The all-in PC.

jonnyyyl · May 16, 2015

I'm have switched my focus to a workstation/light gaming build. Having finally saved enough, I decided to move from a less ambitious build to a much more practical one. The whole thing is largely silent and runs entirely on SSDs (almost)

I have decided to go all in.

My build as follows:

Xeon i7 5820k

Case Silverstone GD08

Asus X99 WS or ASRock X99 Pro

Seasonic 90Plus Platinum 520W fanless PSU

Asus Strix 980x GPU

2 x Corsair Neutron XT 960GB Or Samsung SSD 850 PRO 1TB (for work)

1 x Samsung 850 EVO Pro 500GB (scratch)

1 x SSD 850 EVO mSATA 500GB or RevoDrive 350 450GB (OS drive)

1 x WD RED Pro 6GB 7200rpm (something I already have, and holds as storage)

1 x Fan-removed NH-U9DX i4 (would have gone for something else, but design specs of the GD08 suggests that the tallest heat sink is about 138mm); this one is said to be 120mm

1 x Pioneer CD/DVD & bluray RW

32GB RAM (havent thought about which ones yet)

Dust filters from Silverstone to cover all exhuast exists,

I haven't gone into fans yet. Some suggestions are helpful on the fan design/layout.

For the PCIe SSDs, would the above be appropriate for OS use?

I don't plan to overclock the Xeon, mostly just RAM and possibly the GPU (so long as I find a way to balance the noise bit).

Will the 520W handle that comfortably?