Possible virtualized gaming rig/server

[Cameron K]

So I'm putting together a new system with a budget roughly around 2k. I play lots of games and do 3D work and am a bit of a data pack rat. What do you guys think about a system like this running unraid or something so that I can use my system to run 1440 games and have a server with the red drives as a nas and the ability to run a small mine craft server or something.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/killjoy5545/saved/hZGD3C

[Damascus]

Looks fine, the 1700 and 1080 are a great combo for maxing out 1440p

[Electronics Wizardy]

Ryzen is bad for virtual machines with gpus. Also if you just want to store files just use storage spaces in Windows. Don't use unraid and vms. 

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

last i looked there IOMMU wasnt working well with ryzen boards. Just install your gaming OS and a hypervisor on top of that. You dont actually need virtualisation to run a file server and minecraft server

[Cameron K]

3 hours ago, SCHISCHKA said:

last i looked there IOMMU wasnt working well with ryzen boards. Just install your gaming OS and a hypervisor on top of that. You dont actually need virtualisation to run a file server and minecraft server

 

5 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Ryzen is bad for virtual machines with gpus. Also if you just want to store files just use storage spaces in Windows. Don't use unraid and vms. 

Alright so virtualization aside is this a good rig for that, all of my previous builds have been fairly budget so I want to be sure the money is being well used haha

[lukart]

Back to the basics... workstation specs:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6wMdwV
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6wMdwV/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1650 V4 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($601.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA2011-3 Narrow Motherboard  ($247.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($229.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($249.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.69 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  ($374.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Lian-Li PC-Q01B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $2033.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 03:56 EDT-0400

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, lukart said:

Back to the basics... workstation specs:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6wMdwV
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6wMdwV/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1650 V4 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($601.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA2011-3 Narrow Motherboard  ($247.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($229.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($249.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.69 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  ($374.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Lian-Li PC-Q01B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $2033.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 03:56 EDT-0400

why that cpu?

Just get a 6800k, cheaper same sppeed.

 

Why ITX?

 

 

[Cameron K]

On 3/31/2017 at 9:56 PM, lukart said:

Back to the basics... workstation specs:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6wMdwV
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6wMdwV/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1650 V4 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($601.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA2011-3 Narrow Motherboard  ($247.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($229.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($249.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.69 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  ($374.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Lian-Li PC-Q01B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $2033.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 03:56 EDT-0400

I'm curious as to the processor choice, why not the 1700? Seems perfect for light workstation use and gaming/multitasking.

[Electronics Wizardy]

28 minutes ago, Cameron K said:

I'm curious as to the processor choice, why not the 1700? Seems perfect for light workstation use and gaming/multitasking.

don't get that cpr(or build)

 

for the 1700, id wait, there still are lots of bugs on the hardware. iommu doesn't work right.

 

But i would't run your main os as vms. If you want vm's just run hyper-v in windows.