Broadwell E

[MADe]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820228161 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104697&ignorebbr=1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103189&ignorebbr=1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117647&ignorebbr=1

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/X99%20Taichi/

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125871

This is my build. pros/cons?

Now I just have to wait for availability. SOLD OUT! is popular right now.

[MADe]

LAN

- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- 1 x Giga PHY Intel® I218V, 1 x GigaLAN Intel® I211AT
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming*
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE


*Windows® 10 is not supported.

hmmmm! I was hoping for w10 use. Why would the LAN not be w10 ready????

[Skuzzy]

LAN

- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- 1 x Giga PHY Intel® I218V, 1 x GigaLAN Intel® I211AT
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming*
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE


*Windows® 10 is not supported.

hmmmm! I was hoping for w10 use. Why would the LAN not be w10 ready????

It seems it is just the "Teaming" feature, which is not support in W10.  It has to do with a bug in Windows 10.  VLAN support is also broken in Windows 10.  There are a few networking bugs in Windows 10 yet.  Maybe this next big W10 update will fix them.

[MADe]

 

[MADe]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817151087

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151159

Skuzzy,
which one, do I really need the more expensive.

[Estes]

You don't need the more expensive one, that's up to you personally I would for the quiter fans.

[Chalenge]

You do get an extra three years of warranty with the more expensive units. The Prime versions also have larger units coming out soon.

[Skuzzy]

Either one of those supplies will be fine.

I would go for the Prime unit simply due to me keeping computers around for, at least, 5 years.  The Prime supplies will output cleaner power for a longer period of time.  If you are rebuilding a computer more often than that, then the Prime supplies are probably overkill.

[MADe]

If done right, this build will prolly last me till I drop dead. So getting longevity a plus. I might get an 850W unit tho, give me a little overhead. I decided on SeaSonic based on Skuzzy's prolific data on psu's here in forums.
 

[Chalenge]

Not sure about your choice in MBs since I don't have one, but the EVGA X99s all failed me on update to Windows 10 1607, but the ASUS X99 I have updated like a champ. So, I'm moving that OS into my main Libraries case. I had to defer the other systems for update for (I guess) the maximum of 30 days hoping MS can get the bugs fixed.

[MADe]

hmmm MS just keep self destructing trying to capture whatever.

I will buy a copy when things are better. Since I plan on RAIDing M.2 devices, I cannot be bleeping around. Need good clean install. My vertex are ez to pull and fac reset. The m.2 cards another matter.

Prolly gonna go ASROCK's Taichi board. Its w10 ready.

[Chalenge]

The only problem I see with this board (not REALLY a problem) is that the TPM header is for 3.19 (r.1), instead of 14-1 (r.2). Either one will work with Bitlocker. Only the 14-1 modules will be used with W10A HGS VMs as the 3.19 modules are not supported. Really it's not important in home use, but something I thought you might want to read up on.

[MADe]

hmm! seem I will not be RAID'ing. NMVe is not RAID compatible yet with uefi bios.

[MADe]

The only problem I see with this board (not REALLY a problem) is that the TPM header is for 3.19 (r.1), instead of 14-1 (r.2). Either one will work with Bitlocker. Only the 14-1 modules will be used with W10A HGS VMs as the 3.19 modules are not supported. Really it's not important in home use, but something I thought you might want to read up on.

Bitlocker, security, something I'm behind on but theres nada on machine to secure. I keep it empty on purpose, if I'm not home, its off. If someone tries to hack me, I'll erase the whole dam thing!

[Bizman]

Bitlocker, security, something I'm behind on but theres nada on machine to secure. I keep it empty on purpose, if I'm not home, its off. If someone tries to hack me, I'll erase the whole dam thing!

Sane thinking there. For most home users and even companies crypted security might cause more trouble than benefit. Sensitive or valuable data is a different issue and people having such on their computers usually know their passwords and have backups for a hdd failure. If I'm right no data rescue specialist can get any data out of a broken disk if it's bitlocked.