September 1, 20169 yr I'm looking for a new motherboard to run with Unraid, and I'm wondering if one of the 2 below will work? MSI X99A Raider: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X99A-RAIDER.html#hero-overview Load it with: - 32GB RAM DDR4 - i7-6800k (6 cores) Socket 2011-v3 ASRock Z710 Extreme7+: http://www.asrock.nl/mb/Intel/Z170%20Extreme7+/ - 32GB RAM DDR4 - i7-6700k (4 cores) Socket 1151 / Skylake Compared the 2 on CPU Benchmark: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2565&cmp%5B%5D=2785 Both motherboards have 10 SATA ports, and M.2 slot and support VTx and VTd if I'm correct. Advantages of MSI: - 128Gb RAM possible - Higher benchmark for CPU (2 cores more) could be better for multiple VMs. Advantages of ASRock: - Lower power consumption (and heat) max TDP of 95W for the ASRock CPU and 140W for the MSI CPU. - 3x M.2 slots instead of one, but don't know for sure if i can use 3x M.2 and the 10 Sata ports at the same time. But more M.2 slots for cache could be good, especially with VM's running from it. - Total price 50-60 euro's less than MSI setup I want to use it for: - Storage (of course) - Dockers - Multiple VM's with various OS In other words the complete Unraid package :-) I'm leaning towards the MSI X99, just because of the possibility to expand RAM and have more cores available. But the Asrock "appears" to have a better build quality and motherboard components, but I could be wrong. Are there any users in the forum who use one of these 2 types of board or could advice one of the 2? Thanks for any suggestions.
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