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  1. 1. It’s hard to know for sure about your needs without knowing the cameras you’re using, the compression, bitrate and color spec at which you want to record, etc. 2. First of all, I’m not sure that it’s so simple to record from all four of the Decklink Quad’s inputs simultaneously. At the very least, you need a very powerful machine... encoding four videos simultaneously would be very taxing on a system, if it’s even possible. The Decklink Quad is great if you want to use software switching (like Wirecast or vMix or OBS) to broadcast live. But if you want to record four cameras, most video creators record them each separately. So if you don’t need live multi-camera video, and in-camera recording (to whatever media your cameras use) is for some reason not an option, I’d use recorders like those made by Atomos or Blackmagic. (I’ve had a lot of success with the Blackmagic Video Assist line.) I suppose you’ll need four of them, but that means not needing the Quad capture card, and not needing quite as high-power a machine (because you won’t have to ingest 4x 4K video streams at once). When it’s all done, you’ll have to ingest the files for post-production, but that’s how most video creators do it. 3. If you can afford big enough M.2 SSDs for your needs, don’t bother with HDDs in RAID. (If you need the space for archival video then fine, but for editing a single project made up of 120 minutes of standard bitrate video recording from four cameras, 2-4TB should be plenty.) Not using 4 or 5 HDDs mean you need less space in the case, less power, less cabling, and not having to deal with a RAID card. 4. For Premiere, you’ll get good performance from at least 64GB of RAM and an i7 or i9 CPU with as many cores as possible. In other words: as beefy as you can afford for your budget. And you’ll want the highest-end current-model NVIDIA card you can afford to put in there.
  2. Also, one more thing... One thing doesn’t make sense to me. Why did you choose that GPU (MSI GeForce GT 1030 Aero ITX 2G OC)? I mention it because it doesn’t support NVENC, so I don’t think it will help your streaming performance (since hardware encoding requires NVIDIA cards with NVENC). And the OC model is a waste because in a small case, you definitely don’t want to deal with the heat of an overclocked GPU. If you’re doing any non-streaming tasks that would benefit from a GPU, I suppose the GT 1030 isn’t a horrible choice, especially since the small form factor is such a plus. But if you’re building a streaming PC, it seems to me you’d get a lot more out of a card that can handle hardware encoding for your livestream. That’ll require NVENC.
  3. 1U and 2U cases typically use low-profile cooling solutions that have dense heat sinks and — sometimes — slim fans. (But even if you can find a cooler with a slim enough fan, it’ll likely be blowing upward, and there won’t be much clearance in the case for airflow.) I’ve had good results with the Noctua NH-L9i. High-performance machines in 1U (and 2U) cases tend to be pretty loud, since adequately cooling your CPU, memory, GPU, and drives is going to require a few small fans. Small fans need to run at high speeds to move air, and that means lots of noise. Your selected case supports up to four 80mm fans inside the case, behind the front drive bays and in front of the board. That’s good news — the placement of those fans should be good for airflow through the box. But to actually get adequate cooling for your components, you will probably also need to use the two spots for optional 60mm intake fans at the front of the case. Running a machine with 2x 60mm fans and 3x or 4x 80mm fans — plus the fan on your PSU — will be loud. And a loud machine seems like a bad idea for streaming in church. If possible, I’d highly recommend a 4U case, which would allow you to use much quieter 120mm fans and a conventional CPU cooler (you can even fit an off-the-shelf enclosed liquid cooling solution in some 4U cases). All that brings said, here’s the simple answer to your question: Put your motherboard (with CPU installed, ideally) in the box, installed properly using whatever standoffs are required. Measure from the top of the CPU to the top of the box. That’s how much height you have to use. Just look for a compatible CPU cooler whose height will fit within your available clearance.
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