i will be using a stock heatsink for an i3 6100 or an i5 2500 depending on if i can find the right deal.
the realan e-i7 really looks nice, is it of better quality for the price or just expensive because its imported?
I have the Antec ISK300-150 and the Zotac Low Profile GTX 750. The heatsink is a little large and won't fit with the lid on. Is there a similar case like the Realan e-i7 that is affordable (less than 100, but sweet spot around 50-70) and commonly available in the US?
you won't be able to use esxi and freenas with 3770k because it does not support VT-d (if you want to do it the proper way and have freenas see the physical drives).
Take a look at proxmox which supports ZFS locally and will give you a great web interface for managing virtual machines
5820k supports VT-d, so you can keep your OC.
This is hardforum right? If games aren't going to max out 8 cores, then run multiple games.
AMD might be a good choice for the price.
Anyway it would be a very cool benchmark for consumer CPUs. the articles I posted are all very expensive...
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Multiheaded-NVIDIA-Gaming-using-Ubuntu-14-04-KVM-585/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Multi-headed-VMWare-Gaming-Setup-564/
I wonder how a FX 8core will stack up against 4core i7 with HT?
Let's say a 2 headed setup (4cores per vm). It would...
AMD APU is where AMD comes ahead.
It doesn't make sense for dedicated GPU, but for tiny itx systems, AMD APU is great. So you save money not having to buy a GPU.
The 7650k is about the same as an i3.
I personally hope to see Iris Pro at budget prices. I'm sure it will come soon by the...
if it isn't running 24/7 electricity isn't a big deal.
I think both intel and amd are future proof. if zen really makes a difference, competition increases, our current processors could be "ancient" in two years.
I think the pricing and features available fit the current market. You can't get a...
AMD can certainly do better in power consumption.
The AMD APU 7850k and 7800 have a pretty good edge over a Celeron + GPU.
For the price 8320E seems like a great hypervisor/virtualization CPU, you can get one for 99 at Microcenter, and supports passthrough and ECC by force loading modules...
here is the low wattage xeons:
http://www.mouser.com/Search/Refine.aspx?Keyword=1220l+v3
http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/shop/shop.cgi?action=thispage&thispage=00000INTELU01_BNA4015P.shtml&order_id=!ORDERID!
Currently running Zotac BI320 with a Celeron 2957U CPU and 8GB RAM + 120GB SSD
RAM is 1.5v underclocked to 1.25v
Idle Proxmox: 7.5W
Idle ESXi 5.5: 10W
Load hits around 17W max
I am using ESXi now
I am running Ubuntu Server, OSX, 2x Xpenology, and Windows 8.1
I just saw this...
with the powertail all you need is arduino, ethernetshield and the powertail.
his setup would be similar to this:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Web-Controlled-8-Channel-Powerstrip/step4/Securing-the-receptacles-and-mounting-the-relay-bo/
you can use this:
http://www.powerswitchtail.com/Pages/default.aspx
preferable with an arduino (since you will be using a pi as your NAS, and this needs to run 24/7)
im sure theres an arduino ethernet addon.
you might be able to find a pdu...
banana pi should automatically boot.
banana pi also supports sata port multiplier.
The banana pi itself is going to use less than 2watts, the HDD is gonna use more.
http://www.bananapi.org/2014/06/measure-power-consumption-of-banana-pi.html
if you are paying 32cent per kilowatt (very...
I measured with my killawatt a build with:
AMD AM1 Athlon 5150
MSI ITX
Antec ISK ITX 90w
2x4GB 1.65v
On proxmox: 11watts idle
on esxi with 1.5v 4gb ram and igpu disabled: 11w idle
Whats your lowest/efficient build and specs?
I am now testing an Zotac BI320 with 2x4GB sodimm @...
They want a refund from Pearson, they aren't happy with Pearson's software. When they get the refund they will buy a better software.
Pearson is the subcontractor. They charged 50 dollars per student per year.
If Pearson, one of the largest education and publishing companies can't make a...
Here's a list I compiled:
With Ethernet:
CX-W8 $99-118
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Intelbox-1-33ghz-Computer-Bluetooth/dp/B00RVITTJM
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/CX-W8-Wintel-Smart-Mini-PC-Intel-TV-box-Atom-Z3735F-Quad-Core-Windows-8-1/32268518372.html
Pipo X7 $98...
i have both power line and wifi to ethernet bridge that i want to team together. i purchased a netgear prosafe gs108e v3 in hopes of LAG being what i want (perhaps i need a gs108t).
what is the cheapest solution so my single gigabit port ESXI server uses the best link or combination? fastest...
