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Gary, you didnt by any chance work at Kodak did you?

I was about to push the button on an unraid build centered around a i7 4790 and an ASRock Z97 Extreme 6. I intend to use this build as to host docker containers, and run one or more VMs (the primary VM will be used to host a HTPC which will also be used for gaming). I would also like to create a OSX vm, but i'm not sure how possible that will be. I got to pricing out X99 systems and they seem to be within $100 for some pretty cool kit. I was considering a i7 5820K and a ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer mobo. Now, the 5820K has a considerably higher passmark but it has a much higher TDP. The X99 systems are newer and use DDR4 memory so I might get more life out of the components in this system as opposed to the older kit in the 4790 system. Also, intel doesnt consider the Z97 chipset as supporting VT-d (even though ASRock's board claims it) and the X99 does. Also, the 5820K supports ACS while the 4790 does not. Then I got to looking at XEON systems and thats pushed me even higher in price and I'm not sure I want to go there... Advice? help! I want to get this going soon.

Why is this? Are errors more prevalent? Could you explain this because I obviously don't understand. Put it in concrete terms for me because I thought I understood this stuff... If one were to use a consumer board like the ASRock X99 Extreme 6 and wanted to use 32 Gb of Unbuffered (non ECC) RAM, then what configuration should they do? 2x16? 4x8? If on a Dual Channel board you want to use 2 dimms in a channel, wouldnt you use 4 on a quad channel? Not 1?

Thats good news. Are you running the same motherboard? If not, which?

So you've done a similar build? Are you running Kodi in a VM? I'm actually not really worried about noise since the HTPC is actually in an adjacent room (utility closet). I have a dedicated home theater and none of the electronics (except the projector) are actually in the theater room. What I'm really worried about is performance.

No - I'm planning on using this box as the HTPC - its sourcing the video to the projector. I also dont want to run it in OpenElec because I'm running Jarvis (v16) and openElec only comes with Isengard (v15).

I'm most concerned about the abillity to run Kodi well in a VM. If anyone has experience doing this I'd like to hear from them: on the Kodi forums they seem to think this is a bad idea. Also, the motherboard I specified has 10 SATA connectors on it. any reason why i should get a PCI SATA controller? or is this just fine?

The HTPC I use has some pretty old hardware in it (a Q6600 and 4 Gb RAM). Add to this the fact that my DROBO is near capacity and I'm thinking towards a unRaid build. BTW, this is my first unRaid build! My intent is to run a Windows 10 VM on it running the latest Kodi (Jarvis) and some gaming. I would also be running several docker containers (including mySQL). Does anyone have any experience with this kind of setup? Will Kodi work well in this capacity? I have my HTPC connected to a Denon receiver over HDMI and I use the WASAPI Sound from the existing nVidia GT970 that I bought for this purpose. Will this all pass through the VM properly so that I can continue to seemlessly play my movies at 24/60p on my projector? Here is the build I'm considering putting together (for a start): Im going to be re-purposing the Zotac nVidia GT 970 video card for this. Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory Cache: 2x Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Parity: Western Digital Red Pro 6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Data: 3x Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Does this look like it will be suitable for my needs? Anything I should be concerned with or change? Any better suggestions?