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| System Name | Desktop|| Virtual Host 0 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5 2500-K @ 4.3ghz || 2x Xeon L5630 (total 8 cores, 16 threads) |
| Motherboard | ASUS P8Z68-V || Dell PowerEdge R710 (Intel 5520 chipset) |
| Cooling | Corsair Hydro H100 || Stock hotplug fans and passive heatsinks |
| Memory | 4x4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 || 12x4gb Hynix DDR3 1066 FB-DIMMs |
| Video Card(s) | MSI GTX 760 Gaming Twin Frozr 4GB OC || Don't know, don't care |
| Storage | Hitachi 7K3000 2TB || 6x300gb 15k rpm SAS internal hotswap, 12x3tb Seagate NAS drives in enclosure |
| Display(s) | ViewSonic VA2349S || remote iDRAC KVM console |
| Case | Antec P280 || Dell PowerEdge R710 |
| Audio Device(s) | HRT MusicStreamer II+ and Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 || Don't know, don't care |
| Power Supply | SeaSonic X650 Gold || 2x870w hot-swappable |
| Mouse | Logitech G500 || remote iDRAC KVM console |
| Keyboard | Logitech G510 || remote iDRAC KVM console |
| Software | Win7 Ultimate x64 || VMware vSphere 6.0 with vCenter Server 6.0 |
| Benchmark Scores | Over 9000 on the scouter |
Not when you want to put together an extra machine for something out of spare parts, but you're only spare hdd you've got around is old as fuck. Don't say "buy a new one", because that defeats the entire purpose of building out of spare parts, which is to not spend money. Any drives I have that are of a sufficiently large capacity (~50gb+) to be worth using in my main system or gf's system for extra backup or storage or something, I do so with. That leaves only drives that I want to put next to nothing on, but still want the same OS as my main system for ease of use/compatibility.
But situations like that are a horribly small percentage of the market and anybody doing that is fully capable of nliteing windows or just using linux or something, so it's a pretty moot point but I felt like being a smartass and finding a reason for why that extra space might be important.
edit: sorry for double-post, I just thought the thread was moving fast enough and I was typing long enough that somebody else would've posted by the time I hit submit; otherwise I would've just edited into the previous post
