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by SuperMagicMan
Fri Jun 17, 2016 9:27 pm
Forum: Quiet Prebuilt, SFF and Barebones Systems
Topic: NUC6i7KYK/NUC skull canyon
Replies: 7
Views: 17242

Re: NUC6i7KYK/NUC skull canyon

Well, I bought one... and I'm sending it back. Fast as hell, small as hell, loud as hell. I set this up in my quiet bedroom with my desktop PC inaudible and all I got was steady fan noise and chatter that rose and fell as background tasks in windows 10 kicked in. I tested it again in my living room...
by SuperMagicMan
Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:57 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Micro-ATX System with i7-4771 and 32 GB of RAM...
Replies: 4
Views: 8284

Re: Micro-ATX System with i7-4771 and 32 GB of RAM...

Thank you washu for the explanation of vt-d. And apparently the DH87RL motherboard supports it, so I'm in luck: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-030922.htm Thank you Abula for all your recommendations. You've pretty much sold me DH87RL motherboard, and the Pico power supply. A...
by SuperMagicMan
Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:57 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Micro-ATX System with i7-4771 and 32 GB of RAM...
Replies: 4
Views: 8284

Micro-ATX System with i7-4771 and 32 GB of RAM...

I'm planning a new computer and could use some help... It will mostly be used for running virtual machines. I'll probably run Ubuntu as the base operating system (and also most of the virtual machines). But I'd also like to play with this some: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/ The ...