7 Year Build Itch

[JChalant]

TLDR: Current Rig is struggling to keep up with growth of small business and content creation, will exchange build log of new rig (including shots of current) for advice and guidance on the following system.

 

Why are you upgrading/Aim?

Current Rig is struggling to keep up with rendering demands of content creation and video editing services I've begun providing in my small business, and I've been contemplating a new VR capable build for a while, so when one of my drives went bad-disk on me, I decided that was the last straw.  This rig will be re-purposed into a media center slash Steam gaming for the living room, and a new Rig that is VR capable but with an emphasis on rendering shall be built for both business and potential VR gaming review on current YouTube channel with co-host/team I've built up over the last couple years.

 

Monitors/Peripherals:

I'm currently using an 1080 ASUS IPS as my central monitor and some old dell 720 as a secondary.  This will continue forward until a monitor purchase during black Friday sales I think, where I will be looking for 3 low bezel higher def monitors to act as primary, and moving the 1080 to off-monitor.  Peripherals are good for now, I'll custom those later.

 

I liked the 'WD dream machine for good' build as a template, and so without further ado...

 

CPU: 

Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz LGA 2011-v3

(Seems the best bang for buck [BFB] for what I think I need)

 

 

MOBO:  

ASUS ATX DDR4 3000 LGA 2011-3 Motherboards X99-DELUXE/U3.1

OR:

ASUS LGA2011-v3 5-Way Optimization SafeSlot X99 ATX Motherboard X99-DELUXE II

 

(Do I want a thunderbolt upgrade?  Will I need it?  I *DO* like the idea of having ~some~ RGB glow coming from the case so I have just a splash of bling

BOOT:

Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB M.2 SSD

 

(I have never really gotten the cool new thing for any of my builds, so I think I'd like to get in on this M.2 even if it is a bit pricier than an SSD.  I mean, the MOBO has the ability so why not right?  Also, I've always wanted to know if load screen for my MMO of choice would be faster loading into ram if it came from an SSD, so why not experiment?  Please let me down gently if I'm being a noob   

 

STORAGE:

4 or 5 WD green 3TB in Raid 5.

 

(I considered blacks in raid 1, but think greens in raid 5 gives me more BFB)

 

COOLING:

Noctua NH-U14 + case fans

 

I may live in a desert, but I simply don't have the space for a water bong cooler.

 

MEMORY:

32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR4 (2666)

 

POWER:

McFly....Hoverboards don't work without power!

 

(seriously though, I think 750 is enough.  some Corsair modular gold rated here, haven't done the math yet)

 

CASE:

UNK.  I'm thinking I want something with a front door behind which I could hot swap the drives that may fail in the future. (note to self, verify mobo's support hot swapping), but other than that, I think I just need something with good space and flow with its own fans until I can upgrade to some noctuas over time as they fail.  I windowed side panel would be nice, but if the best BFB case for me out there doesn't have one, so be it.

 

BUDGET:

Trying to keep it around 1800-2000 USD.  not including the GTX 1070 I'm gonna grab up 

 

Final thoughts:

There you have it my friends, build log to follow in the appropriate forum soon.  I'll be scavenging an Avermedia HD card from the old rig but as I said it will be cleaned out and dusted up, re-cable managed and put to pasture in the living room.  Comments and guidance are appreciated.  LTT affiliate links upon completion of planning stage will be requested

 

Thank you for your time!

John 'JC' Chalant