Yes that will probably be the combination I will settle on. I haven't really seen much better in the Intel line with respect to both price and performance. The ASUS X99-E WS board certainly provides the options one would need for graphics rendering and a home server, in addition to servicing hardware without compromising the essentials. I find myself hot-swapping a good many drives on the family network here and could definitely use those extra sata ports. Plus I'm a big RAID fan so there is a good chance I'll be using them all. Right now the old ThermalTake Lvl 10 GT sits, an empty husk, in a box in the store room, waiting for a good MOBO and a worthy CPU. As it stands I have no PC I can call my own. Alas, the four year old is beginning to complain about being unable to access certain applications on her Win XP Home Media Edition. What's a fella to do?
My Computers
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At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8.1 Pro, Linux Mi...INTEL 6900KCORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM 128GBEVGA GTX 1070 FTW- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- ASUS CUSTOM BUILD IN THERMALTAKE LEVEL 10 GT CASE
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8.1 Pro, Linux Mint/Cinnimon (Triple Boot)
- CPU
- INTEL 6900K
- Motherboard
- X99-E WS USB 3.1
- Memory
- CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM 128GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GTX 1070 FTW
- Sound Card
- Onboard Crystal Sound - very nice ;)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SAMSUNG 4K 28"
- Screen Resolution
- 3140 x 2160 - A little extreme. Need to change it.
- Hard Drives
- 1) LSI LOGICAL VOLUME RAID 10 (250 GBX4) SSD ARRAY
2) INTEL RAID 0 KINGSTON (2) SSD ARRAY
3) INTEL RAID 1 SEAGATE (2) 1TB ARRAY (secured backup)
4) INTEL RAID 1 SEAGATE HYBRID (2) (secure secured backup)
5) AHCI SEAGATE 3TB (1) BACKUP & STORAGE (back
- PSU
- CORSAIR HX 1000i
- Case
- THERMAL TAKE LEVEL 10 GT
- Cooling
- NOCTUA TOWER COOLING - PUSH/PULL
- Keyboard
- LOGITECH PRODIGY (One day I'll get a real keyboard.)
- Mouse
- LOGITECH (One day I'll get a real mouse.)
- Internet Speed
- 300 Gb down 12 up Intel(R) I210 Gigabit Network Connection
- Antivirus
- several - Network implementing vs from other PCs - ask me
- Browser
- Mostly FireFox these days
- Other Info
- NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO LIST ALL HARD DRIVES HERE. Cuts me off at 5. Did you know that if you run a network you can scan your PC for viruses via other PCs using several different virus scanners? No virus scanner gets it all. This is narrows down the window for contracting a virus. By using multiple operating systems you can use different virus scanners with no risk of conflict.
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- Antivirus
- KASPERSKY

