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That's a desktop memory, it shouldn't work.

I'm on the lookout for a deal on a processor so I've still got the stock processor at the moment. It's recognised as 1866MHz but operates at 1333MHz which is the standard memory bus speed for the G1610T.

Never made specific measurments. Didn't noticed higher fan speed compared to original Celeron CPU. The 1265L/1265Lv2 are the most powerful CPUs fitting within the maximum TDP (with original design cooling solution) according to the specification.

Xeon 1265L/1265Lv2

That should work. You can check the VMware compatibility guide to see if that Intel controller is listed.

I tend to use Intel based NIC's as they are supported by VMware. There are ways to load the Realtek drivers in ESXi. This is for your card in ESXi 5.5: https://tinkertry.com/tp-link-gigabit-pci-express-network-adapter-tg-3468-for-esxi-5-5-home-lab It appears the chip on your card is RTL8111/8168, here are instruction to load drivers for ESXi 6.0: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/506271?start=0&tstart

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. So I need a SAS expander. As I was researching for more info about the topic, I stumbled upon this video. Pretty much sums up how it works. I'll just leave it here for everyone's reference.

It can support 16 through a SAS expander: https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/ibm-serveraid-m1015-cabling-to-support-16-devices.26066/ If you need another 8 drives and you have an open PCIe slot. You could just add another HBA.