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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from WinDreamer in Cylon - Xforma MBX MKII, Glass Tubing, 3090, 5950X   
    This one was a real labor of love. It took me about 3 years, multiple restarts to get things exactly right, etc., etc. This one was not for the faint of heart! Lots of time at home during the pandemic is not necessarily bad for productivity...

    Custom paint, custom wires, custom cut (and bent, in one crazy ill-advised instance) glass tubing, painted the motherboard and lots of the hardware components.

    Some difficulties along the way:
    Never going with an MSI motherboard again. Just an awful software suite. My zeal for the Aquacomputer Aquabus interface knew no bounds...But I took it too far by getting the Aquacomptuer D5 Next pump. It's a cool device...Unless you intend to keep it tucked away. Let's just say that rebuilding and resizing glass tubing is not fun at all when the pump keeps giving you trouble. Thank goodness for EK's shifted vertical GPU mount. The only way to put an inverted GPU in a vertical position, as far as I can tell (unless you fab it yourself).
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
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    rarifiedbovine reacted to LIGISTX in What should I build/which OS should I use?   
    There is no real "correct" way to do anything, so what goes in what VM vs docker vs LXC is really subjective and depends on the application. Some things will not be super happy in LXC since I believe LXC's are "part of the host OS", so in this case proxmox, but live in their own namespace; some things (I don't really have a list of what does vs what doesn't) like this very much. LCXC's since they "are containers running same kernel" as the host from my understanding, use less resources so that is a plus of using them.
     
    I run unifi in one because it seems to work fine, no reason to dedicate an entire other OS just for a simple network hardware controller. Seems to work fine, so why not.
    LTSC is just a cut down version of Win 10, I used to use it for Veeam backup when I ran ESXi, but now that proxmox has its own backup solution that runs as its own VM, I just use that. But its always nice to just have a win 10 VM, I dno't really use it for anything at the moment though.
     
    You NEVER want to use hardware RAID with ZFS. And by that I mean you don't even want the RAID card acting as a RAID card, you need to flash it to IT mode so it doesn't do anything besides present the drives to truenas. ZFS needs bare metal access to the drives to be able to work correct since RAID cars quite literally lie to the host OS about harddrive state and health - they do this because they are controlling things and just lie to the OS... but ZFS is much better then hardware RAID for almost all applications. So you need a RAID card flashed to IT mode (The dell H310 I have is easily found on ebay for cheap pre-flashed, or you can do it yourself), you don't need the specific Dell card, its just he Dell version of the LSI 922-8i, there are many of them. I only have a single one, and a SAS expander to break out to more SATA ports. A single SAS can be broken out to 4 SATA via a break out cable, but a single SAS card can address MANY drives if you have a SAS expander. A 24 bay 4u supermicro chassis will typically run off a single SAS card, and the backplane they "hot swap" into is a sas expander. Since I run in a standard case, I just got a PCIe powered (it doesn't actually transfer any data through PCIe) expander and run 2 SAS cables from the H310 to it, and then break out the remaining 3 SAS ports to x4 SATA... I could just do 1 single SAS cable from H310 to expander and gain another x4 SATA, but I just don't need that many so I figured why not just give it more SAS lanes, not that it likely matters anyways.
     
    If you host your own fr24 receiver, you get free access to the paid tier, so why not.
     
    If I was to start over, I would likely just run plex as a docker container in my ubuntu docker VM... I have no need to transcode anything serious so I just use CPU to do that since I 99% of the time direct play locally anyways which uses no resources, but if you need to transcode you may have different requirements here. But I would use docker for easier portability... docker really is awesome. I use to run pihole in a docker container, but I just let pfsense handle all of that now. But..................... don't virtualize your router until you are much more accustomed and used to this stuff. I waited about 3 years before I felt comfortable making that jump, and so far it has been pretty much fine, but I have a good bit of knowledge now so it wasn't too bad. Took about 2 years of using pfsense just to feel good enough with it, and even more years of homelabbing before I felt comfortable actually virtualizing pfsense.
     
