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I can get the maximus x code for cheap from a friend. I already orderedthe SAS card

Does a ROG MAXIMUS X CODE work?

I see, I'll look into that.

I got the 1060 originally for 4k HDR h.256 transcoding -- can the 8700k handle that?

Is my hardware sufficient for what I listed?

Are these options mutually exclusive?

Well I also plan on running another linux VM for game servers

I'm planning on using it for 1 Windows Hybrid VM, a bunch of dockers with transcoding (but not often), and NAS stuff

I'm setting up a new sever with the following parts, anyone see any pitfalls? - 8700k - MSI Z370-A-PRO - 16GB Single DIM Micron 3200Mhz Ram (single dim so I can upgrade to 64gb later) - 1060 6gb as Unraid GPU - 980 as Windows VM GPU - LSI 9201-8i - Sabrent 1tb rocket 4 (for cache) - ASUS BW-16D1HT - Silverstone RSV-L4500U - Samsung Bar Plus 32GB (for unraid) - 750W PSU I'm also thinking about getting a Mellanox Connnect-X3 for 10GB networking and to reduce CPU load. I'm also still looking at drives, anyone have recommendations? I'm probably never going to need more than 24TB. Thanks.