September 7, 201510 yr Hi I'm looking to upgrade my system MB and CPU, Ram, any opinions on this board http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182927&_ga=1.174303138.1201760840.1440887778 and for CPU I was thinking http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117499 and for Memory was looking at http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148973&_ga=1.207768210.1201760840.1440887778 I was looking to have this last for a while and support Vm etc. for Unraid v6 Thanks for any input and direction. Lou
September 7, 201510 yr Excellent motherboard. A low-end E5 series CPU => I'd spend a bit more and go with something like the E5-1650v3, which has nearly triple (actually 2.73 times) the performance of the 2603 (PassMark for the 2603 is 4,922; for the 1650 it's 13,440). If that's too pricey, look at an E5-1630v3, which scores 10297 on PassMark ... more than twice the performance of the 2603 for about $100 more. The memory doesn't state on the product page that it's registered RAM -- be sure that's what you're buying. Also, I'd use larger modules ... start with at least a pair of 8GB modules, as you'll definitely want some extra "headroom" once you start using virtual machines.
September 7, 201510 yr Author Excellent motherboard. A low-end E5 series CPU => I'd spend a bit more and go with something like the E5-1650v3, which has nearly triple (actually 2.73 times) the performance of the 2603 (PassMark for the 2603 is 4,922; for the 1650 it's 13,440). If that's too pricey, look at an E5-1630v3, which scores 10297 on PassMark ... more than twice the performance of the 2603 for about $100 more. The memory doesn't state on the product page that it's registered RAM -- be sure that's what you're buying. Also, I'd use larger modules ... start with at least a pair of 8GB modules, as you'll definitely want some extra "headroom" once you start using virtual machines. K thanks glad I asked, so I revised my memory to 2x 8gig of registered and cpu to the E5-1650v3 Thanks again Lou
September 7, 201510 yr You're welcome. That will be a screamer of a system => it will handle anything you want to throw at it for a long time to come ... and with 8 RAM slots you can easily bump up the RAM to whatever you might eventually need, just in case you get carried away with VM's
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