Something to also consider is a good NAS if you don't already have one. I keep
all my important stuff on the NAS so I don't have to have as much HDD space on
any of the PC's at the house. Map a NAS share or create an iscsi drive for each
box. I'm running a synology DS1518+ . I only keep the quick access stuff on the
local machine.
Build wise I'd go with a newer i7 mobo with decent amount of ram if you do much
virtual machines. I'm always running a few virtual box machines for random
stuff. I don't have a mobo with M.2 interface but I'd look at it if building
something new. My best system is a quad core 6700k 4.0 GHz box. I have a toggle
switch to boot either win 8.1 pro or windows 10. Still tend to use 8.1 more
often because a few of my programs still have issues running on 10. I'm still
running samsung pro SSD's as primary's in most of my boxes. Video card is
midrange right now just because I don't game on my main machine,
lopaka
From: Brian Weeden <[email protected]>
To: hardware <[email protected]>
Cc: hwg <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build
One of the big recent advancements is in the new M.2 interface for SSDs,
which finally creates an interface that can match the inherent speed of
modern SSD:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/understanding-m-2-the-interface-that-will-speed-up-your-next-ssd/
If you do a lot of disk-intensive apps, I think that would be something
worth upgrading for. Will require a new mobo, however.
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Brian
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Jim Maki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> My last new build was a 2.67 GHz i7 system in 2009. I have been using a
> dual
> Xeon 6-core, 2.67 GHz refurb (HP Z600)for about 2 years. I have outgrown
> the
> storage capacity (hard drives, etc.) of the HP case. It is very proprietary
> and would not easily transfer to the larger case I have (from the i7
> build).
> In addition, the Z600 does not have new features such as USB 3.0.
>
>
>
> Anyway, I have been "out of touch" with state of the art and am looking for
> some suggestions for a new build. While price is important, a high
> performance to price ratio is more important. I am not much of a gamer (an
> occasion Civ V game) but do have multiple programs open a one time. I do
> some graphics (CorelDraw) but my next major task is a book on family
> genealogy (pictures, genealogy charts, text).
>
>
>
> So suggestions and a "why" would be highly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Jim Maki
>
> [email protected]
>
>
