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My long overdue time to upgrade has finally come and I will need a new display to go with a new video card (probably a GTX 3080 or 3090 but AMD may surprise me) and new computer. I do mostly productivity (word, excel, web browsing; I'm not a creative and don't do color work). My work/gaming...

My current gaming machine is getting long in the tooth and I am tempted by the portability of a laptop. However, I know that portability means that I have to compromise on performance. Thus, I come to you all for your advice: Is it possible for me to have a server (currently serving NAS and...

I want to switch my home setup to 10G and need suggestions. I intend to use the gear to connect a FreeNAS 9.3 box to an ESXi 6 box now and attach a second smaller switch via 10G in a far part of my house later. I am looking for suggestions for a switch with at least 4 SFP+ ports, 3 SFP+...

Considering buying some HGST 6TB drives during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday fun. Can anyone confirm or disprove that advance replacement will be available if a drive fails? This is a big deal to me as I don't keep cold spares for my home array around. Thanks.

I currently use WSE 2012R2 for my home server. I have full disk encryption with a TPM on the boot drive as well as my storage array. To consolidate systems I want to move to an all-in-one and virtualize the WSE on ESXI. My research indicates that I can not pass thru the TPM. This leads me to...

Currently running wse 2012r2 for my home server. I am running vmware workstation with a few guest vm's including a torrentbox. The current storage I am using for the vm's is tiered refs storage spaces (2 256 ssd and 2 3tb 7200 rpm spinners). This setup is pretty sluggish. I am considering...

My Nexus 5 is on the way out and I am hoping for a few recommendations for a replacement. I want a phone that uses stock android (and gets the upgrades) like the n5/n6 but is about the same size as the 5. Price isn't really an issue as long as I get my money's worth and the phone works with...

I own a Supermicro X10SL7-f (flashed to IT mode) and want to know if I can use reverse breakout cables to connect the onboard raid controller to an Intel raid expander (RES2SV240) to be able to control a Norco 4220 that has 5 backplanes with 1 SFF-8087 port per backplane. Can I plug one or both...

I currently have: 1-a dell 2001fp from 10 years ago that is finally giving out 2-a nvidia gtx 460 driving it 3-the system this is in is a sandy bridge i5 2500k with 16g ram My usage is: 40% gaming (mmo's and shooters) 40% web surfing and general use 20% watching video My budget: I...

I looked into Storage Spaces R1 when it was released and decided to stay away. I am now playing around with FreeNAS and NAS4Free for a new ZFS based NAS build for my home and was wondering if I should be looking at WSE 2012 R2 with Storage Spaces as well. If you work with Storage Spaces R2 I...

I am looking at updating my home setup. I have a few questions and want to know if the following setup is possible: 1) A bare metal FreeNAS ZFS based storage server (a 32 gig Xeon E-1230V2 I already own) 2) An ESXI 5.5 box running a few windows VM's and a linux based router distro VM...

I have been doing my homework and now want to make sure I am on the right track. I am planning on the following for an All In One. 1) A Windows Server Essentials VM - I will pass thru 2 IBM M1015 Cards (Flashed to IT mode) and use FlexRaid for my storage pooling solution 2) A windows 7 VM...

I am doing some research for a visualization project for my home and am wondering if it is possible to use Hyper-V instead of ESXI for an All In One system. It seems like being able to use a single socket Opteron board and 64 or 128 gigs of ram would be a bit of an advantage over the 32 gigs I...

I am looking into dipping my toes into the virtualization pool for an upcoming home server storage build (with more vm's to come as I get comfortable) and am hoping somebody could help me with a few questions about ESXi before I buy hardware. A little info: I am considering an entry level...

I am getting ready to put together a new storage server and would like to use this software for out of band management. I have been unable to find confirmation that this software will work with Intel c200 chipsets. I want to use a S1200BTL or S1200BTS board along with an E3 Xeon (either a...

I am planning on consolidating a bunch of gear into a server rack. WHS box, pfSense box, UPS, modem, switch, etc. I got a deal on a Dell 2410 rack so its going to be the home of all this. I am just a hobbyist so know nothing about racks and professional gear. I was planning on buying a 1u...

I want to use a 3rd party VPN provider to keep my P2P and web browsing habits private. I want to create a setup that allows all my traffic to be routed thru the 3rd party VPN. I currently have 3 machines (a WHS box that handles my storage, backups and torrents, a laptop and my...