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the precisions can be a great deal depending on how you get them.
i was looking at a macbook pro 15" and m4800 , ultimately i got the precision.
i managed to get it on ebay sealed with 3 yr warranty for 1000$ , upgraded the cpu and added in 480gb msata with 2tb 2.5"(data) and 1tb 2.5"...
8gb sticks cost about 40-50$ a peice (to canada).
i have a guy here that can sell me 4gb ddr3 ecc for 10$ a stick.
the new board has 12 ram slots , i plan on filling them all with 4gb sticks yeilding 48gb.
Yes the DQ77KB only supports 16g , its sodimm's too, its my old board.
the new one can support 192gb i believe and has 12 slots.
my current storage is 1x120gb ssd , 1x320gb 7.2k 2.5" , 1x750gb wd black 3.5" all for VM's
this storage setup is not good , its not even backed up and needs to be...
pretty much both of those to a T , memory and storage.
i used esata to try to compensate the loss of storage bays , its just to slow.
16gb memory seems like alot , but i ran out of it quickly.
im in the midst of upgrading my old esxi system ,
i used a DQ77KB , 3470s quad i5
fully supported esxi and VT-d
it was abour 60-100w load with my fileserver (unraid) and win 8.1 / win 2k12 server , couple linux vm's.
how ever i would make sure you can use those specs will do you...
Basically planning a rebuild of my old ESXi home system.
I currently have a micro ATX DQ77KB , 3470S Quad i5 , 16gb ram.
my new system i have ordered these new parts
Intel S5520HC with dual quad E5520's
Supermicro CSE -745 case (dual 920w)
Dual M1015 IBM HBA's
Dual intel 1000/PT's...