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I still need to build something and not sure yet how to go. You're saying a Xeon D-1508 would be the best way to go for gigabit Wan? Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

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But, I'm still wanting to know if I can have one good server, running ESXi, Xen, or KVM/Proxmox/Ovirt, etc. That I can run my always on VMs, including a VM as an HTPC and gaming VM. I have a Synology NAS I'll be using for network media storage. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

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That's great. Thanks. I will check this out. If it ends up working, maybe I should just focus on building an always-on VM server and possibly have one of those VMs used just to browse web pages on the projector, etc, instead of a full blo name htpc and gaming VM. I'll let you know how it goes...

Thanks for the advice so far. I started out streaming kodi on a fire TV on my BenQ HT2050 projector, but during scenes that pan from side to side, it was a little jittery, so next I tried out an Nvidia shield, which is great as a streaming device. Much more powerful, but still slightly jittery...

Hi there. Thanks for all the comments. Please excuse the delay. I've been away. No, I haven't bought the hardware yet, though I'd like to start putting a parts list together and order everything as soon as I can. I'm real confused now with all the recent discussion about cards, though. Perhaps...

Thanks very much. Any specific Radeon card recommendations? So, is my "One rig to rule them all" idea feasible? Especially with running a HTPC/Gaming VM? Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Thanks, Patrick. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Thanks. Are you saying, only use 16 or 32 GB RDIMM modules for a total of 64 GB max? Any advice for the rest of the build? Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Hi Everyone, I'd like to have a Xeon D-15xx home server with 64 GB RAM, GPU pasthrough, with ESXi 6/6.5 (perhaps KVM down the road) running VMs: pfSense, PLEX, Asterisk, and an HTPC that I can use with a BenQ HT2050 projector for watching Kodi, streaming movies from the PLEX VM and I was...

Does anyone have any thoughts/opinions on the following Supermicro Xeon D-1518/1521 rack servers as both a pfSense and few other always-on VMs? ...and for the higher end ones (1528/1541) as a complete lab server? Thanks very much. Amazon.com: Supermicro SuperServer 5018D-FN8T Xeon D Mini 1U...

Thanks.

Thats an interesting looking case. Since I'm so limited with short depth cases, if I were open to keeping my full server cabinet, what case(s) would you recommend, then? Thanks.

Thanks, Evan. I would prefer a short case, if possible. I do have a full length server cabinet, but I'm looking to downsize. I realize that cuts my options. I have Synology NAS so I'm not too concerned with storage, though I would like to have some. Possibly some fast SSD and 1 large SATA drive.