Planning

[Belph]

Hello linustechtips community,

 

I am currently planning on building a new PC for myself.
Budget: open-end
Location: Germany
Aim:
-Media Storage (preferably with redundancy even though I have no clue how to do that)
-Media Center (hosting Plex with a maximum of two 1080p streams)
-Compiling software
-24/7 uptime
-Minor gaming (nothing very demanding games like League of Legends, World of Warcraft and Minecraft, the usually casual games) in 1080p
-Maybe VR in the future(not sure, addressed at the end)
Monitors: 1x 1080p 144Hz 1x 1080p 60Hz (Already have those)
Peripherals: Already have everything I need.
Why are you upgrading?:

-I don't have enough storage and not enough space inside my current case to add more

-Running a Plex Server
-Reduce noise, my current CPU cooler is too load
-Reduce compile time
-Finally upgrade to DDR4 RAM(no real reason just want to)

So, that's a lot I suppose. I will mainly use the Computer for watching and storing media and casual gaming, no AAA titles. I want it to be as quiet as possible since I plan on letting it run 24/7.
I already compiled a little list with potential components on PCPartPicker:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	€369.00 @ Amazon Deutschland
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	€72.89 @ Aquatuning
Motherboard	Asus TUF Z370 Plus Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	€111.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	€129.89 @ Alternate
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	€95.49 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	€95.49 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	€95.49 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	€95.49 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case	be quiet! Dark Base 900 ATX Full Tower Case	€165.80 @ Mindfactory
Power Supply	SeaSonic PRIME Titanium 600 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular Fanless ATX Power Supply	€200.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€1432.43
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-14 11:37 CET+0100

I left out GPU and SSD because I hope to be able to re-use my Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and my Samsung Evo (850 and 840 or something) SSDs.

Now to the juicy part:
The case has been the my main focus so far, right now the Dark Base 900 looks like a very nice options since it is huge with lots of 3.5" slots and also has features that apparently reduce noise the system might make.
I would love to see case suggestions that are big with a lot of storage potential but also lots of options for 140mm or bigger fans to reduce noise overall.

I am also very unsure about my CPU choice since AMD seems to have a run right now and Intel seems to have a lot of security issues, even though I don't care THAT much about these vulnerabilities but it would still be nice to not have them...

Should I go for higher RAM frequency? I am not too familiar with the performance to price benefit.

Last point would probably be the choice of GPU and here I have several points I like to address:
-I'd prefer to not upgrade unless needed, that's why I didn't include any in my PCPartPicker List
-I  plan on using Plex with hardware acceleration to hopefully reduce CPU load and heat which right now is the main cause for noise in my current (old) rig


I hope I didn't miss anything and that I've been understandable, sorry if anything is unclear or confusing. I'll try to clarify if I goofed somewhere

 

[Meganter]

38 minutes ago, Belph said:

The case has been the my main focus so far, right now the Dark Base 900 looks like a very nice options since it is huge with lots of 3.5" slots and also has features that apparently reduce noise the system might make.
I would love to see case suggestions that are big with a lot of storage potential but also lots of options for 140mm or bigger fans to reduce noise overall.

I use the Phanteks P600S, it's silent, I added fan everywhere I could (3 140mm front, 3 120mm exhaust), it comes with 4 HDD and 3 SSD brackets.

 

The Fractal Design Define R6 is also a good choice (even 2 more fans at the bottom and 6 HDD + 2 SSD).

 

38 minutes ago, Belph said:

I am also very unsure about my CPU choice since AMD seems to have a run right now and Intel seems to have a lot of security issues, even though I don't care THAT much about these vulnerabilities but it would still be nice to not have them...

"Plex Media Server’s hardware acceleration uses Intel Quick Sync Video for decoding and encoding, which is available in all recent Intel Core processors as well as some other Intel processors (such as some Xeon, Atom, or Celeron models)."

https://support.plex.tv/articles/115002178853-using-hardware-accelerated-streaming/

 

I don't know if compiling is better with AMD or Intel. And I don't know if AMD uses Inte

 

38 minutes ago, Belph said:

Should I go for higher RAM frequency? I am not too familiar with the performance to price benefit.

Not needed, unless you go AMD then 3600 CL16 is nice.

 

38 minutes ago, Belph said:

Last point would probably be the choice of GPU and here I have several points I like to address:
-I'd prefer to not upgrade unless needed, that's why I didn't include any in my PCPartPicker List
-I  plan on using Plex with hardware acceleration to hopefully reduce CPU load and heat which right now is the main cause for noise in my current (old) rig

If you use hardware acceleration, a 5700XT or 2070S will be better and reduce greatly your CPU load compared to the 1060.