Rate my upgrade (no more going around in circles!)

[MrLeek]

TLDR: I've stopped going around in circles and just about ready to commit to a major upgrade. Please do comment as you see fit!

 

• CPU1: E5-2630 v4 (the price for these is just too low to ignore)
• CPU2: empty (I'm going single CPU for now - if my VM needs prove to be significant then buy/install a second CPU then)
• CPU Cooler: Noctuna NH-9DL (I'm wary of the cooler overlapping the RAM sockets or getting in the way of the 2nd CPU/cooler at a future date. This cooler should remove that problem)
• RAM: 16GB ECC Registered (again, if the VM requirements take off then adding more RAM is easy)
• Motherboard: Asus Z10PE-D16 WS (I've just picked this up at just under half price, so a right bargain!!) 
  • Link: https://www.asus.com/uk/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/Z10PED16_WS/
• Seasonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750W (this should handle almost anything I'll throw at it)
  • Link: https://seasonic.com/focus-plus-gold
• Chassis: 4U 16-hotswap case (the hot swap backplate is an SFF-8087. I'm not spotting any major issues here(?). It's also allows for a standard ATX PSU)
  • Link: https://www.servercase.co.uk/shop/server-cases/rackmount/4u-chassis/4u-server-case-w-16-x-35-hot-swappable-satasas-drive-bays-6gbs-minisas-+-2-x-525-bays-sc-4316/

 

Erm...that's about it! Assuming there no major gotchas in here then I'll be taking lots of pictures to try and pimp out my new baby!!

 

Footnote: If you're wondering about the title then see here: 

 

Edited April 16, 2018 by MrLeek