First build - unRAID and VMs

[Chimi]

So, I'm trying to do my first build and I have some concerns that I hope some of you can help with. I'm planning to use unRAID with Plex and maybe OwnCloud, and also planning to run Ubuntu as base OS and have a VM for Windows inside Ubuntu for gaming and some other software.

 

These are my base components but I'm still searching for the adequate graphic cards.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ktdyNN

Component		Selection
CPU		Intel - Xeon E5-2620 V4 2.1GHz 8-Core Processor							y
CPU Cooler		Noctua - NH-D9DX i4 3U 46.4 CFM CPU Cooler							uy
Motherboard		Asus - X99-M WS Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard							Buy
Memory		Kingston - 8GB (1 x 8GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory							Buy
		Kingston - 8GB (1 x 8GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory							Buy
Storage		Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive							uy
Video Card		EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0 Video Card							y
Power Supply		EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply							Buy

I'm mostly concerned about the MoBo, not sure if it will play nice with unRAID and VMs. (Still reading ChalkChalkson's unRAID guide )

 

Also, for graphics cards I think I'm supposed to have a dedicated card for unRAID and dedicated card for my OS. I was thinking of buying a 1050 for unRAID and maybe 1060 or 1050Ti for the OS. I know 1050 for unRAID might be overkill but I'm planning to use plex in different devices and besides, older cards are close to the same price of a 1050.

 

And as Linus and Luke said in last weeks WAN show, it sucks to buy PC parts these days...

[ltguy]

Have you ever used unraid before? ran vm's on it?

 

[Chimi]

Just now, ltguy said:

Have you ever used unraid before? ran vm's on it?

 

Nop, first time trying to do that. I'm still trying to research unRAID and figure out how it all works. 

[ltguy]

I found it to be slow, laggy vm's, and a resource hog. Maybe I just didn't spend enough time tweaking it but I just went back to running everything straight on a linux server.

[Chimi]

2 hours ago, ltguy said:

I found it to be slow, laggy vm's, and a resource hog. Maybe I just didn't spend enough time tweaking it but I just went back to running everything straight on a linux server.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll keep it in mind and get the trial for unRAID, If it doesn't work then I'll try running everything straight from Linux. 

 

I currently run my Plex Server from an underpowered i3 Windows 10 laptop, so, for me, almost anything will be an upgrade