stuart Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Looking to migrate my server to new hardware. I was wondering how well this part list would do? Its going into a 12bay lian li, currently fitted with two 5x3 istarusa trayless HD cages. i7-4790 Asrock Z97 Extreme6 Mobo Corsair Vengeance 16B 2x8gb DDR3 1600 SeaSonic S12G 650W psu Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSD for cache and Windows VM Plus a mixture of WD red green and black drives from my current server. As they die, I will migrate towards red. Parity is a 4TB red. Buying a 3TB Red to go with the SSd, so I can test the new server plugins before migrating other drives over. It will run Unraid, plex, sick/sab, couchpotato, dropbox, calibre docker, Windows 7 desktop VM... Planning on onboard video. My one thought was perhaps using a Xeon, but it seems that the Mobos that support ECC are more expensive than the cost diff between the i7 and xeon. Plus with just 2 sticks of ram it shouldn't be an issue. I am nervous about switching from Asus to Asrock. Thoughts or ideas on this setup before I purchase? Link to comment
trurl Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Onboard video hasn't had much success with VMs here. Link to comment
Chugiak Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I don't know how useful just one person's perspective is on the ASUS vs. Asrock quuestion, but I've ended up using Asrock boards in my last five builds. I'm happy with the products I've purchased. I've used MSI, ASUS, and Gigabyte, and from a consumer perspective Asrock holds up with all the other manufacturers. Link to comment
Ayefly Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Onboard video hasn't had much success with VMs here. How about the Radeon 5450? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882 Link to comment
trurl Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Onboard video hasn't had much success with VMs here. How about the Radeon 5450? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882 See this wiki: GPU Hardware Support for PCI Device Assignment Or search the Virtual Machines - KVM subforum for other success stories. Link to comment
Ayefly Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 If I'm only connecting via vnc, would a graphics card matter? Also, has anyone had success using a usb hauppauge TV capture device with a VM? Link to comment
alexricher Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I just realized I posted a similar build question while you had a very similar setup question. :-) About the memory, did you go with 1600mhz because it's more affordable or because there is no gain over 1866/2400mhz memory for an unraid setup? I also was wondering if I should go with an i7-4790k or a xeon 3 for cheaper... Let me know what you end up doing, it might influence my future build. ;-) Link to comment
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