September 21, 20169 yr Evening all. If looking at doing an upgrade of my unRAID system and would like your thoughts on the MB and CPU. At the onset I will point out that I have a Windows VM that I would like to continue to run and pass-through the GPU as this is my daughter PC which she game on, so the board needs to be able to support it. I would also like to run a second Windows VM as her BF comes around every now and then I im sure he would like to do a little bit of gaming as well. So the need to have 40 lanes is a must. Plus I have a SAS card I use as well. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X99A-SLI-PLUS.html#hero-overview this is the board I am looking at, I was going to go with supermicro however I really would like x16 x16 on the PCI-e slots, plus this board is only $375 AUD over $500plus for a supermicro. CPU is more than likely going to be the Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3. I had a look at the motherboard manual and it has the enable/disable for Intel Virtualization Tech and Intel VT-D Tech so I am assuming I will be able to pass-through the GPU without any problems. Thoughts?
October 24, 20169 yr Author Just a small update for people who are looking for options on upgrades. Total cost for this upgrade is as follows. Intel Xeon E5-2683 V3 $488 MSI x99a SLI Plus Motherboard $375 32GB of DD4 Ram $205 Total cost of upgrade = $1068AUD System now has 1 x Dedicated GPU for VM use running at x8 1 x GPU assigned to unraid running off the x1 slot 2 x IBM 1015 HBA cards With lots of room to move on the performance side of things.
October 25, 20169 yr Let us know how gaming is with that chip and if there is a performance hit with the lower clock speed. I'm building a system with the same CPU and since my main gaming rig has been moved to another room for VR use, a second gaming system could come in handy. It's not something I was planning on but if it's capable enough, I guess, why not?
October 25, 20169 yr Author Well I can kind of give you the answer to that question without gaming on it which is probably a good thing because the dedicated GPU isnt a Gaming Quality GPU as yet (Still need to upgrade that) Gaming with any CPU is dependent on if the game uses single thread or multi thread. The following CPU-Z validation is of my Gaming PC You will note that the Single Thread score is 2099 which is rather good. The Multi Thread score is 8112. Now compare that with the CPU-Z validation on my VM While the Single Thread score is only 890 which is well below the 6700K, the Multi Thread score owns it at 8799 while running at less than half the speed. So at the end of the day it is really going to depend on the game you play. Some games need multi thread CPU's, some dont, some games dont use very much CPU some games do. At a later date Ill get a better GPU to put in the VM and be able to give you a better answer. However on paper it will hold its own.
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