    I actually started out with my i3 6100 with bare metal freenas, that lasted maybe 2 years at which point I went ESXi with freenas virtual with 1 or 2 ubuntu VM's. After a few years of that I outgrew the free tier ESXi and was sort of over that ecosystem and swapped to proxmox for the freeware nature of it and the fact its based on debian and not proprietary; its been a great switch which happened when I switched from the i3 to the xeon a few months ago. For reference, the i3 did support ECC, so I have 28GB of ECC RAM for YEARS without much issue. But, it was time to make a jump up in performance, and I found some good deals and made the switch. 28 threads has proven to be way overkill, but, #yolo I guess. Screenshot is literally current system load, the CPU was def way overkill, honestly its just producing more heat then needed and wasting energy lol. If I was to do that over...... I may have opted for something like 20 threads tops, although I would like to start doing some IP camera stuff and there are plugins for home assistant that let you do facial recognition and what not which DOES take some CPU horsepower.
     
    With all of this, I run multiple subnets, all via vlans managed by pfsense. It has been a great learning experience and I have enjoyed it a lot. 
     

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    rarifiedbovine reacted to LIGISTX in What should I build/which OS should I use?   
    I am a fan of used serve gear, the homelab in my sig, besides drives, would cost about 600 bucks to put together, but it’s not racked. Right now it’s hard to find used Supermicro chassis at a good price… 
     
    I run multiple Ubuntu VM’s one of which hosts docker containers, an LXC container that runs UniFi controller, VM’s for fr24, Plex under Ubuntu, home assistant OS, windows LTSC, pfsense, truenas, a few other random things, and I’m using under 42 GB of RAM and CPU is usually next to nothing utilization.  
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from LIGISTX in What should I build/which OS should I use?   
    Word, thank you. This is actually quite helpful. My bete noire in the last few iterations has been persistent permissions problems/resetting, so that's the thing I'm most scared of. Yet I'm really curious and excited to try.
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from HM-2 in Cylon - Xforma MBX MKII, Glass Tubing, 3090, 5950X   
    This one was a real labor of love. It took me about 3 years, multiple restarts to get things exactly right, etc., etc. This one was not for the faint of heart! Lots of time at home during the pandemic is not necessarily bad for productivity...

    Custom paint, custom wires, custom cut (and bent, in one crazy ill-advised instance) glass tubing, painted the motherboard and lots of the hardware components.

    Some difficulties along the way:
    Never going with an MSI motherboard again. Just an awful software suite. My zeal for the Aquacomputer Aquabus interface knew no bounds...But I took it too far by getting the Aquacomptuer D5 Next pump. It's a cool device...Unless you intend to keep it tucked away. Let's just say that rebuilding and resizing glass tubing is not fun at all when the pump keeps giving you trouble. Thank goodness for EK's shifted vertical GPU mount. The only way to put an inverted GPU in a vertical position, as far as I can tell (unless you fab it yourself).
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from DJ46 in Cylon - Xforma MBX MKII, Glass Tubing, 3090, 5950X   
    This one was a real labor of love. It took me about 3 years, multiple restarts to get things exactly right, etc., etc. This one was not for the faint of heart! Lots of time at home during the pandemic is not necessarily bad for productivity...

    Custom paint, custom wires, custom cut (and bent, in one crazy ill-advised instance) glass tubing, painted the motherboard and lots of the hardware components.

