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This is going to be my first build and I know nothing about I/o after my research, so please tell me which I/O shield to use. Thanks!

 

The parts im using are;

 

-Intel Core i5 6400 

-GIGABYTE Gtx 1050 

-GIGABYTE H110M-A 

-Team Dark 16GB (2x8)

-Western Digital Blue 1TB 

-EVGA 430watt 

-Fractal Core 1000 Tower (usb 3.0)

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1 minute ago, AlmondRocca said:

This is going to be my first build and I know nothing about I/o after my research, so please tell me which I/O shield to use. Thanks!

 

The parts im using are;

 

 

-Intel Core i5 6400 

-GIGABYTE Gtx 1050 

-GIGABYTE H110M-A 

-Team Dark 16GB (2x8)

-Western Digital Blue 1TB 

-EVGA 430watt 

-Fractal Core 1000 Tower (usb 3.0)

well you really want to use the I/O shield that comes with your motherboard.

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How do you have a choice?

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CPU: Ryzen 9 9950X

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Mobo: Asus ProArt X670E Creator WiFi

RAM: 96GB Trident Z Neo @6400 CL32

GPU: RTX 4090 Founders Edition, Radeon Pro WX 5100

PSU: Corsair RM1000e

SSDs: Samsung 990 Pro 4TB NVME, Samsung 970 evo plus 1TB NVME, 2x Samsung 870 evo 2TB, Samsung 860 evo 1TB, Samsung 970 evo 500GB NVME

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel Upgrade

Monitors: 9 Monitors: Alienware AW3423DWF 3440x1440@165Hz, Acer H236HLbid 1080p@77Hz, HP D7z72AA 1080p@60Hz, Dell Inspiron 24 3459 1080p@60Hz(used only as display), Dell U2724D 1440p@120Hz, ASUS VP228 1080p@60Hz, 2x HP ZR2440W 1200p@60Hz

 

unRAID server (Plex, Backups, NAS, Duplicati, game servers):

OS: unRAID 7.1.4

CPU: Ryzen R9 3900X

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S

Mobo: Asus ROG Strix X470-F

RAM: 64GB G-Skill Ripjaws V @ 3200MHz

PSU: EVGA G3 850W

Total Storage: Raw: 94TB, Usable: 64TB

SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVME, Teamgroup 4TB NVME

HDDs: 4x HGST Dekstar NAS 4TB @ 7200RPM (3 data, 1 parity) + (7x Seagate Ironwolf NAS 8TB + 2x Toshiba N300 NAS 8TB in ZFS)

Case: Fractal Define 7 XL

Other: Added 3x Noctua NF-F12 intake, 2x Noctua NF-A8 exhaust, Inatek 5 port USB 3.0 expansion card with usb 3.0 front panel header

 

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55 minutes ago, AlmondRocca said:

Welp im stupid, thx for telling me it comes with the motherboard! I checked and you were right. Thanks!

No problem, it's a little-mentioned detail :)

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