Thanks thats a good option. Seeing that the pfsense devs will support the edgerouter lite soon, that would make a good low cost solution.
the intel nuc thin canyon does have aes-ni for openvpn performance though. it seems there is no equivalent instruction set for non x86/x64 cpus?
If you had a single nic pfSense box such as a NUC, would using dd-wrt/tomato/openwrt as a managed switch work instead of paying for a gigabit switch that supported VLAN? Would performance be worse with dd-wrt/tomato/openwrt (my thought is the custom firmware adds overhead vs a vlanswitch)...
Curious if memtest will confirm ecc support when using a supported ECC CPU on a consumer board like H81 even if BIOS does not have option to enable.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1495837/ecc-works-on-am1
Is it possible to force ECC on? Does FreeNAS support ECC forced on? I want to use a h81...
I have this from last year
http://www.amazon.com/ZyXEL-PLA4205kit-HomePlug-Powerline-Wall-plug/dp/B005GCSZD6/ref=sr_1_6?srs=2530850011&ie=UTF8&qid=1416779008&sr=8-6&keywords=zyxel+av500
I am looking to add a few more but I bought this for 29.99 last BF. I have this directly connected to the...
probably ill go with the a10-7800 which is basically a 7850k @ 65W with no OC. this route may leave room to add a r70 240/250 in xfire in the future with the 7800 right?
I have a ISK300-150 laying around, an 240GB SSD and 8GB ram. Can the 150w PSU in the ISK300-150 handle the 7850k at stock? or do I need to underclock? Thinking about a nice little box for all my steam games and BF4. I believe the ISK only has a 4pin mobo molex, and most fm2+ needs 8 pin, just an...
I have learned about XPEnology. I am currently using FreeNAS.
One thing I like about Synology products is that I can use an array of different sizes of drives with their hybrid raid technology, SHR1 SHR2.
Since XPEnology is an x86 Synology from the open source parts and the severe lack of...
Currently I have a Nexus 5. With Greenify I have been getting pretty decent battery life. around 3%/hour without google now (slim rom) and 5%/hour with google now (on CM).
I don't play any games because its a total waste of the battery. But I am curious to see what are battery life leaders...
living in southern california actually. believe the electricity bill is in tier2 or tier3 which i cannot check the rates right now but will range from 25c-32c/kwh
bill is around 200 a month so once i return home from college, gonna do some experimenting with the kill-a-watt
will look into...
Just want to get an idea of usage of what people use their NAS for
I use FreeNAS at home.
No real reason for me to use ZFS, but it seems like amazing technology that standard raid can't do. Especially sparked my interest since I lost a lot of data to corruption. Also lets me use random brands...
what are your thoughts on this deal at microcenter?
A6 6400k
and
A55BM-E Socket FM2+ A55 mATX
the mobo has 6 sata ports which would be an upgrade from the 4 sata on my am3. and it seems that 6400k idle is around 38W.
price of 69.99 + tax total for both seems pretty nice, and if it...
i would be running it at my parent's so i'd want to use lowest power possible, since I am not paying for utilities.
I should measure the usage at the wall of my current setup but reading idle usage of the cpu online (and when i originally checked) it was somewhere around 80-120w (with a few...
I am having issues trying to have iGPU enabled (for esxi console) and a 7970 passthrough successfully in ESXi. I assume the issue is because having both iGPU and the 7970, the ITX board is only a 4 pin and cannot supply extra power to both iGPU and 7970.
If I disable iGPU and try to passthrough...
I currently run an am3 AMD Athlon II X2 250. I am looking to further reduce idle power usage.
I am thinking about switching to intel atom C2550
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157419
having less controller cards for sata and reducing to one stick of ram (since it...
I currently have a BitFenix Prodigy.
I have an Intel 3770k with CM Evo+
my 7950 has a h60 mounted and easily mounts to the top radiator.
I have a 7970 coming in, and I would like to move up to mATX and possibly have a crossfire setup (but mainly I will mine litecoins).
I have the old...
currently using mdadm with proxmox on a Fujitsu Primergy MX130 S2.
i have 3x1TB drives and 1TB 2.5" drive and a 60GB SSD where proxmox is installed
the 4x1tb are in mdadm raid
i tried HW raid but one drive would keep falling out (i'm assuming the laptop drive)
the MX130S2 doesnt support...