What are the best components for a sysadmin lab/developer machines in the 4+ core, 16GB RAM class?

* Corsair Carbide 300R * Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, Socket-AM3+ * AMD FX-4300 4-Core Processor Socket-AM3+ * Kingston DDR3 HyperX blu 1600MHz 16GB 8GB 2Rx8 * SSD for OS * Dual boot Windows 8 /Linux Pro: **Pro:** * Seems decent enough for a virtual lab + development **Cons:** * -Lacks eSata -* Most likely others as well which is why I'm asking instead of going off into hours of "research".

* Corsair Carbide 300R * Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, Socket-AM3+ * AMD FX-4300 4-Core Processor Socket-AM3+ * Kingston DDR3 HyperX blu 1600MHz 16GB 8GB 2Rx8 * SSD for OS * Dual boot Windows 8 /Linux Pro: * Seems decent enough for a virtual lab + development Cons: * -Lacks eSata * -Most likely others as well which is why I'm asking instead of going off into hours of "research".

* Corsair Carbide 300R * Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, Socket-AM3+ * AMD FX-4300 4-Core Processor Socket-AM3+ * Kingston DDR3 HyperX blu 1600MHz 16GB 8GB 2Rx8 * SSD for OS * Dual boot Windows 8 /Linux Pro: * Seems decent enough for a virtual lab + development Cons: -* Lacks eSata -* Most likely others as well which is why I'm asking instead of going off into hours of "research".

* Corsair Carbide 300R * Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, Socket-AM3+ * AMD FX-4300 4-Core Processor Socket-AM3+ * Kingston DDR3 HyperX blu 1600MHz 16GB 8GB 2Rx8 * SSD for OS * Dual boot Windows 8 /Linux Pro: * Seems decent enough for a virtual lab + development Cons: * -Lacks eSata * -Most likely others as well which is why I'm asking instead of going off into hours of "research".

* Corsair Carbide 300R * Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, Socket-AM3+ * AMD FX-4300 4-Core Processor Socket-AM3+ * Kingston DDR3 HyperX blu 1600MHz 16GB 8GB 2Rx8 * SSD for OS * Dual boot Windows 8 /Linux Pro: -* Seems decent enough for a virtual lab + development Cons: -* Lacks eSata -* Most likely others as well which is why I'm asking instead of going off into hours of "research".