Good tips (as per usual!).
I just re-installed my 1950x in a new motherboard (Asus Zenith) due to compatibility issues and headaches with unRAID and my ASROCK Fatality board.
The ASROCK board was simple to tighten down the 3 screws wheras the Zenith required quite a bit of pressure applied to...
Saw this on r/datahoarders a couple months ago and saved it: https://imgur.com/a/y9CtE/
Supermicro case is filled with shucked 8tb drives + two 1TB ssds for ZFS
$12k
Ive been running a full disk scan on an 8tb WD EasyStore for the last 6 days (computer I plugged it in to only has usb 2.0). that would have been a perfect candidate. lol
Unfortunately Google stopped expanding it's Google Fiber network (shortly after Alphabet "took over"). It got MOST of Kansas City covered, but of course they stopped 10 miles away from my house :(
They are still supporting the service, but they have no plans of expansion anymore. I wouldnt be...