AezDropzz Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Hi all! I'm currently working towards my first build and could use some advice/help/comments... These are the parts I'm probably going to use: Chassis: Fractal Design Node 804 (Micro ATX case) CPU: Ryzen 5900X (or 5800X or 5700G) MB: MSI MAG B550M MORTAR RAM: 2x16 Gb 3200Mhz DDR4 (probably Vengeance LPX) Cache drive: 1TB Samsung 860 EVO M.2 (reused from my previous PC) Additional SSD for windows VM: 500GB Samsung 860 EVO Sata (reused from my previous PC) HDD's: 4x3TB WD Red (reused from 2 other NAS builds) GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G (reused from my previous PC) The purpose of the build is to combine my 2 NAS into 1, which will add more volume considering they are both in RAID 1 and make the management easier. Secondly I would like to get rid of my old "gaming" PC by moving the graphics card to the Unraid-server and setup a Windows VM. I don't have much time for gaming, so I don't want to upgrade my GPU. I would also run some docker containers for OpenVPN and Home Assistant. An added bonus would be that I could also run some Ubuntu VM's for experimenting. I would like some advice though on the following subjects: I read that MSI should support headless operation, which would be required for the 5900X and 5800X. Is this assumption correct and does the MSI support it? Would you advice a different board? Considering my use cases, would there be any benefit in going for the 5700G? I suppose it would be best to go for the 12-core? I read that GPU pass-through can be a bit of a pain, especially with older graphics cards. Anything noteworthy about the GTX 1060? General comments or remarks are extremely welcome! Best regards! Quote Link to comment
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