"The Maw" A Livestreaming Monster.

[Beeeyeee]

Hello! This is my build plan so far. It's going to be upgradable for future expansion. Going for a white with Orange LED's color scheme. I'll be running dual monitors as well.

The WD green drives will run in RAID 1 to store my recordings, videos, and other every-day files.
One Intel 530 series 120gb SSD for OS and Apllications.
One WD black 2 TB drive for running games

I'm considering getting the following instead of the Black drive.
Two Intel 530 series 240gb SSD's in RAID 0 for OS, apps, and most games

Any recomendations? Or opinions? Should I upgrade the 530's to 730's? I want this to be a beast for a long time coming. While also keeping it relatively low priced.

 

EDIT: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LqthZL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LqthZL/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($152.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($339.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 

Other: LED Strips ($25.00)

Other: EVGA Torque X5 Gaming Mouse ($49.99)

Total: $1677.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-19 09:39 EST-0500

[brob]

Do not run WD Green in a RAID array. Use WD Red, they are designed for that type of work.

 

Get a 1TB ssd, Samsung and Crucial make reasonably priced units. Use it for o/s, apps, and most games. (The bulk of this type of work involves relatively low amounts of random reads & writes, single larger ssd can perform as well or better than a RAID 0 array in this situation.)

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there @Beeeyeee!

 

This storage configuration looks pretty solid! 

 

I would only change the RAID drives from WD Green to WD Red because they are designed for RAID and NAS environments and has the specific build-in features for such usage (like low operating temperature, TLER, NASware 3.0 etc.). You can check them out here:

 

http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=rA32Us

 

Cheers!

[ShockwavesXL]

Hello! This is my build plan so far. It's going to be upgradable for future expansion. Going for a white with Orange LED's color scheme. I'll be running dual monitors as well.

The WD green drives will run in RAID 1 to store my recordings, videos, and other every-day files.

One Intel 530 series 120gb SSD for OS and Apllications.

One WD black 2 TB drive for running games

I'm considering getting the following instead of the Black drive.

Two Intel 530 series 240gb SSD's in RAID 0 for OS, apps, and most games

Any recomendations? Or opinions? Should I upgrade the 530's to 730's? I want this to be a beast for a long time coming. While also keeping it relatively low priced.

 

I wouldnt run the SSD in a raid, get a sumsung EVO 850 or Crucial 500gb or 1tb. And for the raid 1 get WD reds as they are designed for that!

 

Other wise its perfectly fine!

[Beeeyeee]

First off I totally forgot to post a link to my build! here it is!:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LqthZL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LqthZL/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($152.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($339.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 

Other: LED Strips ($25.00)

Other: EVGA Torque X5 Gaming Mouse ($49.99)

Total: $1677.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-19 09:39 EST-0500

 

 

Otherwise, I was going to use green drives because the 3TB have the cheapest $/GB and High capacity SSD's are quite expensive. do you think it would be worth it?

[Beeeyeee]

I wouldnt run the SSD in a raid, get a sumsung EVO 850 or Crucial 500gb or 1tb. And for the raid 1 get WD reds as they are designed for that!

 

Other wise its perfectly fine!

I would love to get a 1tb SSD but the fact is, one of those costs more than my budget for my entire storage. I've got about $240 on WD Red's now, but I'm wondering whether I should get like a 80GB SSD for OS and apps, and a 250ish GB SSD for games, and a WD black 2TB or something, and just copy them to the SSD when I wanted to play them. I want to spend like ~$500 on storage for this build.

 

I basically want my  OS and apps on an SSD. I want my dual 3TB HDD in RAID 1 for crucial storage. and for my games I would Like an SSD but they're too expensive and not big enough to store all my games. should I get two other HDD in RAID 0 for games? what would you recommend? 

[Ezekeal]

you should consider adding more ram since you are using it for live streaming, and are you planning to buy a web camera too?

 

happy streaming,

 

on seconds thought's if u play triple A titles u might need the extra ram

[Beeeyeee]

you should consider adding more ram since you are using it for live streaming, and are you planning to buy a web camera too?

 

happy streaming,

I have 16Gb of ram, I thought that was fine? 2Gb for OS, 8GB for games, and 6Gb for recording and other things. But yes I have a Logitech c120 and a Blue Yeti:)

[Superfichtig]

@Beeyee here we go, got you an GTX 980 and a red/blackish colourscheme. 2x SSD's you can run in RAID 0 and Still 1 fast HDD for backups or not that important games and data. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.73 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.69 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($125.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.28 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.28 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($526.30 @ Directron) 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ Directron) 

Total: $1632.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-19 11:25 EST-0500

[brob]

I would love to get a 1tb SSD but the fact is, one of those costs more than my budget for my entire storage. I've got about $240 on WD Red's now, but I'm wondering whether I should get like a 80GB SSD for OS and apps, and a 250ish GB SSD for games, and a WD black 2TB or something, and just copy them to the SSD when I wanted to play them. I want to spend like ~$500 on storage for this build.

 

I basically want my  OS and apps on an SSD. I want my dual 3TB HDD in RAID 1 for crucial storage. and for my games I would Like an SSD but they're too expensive and not big enough to store all my games. should I get two other HDD in RAID 0 for games? what would you recommend? 

 

Buy a single ssd. Buying multiple small units is not cost effective. You will end up replacing them in short order.

 

I would suggest less expensive memory. Equal or better quality. Better performance. Not that this will make a noticeable difference in gaming. But it does represent a cost saving.

 

RAID 1 is not backup and does not replace the need for keeping good, frequent backups.

 

Assigning budgets to major parts makes it difficult to optimize a new build. Based on previous posts it looks like the total budget is around $2,100.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($322.98 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($129.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($204.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($114.00 @ B&H)

Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($114.00 @ B&H)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($328.99 @ Directron)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Other: LED Strips ($25.00)

Other: EVGA Torque X5 Gaming Mouse ($49.99)

Total: $2034.88

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-19 20:49 EST-0500

[Beeeyeee]

Buy a single ssd. Buying multiple small units is not cost effective. You will end up replacing them in short order.

 

I would suggest less expensive memory. Equal or better quality. Better performance. Not that this will make a noticeable difference in gaming. But it does represent a cost saving.

 

RAID 1 is not backup and does not replace the need for keeping good, frequent backups.

 

Assigning budgets to major parts makes it difficult to optimize a new build. Based on previous posts it looks like the total budget is around $2,100.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($322.98 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($129.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($204.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($114.00 @ B&H)

Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($114.00 @ B&H)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($328.99 @ Directron)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Other: LED Strips ($25.00)

Other: EVGA Torque X5 Gaming Mouse ($49.99)

Total: $2034.88

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-19 20:49 EST-0500

Thanks! I appreciate everyone's help! my only problem with your build here, is that my games, apps, and OS will not be able to fit into 500GB, and I can't afford anything bigger. would you reccomend maybe just a 2TB WD Blue 7200? 

[brob]

Thanks! I appreciate everyone's help! my only problem with your build here, is that my games, apps, and OS will not be able to fit into 500GB, and I can't afford anything bigger. would you reccomend maybe just a 2TB WD Blue 7200? 

 

You could go with a 256GB ssd and 1TB hdd.

 

Another option would be not to use a RAID 1 array for media storage.