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Tru · December 28, 2022

Budget (including currency): TBD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Star Wars Jedi Survivor

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

Hello everyone,
Back in 2016 I built my first PC which I am still using today, it has gone through some changes but this is where it stands now:
Asrock Z170 Fatal1ty ITX Motherboard
i5 7600k
Team T-Force DARK Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200

Zotac RTX 3070

Samsung 970 Evo M.2 SSD (500GB)
1TB HDD

Noctua NH-U12S

Corsair 450w SFX PSU

LG 32" QHD 165hz Monitor

It's a bit dated but works great for my needs, I game from time to time, and mainly use it for the internet browser. In the past 2 years my wife has begun to use my PC heavily for work which is not really a bother as I don't use it that often and use the computer whenever its free. The thing is, we have 2 monitors and our living room tv is 2ft away, whenever I game I see the the 2nd monitor not being used and wonder how great it would be to have it where I can use one monitor to game while my wife uses the 2nd monitor for work, or even better use the tv to game and have the desk free for her to work entirely. From the research I've found it doesn't seem like that is possible. When I saw the perfect couples PC on LTT I thought that was the answer to my problem. Of course that would mean that I would need to build a new PC.

I've been out of the loop for a good while which is part of the reason I'm here. My intentions are to go for the best value, and from what I last remember AMD was the way to go price to performance. Seeing some recent videos it seems like its kind of a wash between AMD and Intel right now but what sways me to go AMD is that the AM5 socket is expected to be a bit future proof where as 13th gen Intel seems to be at its EOL.

Potential Build:

Ryzen 9 7950X (https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-ryzen-9-7000-series/p/N82E16819113771?quicklink=true)
Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite ATX motherboard (https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813145412?quicklink=true)

Corsair Vengeance 32gb (2x16gb) DDR5 5600 (https://www.newegg.com/corsair-32gb-288-pin-ddr5-sdram/p/N82E16820236828?quicklink=true) (will add more in the future)
Noctua NH-U12S (from previous build, wondering if it would work with CPU)
Zotac RTX 3070 (from previous build, have been debating returning this card and going for a 6700xt)
MSI RX 480 4gb (extra card I have, this would be the GPU I'd use for my wife)
Samsung 970 EVO M.2 500gb (would reuse as the boot drive)

1 TB SSD (TBD)(Wife)
1 TB SSD (TBD)(Mine)
1000W PSU (TBD)

I could use some input on the motherboard and ram as I just chose what had good reviews and was an affordable price. I would intend to use Unraid, I have dabbled with it very lightly a few years ago and would use it because that's what Linus used in the video, I would probably split the CPU giving myself 8 cores and my wife 4, and if I remember correctly you need to give some processing power to the server? The 7950x has integrated graphics which can be used by the server, the 3070 would be used for me and the rx 480 for my wife. I also have a WD 1tb NAS that I setup for my wife a long time ago but would prefer to ditch that and figure out how to integrate a NAS into this new setup.

Another thing worth mentioning is that my nephew has an all new, in the package, Ryzen 9 5950x build (minus a GPU) that he never got around to building because he joined the Army. I've been tempted to make him an offer on his setup if he is willing to let it go, although the only problem with this is that there is no integrated graphics and is not future proof.

Questions:

Is there a much easier way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?

Will this work?
Do I lose any performance using Unraid?
Should I just forget this whole idea?