    Some difficulties along the way:
    Never going with an MSI motherboard again. Just an awful software suite. My zeal for the Aquacomputer Aquabus interface knew no bounds...But I took it too far by getting the Aquacomptuer D5 Next pump. It's a cool device...Unless you intend to keep it tucked away. Let's just say that rebuilding and resizing glass tubing is not fun at all when the pump keeps giving you trouble. Thank goodness for EK's shifted vertical GPU mount. The only way to put an inverted GPU in a vertical position, as far as I can tell (unless you fab it yourself).
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from DJ46 in Nostromo: X99 RVE, 5960X, 980ti 3-way SLI, CaseLabs STH10, Hardline [Update: FINAL VIDEO!]   
    Welp, I've finally manged to get a video up which shows my actual gaming room/setup...Just in time for a new build!
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1LbOCMdsZo
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from Alikhanizadeh in Ultimate all-round PC and desk setup   
    Truly fantastic work--sleeving and all the rest.
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from NumLock21 in Gaming SLI Build....Any reason at all to wait for Skylake-X?   
    Sorry, I should have said Skylake X Refresh.  Aka the 9800X, etc.
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    rarifiedbovine reacted to TahoeDust in Convince Me To Go With 7980XE over 8700K   
    For SLI gaming I would say a delidded highly clocked 7900x is probably the best you could buy.  You love overkill, so maybe a delidded and binned 4.8GHz 7900x from Silicon Lottery.
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from Unexas. in Titan X (Pascal) SLI Benchmarks: Welcome to the 4K Future   
    Welp, the good news is that we can get very playable framerates at 4K with ultra settings on pretty much any (decently optimized game).  The bad news: it'll set you back about $2400--and that's just for the GPUs.
     
    Check out more on this test bench in my LTT Build Log:
     
     








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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from wasiq614 in My second build   
    I like it!  Excellent work.
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from Luceamar in Bench Build: 2xTitan X Pascal in SLI, 6900K, Custom Watercooling   
    I suppose because it's my hobby and it gives me pleasure to play with PC hardware.
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from TurboTim in Bench Build: 2xTitan X Pascal in SLI, 6900K, Custom Watercooling   
    I suppose because it's my hobby and it gives me pleasure to play with PC hardware.
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from Vercii in Bench Build: 2xTitan X Pascal in SLI, 6900K, Custom Watercooling   
    I suppose because it's my hobby and it gives me pleasure to play with PC hardware.
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from srmarkovic in Bench Build: 2xTitan X Pascal in SLI, 6900K, Custom Watercooling   
    I understand it's not a criticism.  But my situation is not that different.  I suppose houses and gold are a good investment but...I dunno.  Saving for future generations?  Seems like cheating to me.  ;-)
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from amvoith in Bench Build: 2xTitan X Pascal in SLI, 6900K, Custom Watercooling   
    I suppose because it's my hobby and it gives me pleasure to play with PC hardware.
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from BuckGup in Bench Build: 2xTitan X Pascal in SLI, 6900K, Custom Watercooling   
    I suppose because it's my hobby and it gives me pleasure to play with PC hardware.
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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from reptileexperts in Nostromo: X99 RVE, 5960X, 980ti 3-way SLI, CaseLabs STH10, Hardline [Update: FINAL VIDEO!]   
    Guess what, everyone?  Final pics time!
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from DieHörnær in Nostromo: X99 RVE, 5960X, 980ti 3-way SLI, CaseLabs STH10, Hardline [Update: FINAL VIDEO!]   
    Guess what, everyone?  Final pics time!
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from Anthony_95 in Nostromo: X99 RVE, 5960X, 980ti 3-way SLI, CaseLabs STH10, Hardline [Update: FINAL VIDEO!]   
    Guess what, everyone?  Final pics time!
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from colinreay in Nostromo: X99 RVE, 5960X, 980ti 3-way SLI, CaseLabs STH10, Hardline [Update: FINAL VIDEO!]   
    Guess what, everyone?  Final pics time!
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from Hayashi in Nostromo: X99 RVE, 5960X, 980ti 3-way SLI, CaseLabs STH10, Hardline [Update: FINAL VIDEO!]   
    Guess what, everyone?  Final pics time!
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from Maverick5500 in Nostromo: X99 RVE, 5960X, 980ti 3-way SLI, CaseLabs STH10, Hardline [Update: FINAL VIDEO!]   
    Guess what, everyone?  Final pics time!
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    rarifiedbovine got a reaction from W-L in Nostromo: X99 RVE, 5960X, 980ti 3-way SLI, CaseLabs STH10, Hardline [Update: FINAL VIDEO!]   
    Guess what, everyone?  Final pics time!
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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