Lavoslav Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) So my Asrock X399 Taichi motherboard died on me and i need advice on replacement / upgrade. I have not been following tech for last few years due to career change and am lost on what to buy. Can be AMD or Intel. Size is not an issue since case is full tower. Usage: - Machine runs 24/7 - Windows VM (main, gaming) - Linux VM (secondary, light gaming) - HomeAssistant VM - 10 to 15 docker containers (few game servers, *arr stack for entertainment, Frigate+Google Coral for surveilance, Nextcloud, Bitwarden, local DNS, etc.) Hardware i wish to reuse as follows: Storage: 1x NVMe SSD - cache 2x NVMe SSD - passthrough to VMs 5x spinning HDDs - parrity / storage Graphics: 1x Nvidia GTX 1060 - passthrough to VM1 1x ATI Radeon HD7850 - passrhrough VM2 (will upgrade to a better ATI card "soon") Memory: 8x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 (64Gb total) Other: 1x PCIe X4 length, USB card (passing through individual USB ports to VMs) 1300W Power supply Full tower case Please advice what to upgrade to MB/CPU wise. I'm open to all suggestions, including not reusing some of the hardware. Budget for MB+CPU+cooler around 1000EUR if i keep current RAM. Willing to spend double if it makes sense and i need to switch to DDR5 mem. Tywm! Edited March 12, 2023 by Lavoslav Quote Link to comment
Lavoslav Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Need an (in)sanity check: New hardware: CPU - Intel i9-13900K 5.8GHZ LGA1700 Cooler - Noctua NH-D15 dual tower CPU cooler, 140mm chromax.black MB - Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws S5 2x32GB DDR5-5600 CL36 1,25V Intel XMP and old hardware (SSDs/HDDs/GFXs/PSU) from 1st post: 3x SSD 5x HDD 2x GFX cards 1x PCIe USB expander card (4 individually passed through USB 3.0 ports) 1200W PSU Will this combo work for my needs? Quote Link to comment
Zonediver Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, Lavoslav said: Need an (in)sanity check: New hardware: CPU - Intel i9-13900K 5.8GHZ LGA1700 Cooler - Noctua NH-D15 dual tower CPU cooler, 140mm chromax.black MB - Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws S5 2x32GB DDR5-5600 CL36 1,25V Intel XMP and old hardware (SSDs/HDDs/GFXs/PSU) from 1st post: 3x SSD 5x HDD 2x GFX cards 1x PCIe USB expander card (4 individually passed through USB 3.0 ports) 1200W PSU Will this combo work for my needs? ...and this build shall run 24/7? Pfffff... your electric bill will be glorious 🤣 For comparison: my system runs 12-15 hours per day and consumes ~34kWh per month... Edited March 19, 2023 by Zonediver Quote Link to comment
Lavoslav Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 Threadripper build was running 24/7 also so I don't expect to great of a difference. I live in a very sunny spot and solar panels are a thing. Any thoughts on the viability of the build though, beside electricity bill? Quote Link to comment
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