I7 8700k Plex build

[DevilClarke]

Just build a new kick ass Plex media server

 

Intel i7 8700K CPU OEM 

MSI Z370 SLi PLUS Mobo

850W Corsair HX850 Platinum

2x16G CorsVengLPX White DDR4 

SStone SST-FS305B Device Bay ( 3 of those)

3TB WD Red WD30EFRX SATA 3.5 ( 5 of those, but getting more)

Kingston SSDNOW V300 2.5" 60GB SSD (2 of those for OS)

RR2782 24 INT/ 8 EXT SASCARD (32 port raid card!)

Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO (works at the moment ( max temp 56))

Antec 900 v1 case

 

So That is my build at the moment, Pictures to follow.

 

Id love some advise on water cooling the CPU only got room for 120mm fan/rad.

 

 

[JaegerB]

Should be in Build Logs, but I'm excited to see pictures, sounds really cool!

[DevilClarke]

I thought it was better to be here, its a not a build log i was too exited!

[VEXICUS]

That mobo has some low quality capacitors nd VRMs...get Asus or gigabyte boards

Get a better cooler

What gpu r u using?

That PSU is overkill..I guess .

Get WD blacks or Seagate firecudas

[DevilClarke]

2 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

That mobo has some low quality capacitors nd VRMs...get Asus or gigabyte boards

I Got the board free (non functional) i re capped it with high quality Japanese caps

2 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

Get a better cooler

Definatly this will be running almost 24/7. Any suggestions? don't mind water-cooling but i have no knowledge of this.

2 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

What gpu r u using?

Non, Well the built in. its running as a server.

2 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

That PSU is overkill..I guess .

Will be running 24/7 and powering 15 3.5" drives and 2 ssd's also wanted plenty of head room as may pull double duty as a gaming pc and server somewhere down the line

2 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

Get WD blacks or Seagate firecudas

Why? Reds are for NAS so thought these where the best choice?

[JoostinOnline]

Plex would run perfectly well on an old i5 with 4GB of DDR3.  Mine is running at 1080p with an i3-2100.  Your build is the definition of overkill.  I half expected to see a couple of 1080 Ti's in it.

[DevilClarke]

My old hardware died, i also on multiple occasions have 15+ people steaming 1080p so needed it

 

[VEXICUS]

For cooling go fr nzxt kraken x62

It's a pretty good cooler

[DevilClarke]

only got room to mount 120mm at best.

 

So looks like my options are something like the;

 

Noctua NH-D15 SSO2 D-Type as a air cool option

 

or

 

Corsair H60 AIO CPU Hydro Water Cooler for water cooling (this fits a standard 120mm fan mount?)

 

any better suggestions are appreciated!!!!

[Brown22]

Wondered if you finished this build?  I was interested in what operating system you used and what kind of problems you encountered?

[brob]

Noctua NH-D15 or beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 if you want a significant overclock. Otherwise something like a Cryorig H7.

 

Not sure about the maximum cpu cooler height for the case. So that would have to be verified.

[Brown22]

On 2/18/2018 at 4:52 AM, DevilClarke said:

Just build a new kick ass Plex media server

 

Intel i7 8700K CPU OEM 

MSI Z370 SLi PLUS Mobo

850W Corsair HX850 Platinum

2x16G CorsVengLPX White DDR4 

SStone SST-FS305B Device Bay ( 3 of those)

3TB WD Red WD30EFRX SATA 3.5 ( 5 of those, but getting more)

Kingston SSDNOW V300 2.5" 60GB SSD (2 of those for OS)

RR2782 24 INT/ 8 EXT SASCARD (32 port raid card!)

Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO (works at the moment ( max temp 56))

Antec 900 v1 case

 

So That is my build at the moment, Pictures to follow.

 

Id love some advise on water cooling the CPU only got room for 120mm fan/rad.

 

 

What operating system?

[Salacious B Crum]

On 2/18/2018 at 8:40 AM, JoostinOnline said:

Plex would run perfectly well on an old i5 with 4GB of DDR3.  Mine is running at 1080p with an i3-2100.  Your build is the definition of overkill.  I half expected to see a couple of 1080 Ti's in it.

Agreed overkill for just a Plex server but if he plans on a full server build that CPU would be a good fit for Plex, a NAS and running VM's, Plex requires fro 1500-2000 passmark score for a clean stream the 8700K hits 16035 thats enough to run a full blown server with VM's with hardware passthrough, but I like you used what was on hand and my server is pretty flexible with a I7 6700 16GB DDR4 running unRAID and built on the cheap