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4tb is enough for now but i plan on doing a raid one at some point. next year i plan on upgrading to xeon e5's by the end of the year. after adding hdds throughout next year to the server

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dont need per core erformance just need something that is power efficient but powerful and its going to be a server i can access anywhere i am what battery back up do you recomend its mostly going to be used to back up my laptop, desktop, store word documents, and my photos from my phone, and be a data dump for non used files that i might need in the future

so im building a server for college and i am willing to spend up to 900$ requirements: 4tb hdd 4 or more cores at least 8gb ram and case that can hold 4 hdds for room for more storage mb needs to be able to raid 4 drives together for future heres the list i built for under 800 [PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/list/mgbFZ8) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/list/mgbFZ8/by_merchant/) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/7V7CmG/intel-cpu-bx80662i76700) | $304.99 @ Amazon **Motherboard** | [ASRock H170M-ITX/DL Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/CHBrxr/asrock-motherboard-h170mitxdl) | $87.98 @ Newegg **Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/RTJkcf/gskill-memory-f42666c15s8gvr) | $38.98 @ Newegg **Storage** | [OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/rwcMnQ/ocz-internal-hard-drive-trn15025sat3240g) | $65.86 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/rkV48d/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd40efrx) | $149.99 @ Newegg **Case** | [NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/y6kD4D/nzxt-case-caso530m1) | $79.99 @ Amazon **Power Supply** | [Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/product/3hkwrH/corsair-power-supply-cp9020102na) | $59.99 @ Amazon | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$787.78** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-10-05 11:17 EDT-0400 |

He didn't state what gen I think he meant any generation He runs a i7 2600k at stock with a 780

Thanks for the replies

What will bottleneck a 900 series card more a fx 6300 or a i5 6500 it's an argument between me and a friend and I'm telling him an i5 6500 will not bottleneck a 900 series but he says it will I think he doesn't understand the concept of IPC. He says u need an i7 to run a 900 series card without a bottleneck.

So i have about 500$ laying around and from how amd has things priced right now. **Not saying that zen will be priced the same** Should I wait for zen to come out and get their mid high range cpu equivalent to the 8350 and get a good overclocking mobo or upgrade my system to the z170 or x99 platforms.

*my boot drive is a 1tb seagate hdd *culprit: ocz trion 100 240gb ssd So all of a sudden my computer stopped booting on Sunday. At first i thought my windows installation was corrupt. So i tried to do startup repair but it just looped. Then today I decided to unplug all my other hdds and my ssd. And the computer booted. So i went about trying every drive combo in the computer. Every other drive combo without the ssd allowed my computer to boot, the ones with the ssd didnt boot. I have had this same ssd in my computer for almost 6+ months now and now its not letting my computer boot. I have some game saves on this ssd that i dont want to lose. Any helpful info is appreciated

If any one knows where i can get a good overclocking motherboard for a cheap price that would help as when I get a new pc this one is going to a friend so at least the performance I can get now will be used after I get a better pc

thanks for the input guys im thinking of going to intel down the road anyways but not till next summer so i wanted to get this cpu working at peak performance before then

just looked and it has a 4+2 power phase so ill probably need to get a new mobo sooner or later how much damage could i do if i overclock it too much for the board

I've been looking at watercooled overclocks for my cpu as i am getting a 120mm liquid cooler due to my corsair carbide spec 03 not supporting a 240mm at least I think. I have pretty much the settings down for what I want. I think my motherboard might be an issue in this I have an ASUS M5A97 R2.0 so would I be able to achieve a 4.8 to 5.0 ghz overclock or would I have to get a new mb. **this was a bugget build as the reason I went with amd becuase as every one says like I did, more cores and overclocking.

the fx cpu is good but for better performance any intel cpu 4th gen i5 or i7 would be best at least in my eyes

i play arma dayz etc alot of intense games but since my one friend has a mac we have to play certain games with him i also play world of tanks which is horrible on my cpu and my cpu bottlenecks my gpu in that game