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Sliger console (or conswole for 3 slor graphics) is exactly what you're looking for. They got BF sales at the moment.

Local MC got 10700k for $270... very tempting.

well, everything with 10gb is expensive. I'd be happy to trade my z490 xtreme for x570 xtreme, but that's unlikely to happen. It seems that you can have x8/x8/x4 in few motherboards for graphics/ssd/nic. But that's ATX boards and at this point I'd rather keep existing board (with 10gbe onboard and extra pcie slot(s) for NVMes that I have already). Alternatively I'm thinking about ITX plus M.2 to PCIe adapter in 2nd M.2 slot. That way I'm getting full x16 slot, 10gbe and single M.2. Sounds complicated, but doable.

Budget (including currency): $2-3k Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: General browsing, Photo Editing, Virtualization, Gaming@4k. Other details Hi all. Considering updating my current workstation to something newer. Will be using for general use, virtualizain, photo editing and gaming. Currently have 4k/60 screen and just got Gigabyte 3070 Gaming OC. Might upgrade screen/card to something down the road but that's not top priority. I'd not describe myself as a hardcore gamer. I also have couple specific requirements: 1. I'd like to upgrade to 10Gb network. Already have 10G switches (2930F) and custom virtualization server (already 10G). 2. I already have bunch of very fast SSDs: PM1725 3.2Tb that runs PCIe 3.0 x8 and can do 6000MBPS R/W speeds. Overkill for anything than highload computing but doesn't hurt at all. Performance on par or better compared to PCIe 4.0 M.2 drives available today (but those are way more expensive). 3. And I'd like to keep my workstation small. Not trying to push into crazy small SFF builds out there, just trying to keep a good balance. My custom server was build in Sliger Cerberus (matx version) and im likely to stick with Sliger for next case: either another Cerberus (in case of mATX/ATX mobo) or newly released S610/620 (Ncase M1 alternative) for ITX. In ideal world I'd go with 5950x and latest mobo and I can forget about upgrades for another 2-3 years at least. But it's not that easy. Now, I went to Micro center recently and was able to score pretty nice mobo at very good discount: Z490 Aorus Xtreme. Comes with 10Gbe, Multiple M.2 slots, considered one of the top boards for Intel right now. I'm within return window, but have to decide fast. 1. Keep board, stay with intel. Go with Intel 10700k CPU that will cost be around $300. Get Cerberus case (board is EATX but will fit there). I'll be able to reuse existing drives. Case cannot fit Noctua D15, but it will fit C14s (I got that in my server) or any 240/280 AIO. Will get PCIe 4.0 support with 11-gen CPUs. It might require beefier cooling system, but that gets me 5.0Ghz or more. 2. There's similar board: X570 Xtreme with similar set of features: 10Gb NIC, 2x PCIe slots and etc. It doesn't seem to be available in stock anywhere, but it will cost me extra $400. 8-Core CPU like 5800x goes for $450, so same build using AMD will cost me $600 more or so. 5800x beats 10700k, but does it really worth extra $600? 3. There're two ITX/MATX boards from ASROCK with integrated 10G: X570D4i-2T, X570D4U-2T2L. Both are $400-500. No official support for Ryzen 5000 so far, but it will be available. Gets me smaller case, but no overclocking whatsoever. 4. Regular ITX board. There're only four X570 boards available, besides asrock that I mentioned. All have 1Gbe NICs only. I can try using M.2 to PCIe adapter and get 10Gbe NIC. 5. ITX Z490 board. Some comes with 2.5G network that is a good bump from existing 1G, but I'll need to get multigig switch, which I currently don't have. Even though everyone is going AMD right now (and I want as well) going with existing Mobo and Intel sounds like a better idea. What sounds most optimal solution to you?

I'd take quality panel over refresh rate if you only play games occasionally. I got Ultrasharp 2715H and that's descent panel for photo-editing. Get something similar, may be 30" screen and call it a day. No need to get Eizo or something for color-proofing, unless it's your job and you're paid very well.

Prefer Monitor to TV(Display ports, PBP/PIP, etc). but that's something to consider.

Hello. I got a LG 43UD79 several months ago, but it failed and I'm getting refund now. I'm really impressed by 4K 43" panel and want to get something like that again. Monitor would be used for engineering work, photo editing, and casual gaming. I don't really care about Freesync, G-sync, but it would be nice to have. Other great thing to have is 4-way split screen (or at least two-way) so I can have laptop and workstation connected at the same time. What options available and which is the best one? Can't say that I don't care about the price, but I can stretch budget for a good screen. 1. LG 43UD79 - 43", IPS, 4-way split, remote! 2. Acer et430k 3. Philips BDM4037UW - 40" ,VA, 4-way split. 4. Philips BDM4350UC - 43", IPS, 4-way split 5. Wasabi mango UHD430, 43" IPS, 120Hz!!! 6. Dell P4317q - same as LG, but $200 more, and no remote. 7. Viewsonic Vx-4380 - Looks almost the same as Acer. 8. HP Z43. 9. New Philips 4k HDR with ambiglow - might be a good options, but I cannot find any reviews. Do I miss any other model? Any chance something is about to be released? Looking at Samsung/Asus/etc? Wasabi Mango packs all the features I want (including SPDIF out), but ordering/warranty process looks terrible. Dell/Hp will be best in terms of support, but I gotta pay premium for those: Dell and LG is basically the same, but Dell cost $200 more. Acer is on sale in Costco now: unsure about the quality, but I can pick up two 4k screens for price of one Dell there. Costco means easy returns too. I can consider a smaller screen, but it gotta be a nice one. Was thinking about Dell 38 Curved, but hard to justfy this price.

How can Zalman be in "favourite case group?" It's like saying that "Honda Civic is the car that you're dreaming all your life" To me, in no particular order: Caselabs, LianLi and probably Silverstone. Followed by Phanteks, Fractal and NZXT.

Mobo looks really old, LGA775. This is for Pentium 4 or core 2 duo? Not worth the time at all.

I'm in same boat with you. Have several DP systems and wanna build one that have effective cooling/good storage and still look nice. I've never tried em, but looks like caselabs are the way to go. I really like caselabs S8 but it's over kills and "server like" to me. (Enough of this stuff on my job). They gonna release BX8 soon: 6xHDDs, EATX, compact, three windows, horizontal mobo layout. Hits all the checkboxes for me, except unwanted 5.25" drive slot.

I'm in the same board, and wanna got with caselabs. Either Mercury S8s, or upcoming Bullet BX8 or some tower case.

No more then 130Euros and Caselabs?

Mind you asking, what is your monthly bill? May be I'm doing something wrong, but my bill is about $30. And I have my AIO box with Xeon running 24/7 (may be I have several hous of downtime past 3-6 months). 2x27" displays, nice speakers and etc.. I live alone though. Do I really care about electricty bill, if my friday bar bill way more then that?

Does someone still powers off computer?

Who said server? It will be AIO Workstation Hope HXi will work well for me