Finally building with new parts.

[tzenrick]

I've never built myself a computer with any new parts... I will be soon.

 

What I need:

Tell me if I'm completely fucking crazy.

 

The plan so far:

 

I/O Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Controller Card Marvell 9215 Non-Raid with Low Profile Bracket SI-PEX40064
2x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (PC4-21300) C16 Memory Kit - Black
Cooler Master RR-HT2-28PK-R1 Hyper T2 - Compact CPU Cooler with Dual Looped Direct Contact Heatpipes, INTEL/AMD with AM4 Support
Corsair CX Series 750 Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Non-Modular Power Supply (CP-9020015-NA) (Certified Refurbished)
MSI Performance Gaming AMD X470 Ryzen 2 AM4 DDR4 Onboard Graphics CFX ATX Motherboard (X470 Gaming Plus)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler - YD260XBCAFBOX

4x Kingston A400 SSD 240GB SATA 3 2.5” Solid State Drive SA400S37/240G

Intel Optane Memory Module 16 GB PCIe M.2 2280 MEMPEK1W016GAD

Dell NetXtreme ll Dual Port Gigabit PCIe Network Interface Card G218C

Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM004 8 TB 256M Cache 3.5" SATA 6GB/s 

ZOTAC GeForce GT 710 1GB DDR3 PCIE x 1 , DVI, HDMI, VGA, Low Profile Graphic Card (ZT-71304-20L)

GeForce 750ti 2GB (works fine. Currently in use in existing system. May upgrade later)

Radeon RX480 8GB

 

12TB spinning rust

 

My use case: Linux - Emby server, Linux - VPN seed box, Windows 10 - 2 gamers/1 CPU

I'm splitting this across 4 VMs. (Probably with Hyper V 2012)

[LukeSavenije]

hm... I think I can do better

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor	$158.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$94.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$90.98 @ Newegg Business
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$67.95 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$67.95 @ Amazon
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	$189.99 @ B&H
Case	Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case	$45.88 @ B&H
Power Supply	BitFenix - Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$69.00 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$785.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-20 09:51 EST-0500

 

[Turtle Rig]

4 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

hm... I think I can do better

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor	$158.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$94.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$90.98 @ Newegg Business
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$67.95 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$67.95 @ Amazon
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	$189.99 @ B&H
Case	Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case	$45.88 @ B&H
Power Supply	BitFenix - Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$69.00 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$785.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-20 09:51 EST-0500

 

Once again Luke to the rescue.   The Ryzen 7 and the RX 580 will definitely play nice with each other.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Turtle Rig said:

Once again Luke to the rescue.   The Ryzen 7 and the RX 580 will definitely play nice with each other.

you're allowed to like

[tzenrick]

Quote

hm... I think I can do better

That loses me 25% per core, has 1/4 of the RAM, Power supply costs $20 more for 200W less, $40 more for the same amount of SSD storage, and I already have a 4U rackmount case that it's going in.

 

What part is better?

[Turtle Rig]

1 minute ago, tzenrick said:

That loses me 25% per core, loses 2 cores, has 1/4 of the RAM, Power supply costs $20 more for 200W less, $40 more for the same amount of SSD storage, and I already have a 4U rackmount case that it's going in.

 

What part is better?

There is no need for a 750w PSU, plus Luke picked you a quality PSU and even 450watts would be enough.  No man, I don't see any mistakes.. Takes Luke's advice and you will be good.  What you mean by less cores ?  It is a 8 core processor your getting with a nice RX 580 you will yield triple digits in games @ 1080p max settings.  For non gaming stuff the cores will kick in nicely.

[LukeSavenije]

4 minutes ago, tzenrick said:

That loses me 25% per core, has 1/2 of the RAM, Power supply costs $20 more for 200W less, $40 more for the same amount of SSD storage, and I already have a 4U rackmount case that it's going in.

 

What part is better?

the first thing you say is bullshit, because it's just a non-validated version of the 1700x, but it has 2 more cores, you could add 32 gigs if you really feel you should

 

you get a much higher quality, more effecient psu. take it or leave it

 

believe me when i say you want a ssd with cache, not cacheless like those kingstons. I didn't knew you had the case already

 

the question is, in what way it could be, I just give reference builds, and they normally come out better...

[LukeSavenije]

4 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

There is no need for a 750w PSU, plus Luke picked you a quality PSU and even 450watts would be enough.  No man, I don't see any mistakes.. Takes Luke's advice and you will be good.  What you mean by less cores ?  It is a 8 core processor your getting with a nice RX 580 you will yield triple digits in games @ 1080p max settings.  For non gaming stuff the cores will kick in nicely.

and a lot of games can utilize 8 cores these days...

[Turtle Rig]

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

and a lot of games can utilize 8 cores these days...

But what is important is total cpu usage.  Mine is 30 percent to 60 percent at most.  So the CPU still has room to breath.  Or render something in the background lol,,

[tzenrick]

You've got me thinking, and I like it.

 

I swapped the 4xKingston for a Crucial 1TB m.2, the 2600 for the 1700, and cut the ram to 32GB.

I did like the RX 580 over the 480.

 

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Processor with Wraith Spire LED Cooler (YD1700BBAEBOX)
Crucial MX500 1TB 3D NAND SATA M.2 Type 2280SS Internal SSD - CT1000MX500SSD4
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (PC4-21300) C16 Memory Kit -
Corsair CX Series 750 Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Non-Modular Power Supply
MSI Performance Gaming AMD X470 Ryzen 2 AM4 DDR4 Onboard Graphics CFX ATX Motherboard (X470 Gaming Plus)
ZOTAC GeForce GT 710 1GB DDR3

GeForce 750ti

 

The case is a 4U rackmount to go with my router and switch. There are 9 people in my house, and I've hardwired as much as I can. The PSU is over the top, because there's room in my case for 6 more drives.