not going to fit. Which isn't so bad because since i never purchased a second one. I went back to the post and re read it, the one where a guy said he got an EEB sized board in there. On my third re-read I realized it was a CEB board. Ohh well, so now I am back to case shopping, looking at the Design XL R2, just need to add a mount or two to make it fit.
So I mess around with a lot of things other than gaming, some not requiring a lot of resources (random vms for things around the house), others take a lot (encoding video collections/aiding friends/co workers). On the gaming aspect I know more isn’t always better and sometimes its worse, but maybe one day they will wake up and start developing multi threaded games. In the end if I take to much of a hit I will just go back to my gaming computer and make this the new nas/workhorse of the house.
Overall I would say this is sort of a test rig right now, I have a co worker who is willing to loan me his hdmi/usb over cat 5 adapters. This way I can try and virtualize my htpc/kids pc, which are located in another part of the house. Trying to go for a one PC for the whole house when I retire and head back to the US.