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If you go into the bios > advanced > CSM > turnign it on or off will enable/disbale legacy boot

Update- running the latest bios 1403 for asus crosshair vi. Has the agesa 1.0.0.6 in it this time. Havent had much time to test but planning on switching over this week. One anoying issue i have after using the system and rebooting from a cold start the board just errors most of the time with a different error code. I still cant put my faith into this board holding my array . Anyone else suffering similar issues? Considered RMA but the hoops that asus makes u jump thru is a joke. Registered the board on my asus account but still cant get anywhere witht return process.

Perhaps look at ember media manager's export feature? Not sure what format it creates but worth a 2 min look

Aww you beat me to the news on new update coming. Small video caught my attention regarding the gpu.

The plans for ryzen to take over my cuurent unraid NAS has been put to one side. With the announcement of threadripper and the new platform im going to wait for sure. However! Im going to be swapping my gaming/content main PC out to a new case and show my support for team red (still using same ryzen parts i had mention so long ago). While ive been testing with a few spare drives its been ok. Memory still having issues tho i got some gskill flare x 3200 and yes its overpriced! Set it to detect correct speed/timings in bios and does boot however it may crash or not....upon reboot it will mostly likely get stuck on post. Ive seen otheres use this and even overclock it stable but i haven't been so lucky. So far im just leaving it as @2400 untill i do more tweaking. Could be the silicon lottery. Groupings weren't to bad, with override on. If windows vm behaves itself i might be able to make the full switch over from bare metal win10.

I decided upon using the single hotswap from startech i had lying around, for the top alot as pictured. Also ordered one of these for the lower slot. Dshot 3.5" + 2.5" It will do to finish the job. Maybe i should do a review of the case i used.

just tried the icey dock but that thing was really deep and didnt secure corectly due to the case design. Looking for any other solution. Must be a 3x 5.25" or 2x 5.25" . The fans that were in that case are horrible! so looking at either noctua or bequiet's

About to get the gskill flare x 3200mhz 16gb (2x8gb) kit today. Hopefully this will give the best stability for my ryzen build. Ive been having constant issues with the oem ram status codes. Btw that was with corsair lpx 3000 16gb kit. Maybe we should start a new thread for general ryzen discussions/faq stickie perhaps? So tempted to just quit on ryzen for unraid and go get a e5-2660v2

No but they are practical the same used in server case. It might be the same as the ones i have in a new case i just got last week. https://www.xcase.co.uk/products/x-case-extra-value-x415-e-atx-4u-with-fan-wall-10-drive-internal-storage

Maybe look at the phanteks range as their drive trays have a side wing tool less design.

Hey plex has a sale on, 33% off yearly sub. Or 20%off lifetime https://www.plex.tv/

Im curious is it possible to use a pcie x1 gpu for unraid os. Allowing the first pcie x16 for vm? Has this had any change from intel to ryzen boards in terms of groupings aswell. Ive been holding off a bit on my convert for a while. Looking at putting my CH6 into the LL d8000 with 2nd psu to power 2nd rail of drives. Sorry for my lack of input here.

http://uk.rtings.com/tv/tests/picture-quality/gradient some nice panels on there fidn the uk version on amazon etc

I have my fans set up left to right across the drives. I had a couple spare 140 bequiet ive been testing in the middle between the two hdd rails. And seen temps drop to early 20's on ssd cache. I belive i used the lian li 321 ssd converter which holds 2x2.5" . The i3-6100t doesnt need to transcode 1080p h264 on the smart tv (samsung 1080p from a few year ago). I dont believe it needs to transcode for the 4k either depending on the media specs vs media player. (Usually sound not resolution for the tv app) As for your htpc, the few older ones ive been testing from althon x4 960, and 5350 . Mostly quad and dual cores from amd below the kav cores dont play well. It would be a safe bet to put a rx460 2gb or nvidia 1050 in your htpc because they have the right specs. But for that price you may aswell consider the media players which are small and silent! i have no issues with the fire tv using plex.I much prefer the shield or my ps4 pro to produce the 10 bit UHD for the sony tv i have (10bit panel btw). Which is another thing i highly suggest when browsing the market for a display. I havent tried the plex app on my sony tv yet but it has the x1 processor so will be interesting and quick test to see what transcodes. If you were to go down the VM route for media playback with plex? option 1- Librelec is recommended, running kodi using the plex connect docker to have the kodi experience using plex docker as the backbone and brains. Option 2- as above but use plex offical addon to load up plex app five the olex experience. Worth noting, this can be done any kodi installation. The vm setup would require 2 x gpu's. Im sure you u know how that works. The samsung 4ks are still pricey, finding a uk model thats 10bit panel hmm tough one. There is a huge colour spec difference between the 8 and 10bit. Thats upto you and budget.

@Jawswing - I have the Lian Li PC-D8000 , best case decission ive made for the servers. I do have a thread in here but i've been busy to update. I can throw some photo's on. 6x corsair SP120's @ 40% rpm has my HGST's avg 32C when at ful speed it drops down to mid 20's. case is nice to work within, the hotswap back plates are a nice feature but expenisve in the UK. picked mine up from http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/ @£320 direct shipping from Germany to UK. On ebay/gumtree they are rare but £190 used if you can collect. I'm using 12 i think now outta the 20. Using a typical H310i . However i also have a LSI 9201-16i for about £120 on ebay has 4 x8087 internal ports i was planning on swaping too if my board didnt have the pci-slots or sata3's. If your thinking about a 16/20/24 hotswap 3U/4U server rackmount case those are anwhere from £270+ . I have a Logic-case 4216 from servercaseuk. But recently after 2years 2 of the sas backplanes have died. One has a loose clip to hold the 8087 and the 2nd has the molex connector snapped off. To replace those its 3+ weeks waiting at £30 each+shipping. So im pleased ive gone with the D8000 for easier access. For plex I've been testing sample files of 4k , Hevc, Atmos, 7.1, 5.1, True-HD, HD-MA . on my 2 servers. aswell the 2 new ones ive just built for family. Needless to say, its the media player at the other end + tv that has the most impact . Direct streaming is the way to go if your worried about the transcoding. Nvidia Shield has been the best followed up by AFTV 4k. for our family. As for transcoding, i tested a new build for a family member. The intel core i-3 6100T was forced to transcode a 1080pHevc 6ch, on their samsung smart tv running plex app. When looking at it , the transcoding was for the sound not the video which makes sense. The cpu in unraid was maxed out on all 4 threads. Testing the same file on the old HTPC was direct playing, using 1-8%cpu power due to direct stream. Testing the same file on my current unraid server: M/B: ASUSTeK - P10S WS CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz On a 1080p older LCD tv, via AFTV v2 (4k) it had no issues. But testing a 4k atmos, it obviously would transcode, and capping all cpu threads. Yes you can store more than one version of the file on plex! i have done this as i'm upgrading the colelction. Not everone has a 4k tv with latest surround amp + 4k media player. Try RMA your board, hope you can get a better one. Having a beastly mobo with 8+ cores sound nice but the price tag is a killer. While ryzen is still under going testing etc, i dont think we will see a huge rush to swap to it just yet. I've seen a Intel Xeon e5-2660v2 go for £240 Thats a 10core xeon on 2011 platform. Id had considered it to swap from my 6core. The lesson i've learnt recetly is simple, life throws you a curve ball and turns everything upside down. Dont be rushing off to buy the latest and newest, its not always worth it. Have a look around for slightly older Intel stuff as prices have dropped alot.