i bought the 10TB ones a while back for around 189 i think. I still haven't opened them yet. Will probably get to it this weekend as i am curious what is inside.
For my HTPC i went WD Purple drives for anything to do with the video portion (Live TV buffer, recording, etc). They are surveillance drives and are made to be used 24/7.
I have a home lab with various installs of both WIn 7 and Win 10 (physical and VM's) and use both equally as much. I really dont have a preference tbh. I like how win10 handles my mutli monitor setup much much better than win7 though and seems to handle SLI better too. My main rig for gaming...
I have FIOS 1GB service and for me it was totally worth it because of the price. I could be perfectly happy with 250/250, as my everyday usage is not that heavy. BUT when i do need that speed it's great to have it available. Like the before mentioned Steam downloads and other huge files... no...
Another +1 for the Ubiquiti gear here. I just bought my 4th AP, the AC-Lite. works like a champ. Also have their EdgeRouter Lite. Never had an issue unless it was something I did.
If you can find a Dell PowerEdge C1100, I would go that route. I have one. it is excellent on power, but the fans are a bit loud. Dual processor and I have 112GB of RAM in mine. I am thinking of moving it into a 4U case for more room (bigger fans, less noise) and also to add more HDDs. Currently...
No, it will not work. The T20 uses socket 1150 CPU's. I recently upgraded the CPU in mine to a Amazon.com: Intel Xeon Processor E3-1231V3B 3.4 4 LGA 1150 (BX80646E31231V3): Computers & Accessories.
It works great! this is now my 3rd T20. they are great machines