Chris Hasinski

Yes, I'm pretty much sure. I think 4 SATA ports is probably enough for now (4x 14 TB drives should give me ~42 TB capacity with one drive spare). If I need to expand it later I can replace the stupidly overkill 56GBit card with a thunderbolt/usb4 10gbit card (or even onboard 2.5Gbit if I get a decent MoBo, 2.5Gbit is plenty fast for spinning rust drives even with an NVMe cache) and use the PCI-Express slot for more SATA ports. I'm still not sure which CPU and MoBo should be enough and what HDDs are considered good these days.

Yeah, I can see now that I haven't put a question after the required fields, sorry I was looking for parts recommendations for the build, mostly what CPU, MoBo and drives should work for this kind of build.

Budget (including currency): 3000 EUR Country: Poland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: TrueNAS, possibly Plex (I already have a separate server with Plex, but I might want to consolidate) Other details I already have a mini-ITX chassis with eight 3.5" HDD slots, some leftover 1 TB NVMe SSD (Samsung 970) and a Mellanox 56 Gbit card (which is a huge overkill for this build, but it's sitting on the shelf ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). I'd like to get ~40 TB of storage with one drive for parity. I'll have a workstation connected to this machine directly over that 56Gbit connection and a 10 Gbit Ethernet switch (but with HDDs even with NVMe cache it's probably pointless as well). My girlfriend stores a lot of data for astrophotography, hence the update from a small Synology NAS that just couldn't keep up.

Looks like this would fit Any recommendations for cooler for this case? Or any other components?

Yesterday I've finished updating mine and my girlfriend's workstations/gaming PCs and I was left with some parts. For a long time I wanted to have a dedicated emulation PC in my living room and it seems like a fun project. I'd love some recommendations for parts (and software if anyone has some experience). Budget (including currency): $1500 Country: Poland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: RetroArch, rpcs3, dolphin, cemu (before you ask - I have all the consoles as well, including original games, just wanted sth to upscale graphics and support save states for older games). Other details: From spare parts I already have: - CPU: i9 9900k - GPU: GTX 1080 FE - SSD: GOODRAM CX400 256GB I could use some recommendations for a small mobo and case, but also other parts that would fit nicely in a space about the size of a PS5 (as it is the largest console I have). I don't need a ton of space since I have as NAS for that.

Considering she had so many stability issues over the last few months with her i9 9900k on MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK I'm going for super-stable--a-bit-overkill-nothing-OCed I don't want to see a Valheim kernel panic on Linux and BSOD on Windows ever again.

True, but that's what I already had, so it was either that or getting something new. I wouldn't probably go for an AIO watercooling if I had to buy something now.

Thanks for all the input. I've bought a 5900X, turns out her PSU was actually good and also compatible (Corsair HX1000i) and so was the cooler (Corsair Hydro Series H150i, plus she found the mounting bracket for AMD), so I've used the extra budget to get her a X570 mobo and a gen4 m.2 SSD (WD Black SN850). I've picked the X570 so she can add another gen4 SSD in the future, as suggested by @Somerandomtechyboi. Seems like a well-rounded spec for Blender, programming and a gaming machine: Parts: - CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X with Corsair Hydro Series H150i - MoBo: Gigabyte AORUS Master X570 (I've considered going with MSI, however the dead mobo I'm replacing is also MSI Tomahawk) - Kingston Fury RGB 16GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16 x2 for total of 32GB - Samsung 970 Evo 1TB + WD Black SN850 1TB (one for gaming on Windows, one for real work on Linux) - Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti - Corsair HX1000i 1000W PSU - Thermaltake LEVEL 20 GT RGB Riing Plus TG Peripherals: - LG 34UC97C-B (probably the oldest thing in this build) - Razer DeathAdder Mini + Razer Huntsman Mini - Blue Yeti X + Logitech C920 Pro HD for occasional streaming Just finished replacing parts and it seems to be working well, no BIOS upgrade needed.

Do b550 tomahawk require a firmware upgrade to support a 5000 series Ryzen CPU? Shouldn't I get a X570 mobo?

Budget (including currency): $2000 Country: Poland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Zero-K, Blender, No Man's Sky, Cyberpunk 2077 Other details I have a case, RAM (some Kingston 3200MHz DDR4, two 16 GB sticks, can't remember what were they exactly), Samsung 970 Evo SSD and an RTX 2080 Ti, all of which I plan to reuse. I mostly need a CPU + cooler + Mobo + PSU, I was thinking about a 5900x + Gigabyte AORUS Master (but I'm afraid of getting a rev1.0 board with issues), I dunno about the PSU. She currently has a very problematic i9 9900k with some Asus mobo which isn't very stable, I suspect it's a faulty PSU or mobo so I'd like to buy new ones.

A small update: I've bought a used X540-T2 (with a big heatsink, no fan) since I couldn't get anything new that quickly. I've been using it since yesterday and it seems stable. Speedtest is a little bit slower today, but that might be other devices on the network hogging up the bandwidth, and it's definitely good enough: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/ad5cc1b0-dedb-4c28-a5cf-5cc7a5e79811

It is possible with multi-WAN using pfSense, but that would require you to: - build a pfSense machine (might be expensive, might be cheap, but definitely requires some tinkering and time) - configure multi-WAN (here are the docs if you want to take a look: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/multiwan/concepts.html, you're interested in load balancing scenario, which is per-connection round robin of your available ISPs) - pray to networking gods for it to load balance your traffic correctly And just debugging the resulting issues will probably take longer than to download whatever you want using just one of those connections.

