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Javier Ewe
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So basically I'm hoping to get a new server with a xeon e5-1650 v4 and it will serve as a file server that can be accessed over the internet and also i'm gonna game on it. That being said, it would have a samsung 960 Evo(edit) m.2 drive as the boot drive and 5 toshiba p300 3tb 7200rpm drives in raid 6, 64gb ram and hopefully (but not necessarily) an additional 3tb hdd to store my games. So, i browsed a whole selection of motherboards, but all have bad reviews either regarding compatibility with xeons or raid 6. So, if anyone has hdd's in raid 6 paired with a xeon e5, could you please recommend me a board that fits my requirements. Also, i don't have a spare haswell-e processor to upgrade my bios so i need a mobo that can post straight from a usb without a cpu installed. 

THANKS!! All help appreciated!!

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2 minutes ago, Javier Ewe said:

samsung 950 pro m.2 drive

Why not a 960 PRO? Its pretty much the same price and is faster. 

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6 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Why not a 960 PRO? Its pretty much the same price and is faster. 

oh that's because I'm getting the 256gb version, which to my knowledge is not available for the 960 pro.

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3 minutes ago, Javier Ewe said:

oh that's because I'm getting the 256gb version, which to my knowledge is not available.

Get the 960 EVO then, there's a 250 GB model and it's faster than the 950 PRO. 

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3 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Get the 960 EVO then, there's a 250 GB model and it's faster than the 950 PRO. 

Yeah good idea, just checked and I realised the 960 Evo 250gb is actually 50 dollars cheaper than the 950 pro. WEIRD...

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Just now, Javier Ewe said:

Yeah good idea, just checked and I realised the 960 Evo 250gb is actually 50 dollars cheaper than the 950 pro. WEIRD...

Because it's an EVO not a PRO. The EVO series is cheaper than the PRO series. 

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1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Because it's an EVO not a PRO. The EVO series is cheaper than the PRO series. 

But isn't the 960 Evo better than the 950 pro

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