Hi guys,
Looking to build a new server as my dual cpu xeon machine decided to die via means of a faulty voltage regulator.
As i was about ready to migrate to a virtualized environment i thought i might as well do a system overhaul to higher end desktop parts which will also keep some of the heat down in my office!
Looking to host a few machines on here but want the head room to put a couple more without maxing her out.
win 2008 r2 server
Win 2012 server
A NAS distro have yet to decide to which to go with.
Win 7 xbmc sql server and possibly a tvheadend (may put this on a separate linux box)
the odd linux distro for testing.
Probably only have 4-6 running max at the same time.
I'm doing this on a slight budget so i have a couple of options below. Could anyone give their opinion of the two builds which would be better and if there are any problems with hardware i have chosen?
Build 1:
AMD 8350 - 8 Core
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 - apprently supports passthrough however is the NIC supported?
32gb Ram - Corsair Memory Vengeance Pro Series Blue 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz x 2
Build 2:
I7 4770 Haswell
Asus Z87-PRO
16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Low Profile Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600) 16gb moving to 32gb after a month or so.
I have some hardware left from my last server namely 120gb agility 3 ssd, 13x 2tb drives, 2x3tb, a supermicro saslp-mv8 (hoping to use as passthrough to the NAS VM) A case and hot swap bays for above drives. also i have a corsair 850watt so more than enough power.
I also have a HP microserver with 8gb ram. This is currently running my old server build which is my Media server.
Which would be better? im finding it hard to get much info on this perticular setup as Haswell is too new and only a couple of Haswell setups out there documented.
Also would the AMD be sufficent? Would it offer passthrough successfully? Out of interest could i overclock it to squeeze more performance out of it?
Looking to build a new server as my dual cpu xeon machine decided to die via means of a faulty voltage regulator.
As i was about ready to migrate to a virtualized environment i thought i might as well do a system overhaul to higher end desktop parts which will also keep some of the heat down in my office!
Looking to host a few machines on here but want the head room to put a couple more without maxing her out.
win 2008 r2 server
Win 2012 server
A NAS distro have yet to decide to which to go with.
Win 7 xbmc sql server and possibly a tvheadend (may put this on a separate linux box)
the odd linux distro for testing.
Probably only have 4-6 running max at the same time.
I'm doing this on a slight budget so i have a couple of options below. Could anyone give their opinion of the two builds which would be better and if there are any problems with hardware i have chosen?
Build 1:
AMD 8350 - 8 Core
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 - apprently supports passthrough however is the NIC supported?
32gb Ram - Corsair Memory Vengeance Pro Series Blue 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz x 2
Build 2:
I7 4770 Haswell
Asus Z87-PRO
16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Low Profile Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600) 16gb moving to 32gb after a month or so.
I have some hardware left from my last server namely 120gb agility 3 ssd, 13x 2tb drives, 2x3tb, a supermicro saslp-mv8 (hoping to use as passthrough to the NAS VM) A case and hot swap bays for above drives. also i have a corsair 850watt so more than enough power.
I also have a HP microserver with 8gb ram. This is currently running my old server build which is my Media server.
Which would be better? im finding it hard to get much info on this perticular setup as Haswell is too new and only a couple of Haswell setups out there documented.
Also would the AMD be sufficent? Would it offer passthrough successfully? Out of interest could i overclock it to squeeze more performance out of it?