For me it's about the total capacity of my network. I have an uncapped symmetric 10Gbit ISP connection. I can run Plex while PS5 downloads it's tens of gigabytes worth of updates, having a zoom call and docker pulling images at the same time. My girlfriend meanwhile can watch her 4k Netflix show and I don't have to worry about any of this maxing out my network. Also a NAS storage becomes a viable option when you have fast network connection, which can save you money on adding lots of storage for every single device you own. That being said files are getting bigger all the time, especially for games, so 10Gbit today is probably an overkill, 10Gbit a few years from now will be just a decent connection. Having it today feels like having 32 GB of RAM in 2012 or a high-dpi display during 1080p dominance era. A little bit overkill, some early adopter issues, but it works miracles if stars align correctly. The difference is you can easily swap a monitor or add more RAM later, but cables in walls are a lot of work to re-do

That's why I think it's worth it doing 6 in most places and 6a wherever you have more than 55m. It's probably the end of the line for copper, so getting 10Gbit is as future-proof as you can get putting cables in the walls now, anything more is probably an overkill. Also the difference between 6 and 6a in pricing is not that much considering the price of the rest of the networking equipment, especially for 10Gbit, but YMMV.

Thank you, I've misread that spec badly. Seems like this solves my issue, I'll get a pair of those cards and see where it takes me

I've seen them online, they look decent, however I'm worried if they can do full 10Gbit because they are PCIe v2.1 (which at x8 is "5.0 GT/s" quoting their specs). Do you have any experience with them?

Hello I have a nice 10Gbit (both upload and download) connection at my home office and three workstations using it. One is MacMini, but two others are regular PCs. Currently I use Asus XG-C100C cards in both of them, but: - they often randomly drop the connection for a couple seconds - they often won't work after a restart until I unplug and plug in back again the network cable - Asus has no driver or firmware updates for them that could fix those issues I have CAT6 cables in walls, about 10 meters to the switch, so it should work (and it works with my MacMini). I'm looking for something else, could be SPF+ with a transceiver or 10Gbit BASE-T. Must have drivers for Linux (current version of Ubuntu), nice to have drivers for Win10 (which I only use for gaming so it's less of a priority, but hey, it would be awesome to just have one ethernet cable running to that box).

Here is mine, just the wired part, wireless is kinda pointless as it is just a list of devices I own. I could use some recommendations for a good 10Gbit network card Already got one.

https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/ce7576b7-3b39-4a64-a605-4ba89a9cf3f5 Ping would be lower, but it's difficult to find a speedtest server that supports a 10Gbit connection in my area, so I had to manually pick one further away from me Also the results from browser are much worse, so I used speedtest CLI for Ubuntu. It's one of the bonuses of living in a new apartment that's included in my ISP's experimental 10Gbit network (they will roll it out to more places in 2022) . I pay about $28/month for this kind of connection and it is uncapped.

@ne10g Judging by the manual it's Nokia ont xs-250wx-a. I haven't tested it with a 10Gb ethernet connection, but as soon as I get the switch and my desktop computer attached to it I'll run some speed tests and post them here. Also it looks like that Nokia router only has one 10 GB ethernet port which I misread in the manual, so I definitely need a switch

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Hello :) I have a home network with cat-6 cables and a 10Gbit connection from my ISP. I already have a Nokia router that has four 10Gbit ethernet ports, but I need more than that. I have two desktops (mine and my girlfriend's), NAS, home server and a HTPC. All of those are 10Gbit. I also have about eight more 1gbit devices (mostly video game consoles) and one 100mbit retro gaming PC. I'm looking for a recommendation for a switch that would allow me to connect at least 5 10Gbit ethernet devices, preferably more. I don't care about any extra features.

@unknownmiscreant TBH I don't know much about cooling solutions, so I just usually pick an AIO solution and call it a day, but if you can recommend something better (near silent operation at least in near-idle sounds tempting) I can probably pay someone to build it. I don't trust myself with water and electronics at the same time It would also be nice to water-cool my GPU in this build.

Good points @unknownmiscreant, here is V2: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor ($799.00 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($148.89 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: Asus - ROG ZENITH EXTREME EATX TR4 Motherboard ($374.99 @ Amazon) Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($2114.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung - 960 Pro 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($586.99 @ B&H) Storage: Seagate - 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB OC BLACK Video Card ($739.99 @ SuperBiiz) Case: Corsair - Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Corsair - Professional 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($249.99 @ B&H) Case Fan: Noctua - NF-A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140mm Fan ($21.75 @ Newegg) Total: $5136.58 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-24 06:30 EST-0500

Based on your suggestions @unknownmiscreant: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor ($799.00 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($148.89 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard ($331.49 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($2114.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($447.30 @ Amazon) Storage: Seagate - 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB OC BLACK Video Card ($739.99 @ SuperBiiz) Case: Corsair - Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Corsair - Professional 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($249.99 @ B&H) Case Fan: Noctua - NF-R8-1800 80mm Fan ($37.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) Total: $4969.63 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-24 05:50 EST-0500 Looking at a total price of about 5000 USD I wonder whether I should upgrade to an 18-core i9, Xeon or Epyc, or if it wouldn't be worth it.