Hey guys, I'm not much of a parts guy and wanted opinions on the parts list I've put together. Budget is 400-700.
- HyperX FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Desktop Memory Model HX421C14FBK2/16
- Rosewill Quark-550, Quark Series 550W Full Modular Power Supply, 80Plus Platinum Certified
- Crucial BX200 2.5" 240GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT240BX200SSD1
- DIYPC Cuboid-B Black Aluminum / Steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case Standard ATX / PS II
- Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 SkyLake 3.4 GHz LGA 1151 80W BX80662E31230V5 Server Processor (spec sheet)
- ASUS Z170M-PLUS LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
- LP4 to 2 SATA Internal Power Splitter Cable
I already have a few WD green HDDs for storage; I'm mostly concerned with making sure the memory works with the CPU, and the CPU will work with the mobo (sockets are right, but I was reading about some incompatibilities between mobo BIOS versions and Xeon processors). Also I'm having some difficulty deciding between the I5-6600k, Xeon E3-1230, and Xeon E3-1245 processors. I like the 1230, it's the lowest end processor that supports hyperthreading; but this will be a media server too, so the 1245's builtin support for encoding/decoding video codecs might be a big performance increase? Would this performance increase even translate into virtual environments though?
Am I picking anything stupid, or have a better recommendation?
- HyperX FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Desktop Memory Model HX421C14FBK2/16
- Rosewill Quark-550, Quark Series 550W Full Modular Power Supply, 80Plus Platinum Certified
- Crucial BX200 2.5" 240GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT240BX200SSD1
- DIYPC Cuboid-B Black Aluminum / Steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case Standard ATX / PS II
- Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 SkyLake 3.4 GHz LGA 1151 80W BX80662E31230V5 Server Processor (spec sheet)
- ASUS Z170M-PLUS LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
- LP4 to 2 SATA Internal Power Splitter Cable
I already have a few WD green HDDs for storage; I'm mostly concerned with making sure the memory works with the CPU, and the CPU will work with the mobo (sockets are right, but I was reading about some incompatibilities between mobo BIOS versions and Xeon processors). Also I'm having some difficulty deciding between the I5-6600k, Xeon E3-1230, and Xeon E3-1245 processors. I like the 1230, it's the lowest end processor that supports hyperthreading; but this will be a media server too, so the 1245's builtin support for encoding/decoding video codecs might be a big performance increase? Would this performance increase even translate into virtual environments though?
Am I picking anything stupid, or have a better recommendation?
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