high budget Newbie trying to build monster build

[mamimami]

1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

The best of the best when it comes to psus is probably the ax1600i, hands down. Prime titanium lineup isn't too far behind that though.

 

There's quite a few g sync 1440p monitors, though they are more expensive. Here's the cheapest IPS one

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ttnG3C/acer-monitor-xb271hubmiprz

 

The cheapest one with a TN panel is a bit less though 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BcTrxr/dell-monitor-s2716dg

 

Also worth noting is the Dell S2417DG is only $350 but it's smaller.

 

If you want, you could also look at ultrawides. This one is 3440x1440 g sync overclockable to 120 hz

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rNdFf7/acer-predator-z35p-350-3440x1440-100hz-monitor-umcz1aap01

 

A 1080 ti definitely won't be able to hit 4k 144 hz unless you turn down settings, unless you're playing less demanding titles.

Oh wow, I never noticed those monitors, thanks for the heads up, I'll use those XB271HU instead for sure.

And with that I hit the $12K mark, so I'll stop adding more stuff to the build until December comes and new CPUs/GPUs are out. Thanks!

 

EDIT: If there are good 144Hz 4K monitors and the new line of GPUs can run that res as smooth as it does with 2K, I'll be sure to change them.

[brob]

12 minutes ago, mamimami said:

Six HDDs for RAID 10 so I won't lose files in case the array fails like with RAID 0

RAID 10 works fine with four drives. The scheme is essentially a RAID 0 array of mirrored (RAID 1) drives or mirrored RAID 0 arrays, depending on the implemintation.

[mamimami]

4 minutes ago, brob said:

RAID 10 works fine with four drives. The scheme is essentially a RAID 0 array of mirrored (RAID 1) drives or mirrored RAID 0 arrays, depending on the implemintation.

Ah, I got confused, I only have four HDDs, they are mainly for storing important stuff for when I move on to other computers, where I'll put them in a network thingy. The SSDs are for this PC alone.

[mamimami]

7 minutes ago, brob said:

RAID 10 works fine with four drives. The scheme is essentially a RAID 0 array of mirrored (RAID 1) drives or mirrored RAID 0 arrays, depending on the implemintation.

Also I won't do RAID0 for the SSDs, I'll just merge the volumes or something so they appear as one drive, isn't RAID1 for that?

[brob]

1 minute ago, mamimami said:

Also I won't do RAID0 for the SSDs, I'll just merge the volumes or something so they appear as one drive, isn't RAID1 for that?

RAID 1 duplicates the data. In a 2 drive array each drive has identical contents. That way if one drive fails, the other still has all the data.

 

[mamimami]

32 minutes ago, brob said:

RAID 1 duplicates the data. In a 2 drive array each drive has identical contents. That way if one drive fails, the other still has all the data.

 

So basically it's a consistent backup? That's not what I want

[brob]

7 minutes ago, mamimami said:

So basically it's a consistent backup? That's not what I want

No, RAID is not backup. RAID levels other than 0 are intended to reduce downtime due to device failure.

 

Frankly, I would suggest getting a single large NVMe M.2 drive for your gaming system. Off load everything else to a NAS box and implement a good backup scheme for local drive and NAS.

 

[mamimami]

7 minutes ago, brob said:

No, RAID is not backup. RAID levels other than 0 are intended to reduce downtime due to device failure.

 

Frankly, I would suggest getting a single large NVMe M.2 drive for your gaming system. Off load everything else to a NAS box and implement a good backup scheme for local drive and NAS.

 

Yeah, what I'm planning to do is have these HDDs on this system until I build a second one, and then I'll move them to a NAS box, since this would be the only computer I have other than my shitty laptop.

[mamimami]

11 minutes ago, brob said:

No, RAID is not backup. RAID levels other than 0 are intended to reduce downtime due to device failure.

 

Frankly, I would suggest getting a single large NVMe M.2 drive for your gaming system. Off load everything else to a NAS box and implement a good backup scheme for local drive and NAS.

 

What do you think of buying a 4TB 960 EVO, is the performance between the 970 and 960 that different?
nvm that one isn't M.2

[DocSwag]

2 minutes ago, mamimami said:

What do you think of buying a 4TB 960 Pro, is the performance between the 970 and 960 that different?

To be honest, if you're just using it to store apps and games, you're unlikely to notice a huge difference unless you're going for a pretty low end SSD.

 

If it means anything though, 970 pro is like 10-20% faster than a 960 pro, which is quite a bit faster than both the 970 evo and 960 evo, which, from what I've seen, are about the same.

[brob]

4 minutes ago, mamimami said:

What do you think of buying a 4TB 960 EVO, is the performance between the 970 and 960 that different?

From a human perspective there is little difference in performance. The 970 Pro has significantly better write times, but gaming machines don't do a great deal of writing to storage. You can compare the specs yourself, http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/960evo/ and http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/970pro/. Click Show more specs and look at the Performance section.

 

If you feel a need for 4TB, a 960 Evo would be a reasonable choice.

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Yeah get the threadripper 2 is gonna be a god of a processor