Without trying to make an essay, I'm VERY cheap, and enjoy the hobby of ebay recycling. The philosophy has kept my home technologically relevant for a couple decades raising a pack of rabid boys. I've recently retired a G34 3-User "gaming" ESXi box to a single station box for my youngest kid. Shortly, I'll be empty nesting and wanted one last cheapskate fun build, this time focused a little differently. I've gathered some deals the past couple months for hardware, so here goes...
Mandatory Platform/Parts Bin (hardware already in-house): DL585 G7 (last of the Opterons)
6x HP IO Accelerators (2x 640GB each card)
Quadro 4000
Quadro K4000
GTX 650 ti Boost
RX 570
Bins of Misc questionably useful doo-dads
Reqs:
focus on single power user
Gaming needs are 1 station + secondary station for MWO, DDO, and Age Of Wonders: Planetfall (all relatively light weight)
Plex Server: 1080 x3 concurrent...no 4K needed
Right now I'm leaning towards>>>
UnRAID, with a cheap P400/600 dedicated to Plex
A basic 1-Socket VM with the K4000
and a dual Socket VM with an M40 slaved to the 4000 for "my" gaming station.
I'm VERY open to fun hobby like suggestions! Any Advice?
Mandatory Platform/Parts Bin (hardware already in-house): DL585 G7 (last of the Opterons)
6x HP IO Accelerators (2x 640GB each card)
Quadro 4000
Quadro K4000
GTX 650 ti Boost
RX 570
Bins of Misc questionably useful doo-dads
Reqs:
focus on single power user
Gaming needs are 1 station + secondary station for MWO, DDO, and Age Of Wonders: Planetfall (all relatively light weight)
Plex Server: 1080 x3 concurrent...no 4K needed
Right now I'm leaning towards>>>
UnRAID, with a cheap P400/600 dedicated to Plex
A basic 1-Socket VM with the K4000
and a dual Socket VM with an M40 slaved to the 4000 for "my" gaming station.
I'm VERY open to fun hobby like suggestions! Any Advice?