Need Lorem Tech Tips regarding RAM and case for my builds

Chaftalie · April 19, 2021

Budget (including currency): listed per part.

Country: Austria

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CAD, blender, lil bit VR, mainly office use,

maybe they will get used as VM hosts in the beginning of 2022 - do I have to take something special in account for that? (software is not yet defined)

Part List:

German (shops in my region): https://geizhals.at/?cat=WL-2061933

English (uk based, false currency for me): https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=WL-2061933

Fixed parts:

i9 10850k

Samsung 980 500GB Evo

GTX 970 (from old mining setup)

ASRock Z590 Extrem (not bought yet, I need at least 2.5Gbit and a secound 1Gbit port)

Open for debate:

RAM (need 16GB per machine, need advice which frequency to pick)

CASE (something sleek looking, will be used in an office, USB 3.0 + audio in the front - more USB = better, budget about 100€, multiple GPU support - for future VM host usage, no 3.5" HDDs, fans will be exchanged with noctua, no glas panel, I like the design of Fractal define 7 compact

PSU Corsair RM850 (Budget: 140€, keep multiple GPUs in mind, 80Plus Gold is a must have, pls fully modular)

I am also building an unraid box with the same hardware (excluding GPU and case and maybe more RAM).

If would really appreciate some tips regarding RAM and case.

brob · April 19, 2021

Don't budget per part. Come up with a single budget for the system box.

Memory for Intel 10th gen DDR4-3200 CL15; 11th gen DDR4-3290 CL16. AMD 5000 DDR4-3600 CL16. That said, the performance differential is marginal for other memory speeds and timings, except for very memory intensive tasks.

Meshify 2 is a good case as it offers much better airflow. If motherboard does not support front panel usb-c, the older Meshify.