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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    Thank you everyone. This has been pretty enlightening.
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    No, there aren't stability requirements. This is more of a fun project but I do not want to have to shut down the VMs while I game. I guess I figured having a hex-core would serve better than a quad core. This current setup is roughly $200 more than a Z97 build ($100 premium for board, $50...
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    Apache web server. Haven't decided on the CMS yet but Joomla and Drupal look appealing. A mail server is likely as well (perhaps on a different VM). This wont be public/production based - mostly used between family. The most CPU intensive one will be the Plex media server I plan on running. If...
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    I stated earlier that the small form factor is very important. The PC will be moved around a lot. I'm well aware that that there are better priced and better performing boards outside of the mATX form factor. The board you recommended is Extended ATX which requires a full tower cases. No bueno...
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    VM hosts are not, but the VMs themselves will greatly benefit from the two additional cores. :)
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    It is as a matter of fact, but I'm pretty good at it. Didn't mean to be rude, I apologize. You wrote a lot and threw a lot of technical terms around, but didn't really say much. How is my platform "big"? What's wrong with the mATX form factor? What's wrong specifically with eVGA's offering...
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    No offense, but I have absolutely no idea what you just said.
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    You know I really like the Swiftech H220-X but can't seem to find it for sale anywhere.
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    That is crazy expensive for such a small radiator!
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    I just realized Corsair released the H100i GTX a few days ago. Haha... Good timing!
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    There wont be any crazy VM work. At the most, maybe 2-3 lightweight Linux instances running at a time. 32GB is more than I'll need and at the current price point (~$400), I don't think it's worth it. I have a small keyboard tray. With my current keyboard, I only have 4" of room for the mouse...
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    Case: Corsair 350D Window PSU: Corsair AX760i (760 Watt Digital) Cables: Corsair black individually sleeved cable kit Mobo: eVGA X99 MicroATX CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core (4.0GHz+ overclock) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i (w/ Noctua NT-H1) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB DDR4-2400 (4x...
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    D'oh... I didn't even realize what I was doing with the RAM. I saw future expandability. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll update it. Yes, I meant the H100i. Also thanks for the GPU and thermal compound tips. How does everything else look?
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    Got full part's list ready. Looking for advice/criticism

    This will be my first complete system overhaul since 2007. I'm really excited! :D Please take a look at this and let me know what you think folks. Case: Corsair 350D Window PSU: Corsair AX760i (760 Watt Digital) Cables: Corsair black individually sleeved cable kit Mobo: eVGA X99 MicroATX CPU...
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    Looking for a CPU recommendation

    I haven't heard of any games that use all available cores. The most intensive one I know of is Battlefield 4 which I think uses only three. I'm sure in the future more intensive ones will come out. Aiming for the Micro ATX form factor here. 240mm cooler is a tough cookie to crack in one of...
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    Looking for a CPU recommendation

    There are a few games I play on a regular basis but I play lots of new ones as they are released. Consider it hardcore, bleeding edge gaming. Yes, I will use liquid cooling. Most likely a Corsair H60/H75 or similar.
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    Looking for a CPU recommendation

    I should probably add that I do plan on water-cooling and overclocking the CPU, perhaps to 4.0+ GHz
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    Looking for a CPU recommendation

    First off, my current setup is OLD. I'm still using Yorkfield (Q9450) on an X38 board with 4GB of memory. It's high time for an upgrade. I use my home computer for gaming, surfing and running VMs. I will have at least two VMs running at all times - a small website (Linux-based, runlevel 3) and...
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    Rate my FreeNAS ZFS box

    Does transcoding benefit from additional cores?
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    Rate my FreeNAS ZFS box

    All CPU's support ECC memory, but not all motherboards do.
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    Rate my FreeNAS ZFS box

    Thanks all for the advice. I will look into this parts Dave. Thanks! I chose ZFS primarily because I was looking into fast software RAID. I don't want to invest in a RAID card and these tiny boards don't have built-in controllers. I am open to suggestions here as well. Another reason is that I...
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    Rate my FreeNAS ZFS box

    Okay. You guys seem pretty serious about this ECC thing. I'll trust you. Case: CoolerMaster Elite 110 PSU: Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W CPU/MBoard: ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX RAM: 16GB Crucial DDR3-1600 ECC HDDs: 3x HGST Desktar NAS 3TB 7200 RPM Better? It's much more...
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    Rate my FreeNAS ZFS box

    I see, I understand your point. This creates a problem for me. There are no Micro ITX boards that support LGA1155 and ECC memory. I'd have to get an newer board, ECC memory and an LGA1150 CPU. Not counting the drives, I'd be spending close to $500 as opposed to just $120... all for the sake of...
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    Rate my FreeNAS ZFS box

    Thanks! I'll try to use what I have on hand. If it's not enough, I'll definitely upgrade. Why is ECC a requirement for ZFS? Also, I'm not using AMD. I posted a low end Intel CPU.
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    Rate my FreeNAS ZFS box

    Getting a bit tired of fumbling around with internal storage on my primary computer. PC is powered off or restarts for an update, movies stop streaming through the house, people can't access their data, everyone flips out, blah blah blah. :mad: I'm finally going to stop being lazy and solve...
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    AT&T 3G Speeds - iPhone 4 vs. Captivate

    Apologies for the necro but I discovered something a bit weird that may help some people. Apparently the HSUPA block only applies for the Captivate? My buddy has an unlocked Vibrant with an AT&T SIM card and it does have HSUPA... :confused:
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    AT&T 3G Speeds - iPhone 4 vs. Captivate

    *sigh* That is just sad and pathetic on AT&T's part. What can I say?
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    AT&T 3G Speeds - iPhone 4 vs. Captivate

    I have a question about the speeds of both phones over AT&T's 3G network. I have the Samsung Captivate and a friend of mine uses the iPhone 4. Both phones are listed as using the same technology (HSDPA 7.2mbits for downstream and Category 6 HSUPA 5.76mbits for upstream). - Downloading is just...