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Physical Hardware

Basic Components

Processor

IntelAMD CoreRyzen i7-8700k5 3600X - This isprocessor was purchased to replace a much weaker Ryzen 3. Using the processorsame Isocket had been using in this PC prior to converting(AM4) it intoprovides athe "homebenefits server"of andZen there2 isarchitecture nothing particularly special about it other than it wasat very fastreasonable when I bought it. It is a great consumer CPU even to this day but it is starting to feel more limiting as a server CPU due to its lack of ECC support, lower cores/thread count, and limited PCI lanes that it provides.price.

  • 3.7GHz8GHz base, 4.7GHz4GHz turboboost
  • 6-cores / 12-threads
  • UHD Graphics 630

Motherboard

Z370Asrock AORUSB450M GamingSteel 7 (rev. 1.0)Legend - SimilarlySmall thisform motherboardfactor wasmATX boughtboard withthat theis intentbeing ofreused buildingfrom a powerfulprototyping PCproject. insteadBeing ofan amATX moreboard serverit orientedis box.very Itlimited reflectsin a lot of the same constraints as the processor.expansion.

  • CPU
    • Support for 8th Generation Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 processors in the LGA1151 package
  • Chipset
  • Memory
    • 4x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
    • Dual channel memory architecture
  • Video
    • 1x HDMI 1.4
    • 1x DisplayPort 1.2
  • LAN
    • 1x Intel 1GbE
    • 1x Rivet Networks Killer E2500
  • PCI
    • 2x PCIe x16
    • 1x PCIe x4
    • 3x PCIe x1
  • Storage
    • 3x M.2 PCIe x4/x2
    • 6x SATA3
  • USB
    • 2x USB C 3.1 Gen 2
    • 1x USB 3.1 Gen 2 (Type-A)
    • 7x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (Type-A)
    • 4x USB 2.0

Memory

  • 64GB CORSAIR Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 (4x16GB)

    • timing 16-18-18-35
    • CAS Latency 16
    • voltage 1.2V

Case

Fractal Design - Define R6 USBMini C (Blackout) - A fantastic case with an attractive minimalistic design that holdsin a lotmATX ofform hard drives and excellent sound dampening.factor.

  • Features
    • 10x HDD, 2x SSD
    • Sound dampening panels
    • Excellent build quality

    Storage

    • 6x1x 10TB256GB SATANVMe HDD Western Digital (WD1000WMAZ)SSD
    • 4x2x 4TB512GB SATACrucial HDD Seagate (ST4000DM004)SSD
    • 1x 512GB SATA SSD (Samsung EVO)
    1x 1TB NVMe SSD (Eluktronics Eluktro Pro-X G2 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4) 2x 1TB NVMe SSD (Inland Professional PCIe 3.0 x2) 2x 256GB NVMe SSD (Inland Professional PCIe 3.0 x2) 2x 512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung SM981/PM981)

    Cooling

    Power Supply

    EVGA SuperNOVA 850550 G+G2 850W550W

    • Features
      • Fully modular

    UPS

    APC Back UPS PRO BN-M2 1500VAn/a

      Features
        900Watts / 1.5kVA 6x Battery backed outlets 4x Surge outlets

        Add-On Cards

          QNAP QM2-4P-384A Quad M.2 PCIe SSD Expansion Card
            PCIe Gen3 x8 4x switched PCIe x4 NVMe LSI SAS9211-8I 8PORT
              PCIe Gen3 x8 2x Mini SAS SFF-8087 ports Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 4G (rev. 1.0)
              • PCIe Gen3 x8
              Inateck 4 Ports PCIe to USB 3.0
              • PCIe Gen3 x1
              • 4x USB 3.0 ports
              ZOTAC10Gtek GeForceIntel GT82599ES 710 1GBSFP+ PCIe x1x8
              • PCIe Gen3 x1
              x8 10Gtek Intel 82576 Dual RJ45 PCIe x1
                PCIe Gen3 x1 2x RJ45SFP+` 1GbE ports