Monster Intel Extreme, RAID 5, 32GB, GTX 980 client build - advice needed

[NumLock21]

Just curious, did your client come in to you and tell you that is what he wants to do with his machine as well as he'll want to run on RAID or did you mentioned RAID to him?

What is his budget? AT $3,500 that is a lot for a build, I doubt that is your client's actual total. Not trying to be in a negative way, but my guess for your client's budget is probably $2k or less.

Does he need OS as well as other stuffs?

The asus x99 deluxe, only the sata ports controlled by the x99 pch ports 1-6 supports raid the rest does not.

asus x99 deluxe can only do 3-way sli or cfx.

Core i7 5820k with 28 pcie lanes. Its single at x16,both dual and triple are at x8.

core i7 5930k with 40pcie lanes. It's single at x16, dual at x16, and triple at x16/x16/x8

[brob]

A few suggestions.

 

The new Swiftech H240-X is an excellent cpu cooler and will also look very good in the build.

 

An M.2 ssd will offer much better performance. WD Red for the RAID array along with an LSI RAID card to run the thing.

 

An EVGA G2 850W psu. More than enough power for the build including more gpu and overclocking.

 

A single gpu to start. A second, even a third can be added if there is need. From the usage description a single GTX 980 is likely enough.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($566.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H240-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($379.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG Z1 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($539.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Plextor M6e 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($409.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($579.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($154.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Other: LSI MegaRAID LSI00329 (9271-4i) PCI-Express 3.0 x8 Low Profile SATA / SAS RAID Controller - Kit  ($430.00)
Total: $3738.90
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