2 gamers 1 cpu :)

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1. Budget & Location

Location - Kyiv, Ukraine 
Budget - 6-7k$
 

2. Aim

 

several goals with this build
1. two gamers 1 CPU. Inspired, doh, via same video and the following.
2. some leftover cores to be used by home server with NAS functions, smart home automation, et cetera. 
3. provide me and my wife two separate gaming seats with fair experience. no "AL I WANNA IS ULTIMATE SETTINGS 16K 144 GHz". 1080p 60ghz, maybe will try out 1440p or 4k. |
4. rig is to be placed on a fair distance between each of the gaming places. Approximately 7-10 meters each. 
5. liquid cooling. just wanna!

3. Monitors

One 1080p\1440p approx 28-32" + one 1080 22" per each gaming spot
Notice - trying to find a proper hadrware setup, so the monitoris might be attached to a dock station, that`ll be attached to the rig.
 

4. Peripherals

Trying to figure out a way to :
-- have a fair display resolution and response times on each of monitors. If needed, the "+1 1080p" might be ditched. 
-- have a dock station that`s connected to the rig with fair connection speed. Thunderbolt2 perhaps? 
-- have 3-4 USB 3.x on dock station - to attack keyboard, mouse, some thumbdrive
-- 3.5mm jack for headset in\out

Why are you upgrading?
I am deadly tired of maintaining two rigs. It`s costly and time-consuming. 
Aiming to use unraid to handle the KVM-vm`s for home server and bouth gaming WM`s. 

Having issue with figuring out proper solution for docking station, monitors, connection for all of that.
Plan is to use Thermaltake The Tower 900 case to fit all what needed + have some space to spare. At first, stick with regular cooling, but in time switch to custom loop liquid. One loop for CPU, another for GPU`s. 
Threadripper of second generations. Preferably, 8 cores per gaming VM, 3-4 cores for home server, 1-2 for unrad.
Most required advices is for docking station, real expirience of taking high resolution monitors pretty far from the rig itself, et cetera. 
 

[RAM555789]

I would use Threadripper for your CPU, its going to give you enough power and cores for NAS functions, and plenty to split between you and you're wife's VM. As for liquid cooling, I don't know a whole lot about it, I've always preferred and used air cooling, but I know theres plenty of others out their who could give insight on it. When choosing a case I tried to pick out one that would give you options for liquid cooling. Motherboard should give you all the USB 3 and 3.1 ports you need to work with. Also 25 ft. HDMI cores should work for you between the two monitors I suggest for the build.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 2950X 3.5GHz 16-Core Processor  ($898.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG ZENITH EXTREME EATX TR4 Motherboard  ($429.68 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($147.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($147.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($649.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($149.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell - S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($449.98 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell - S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($449.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $4635.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-27 13:44 EDT-0400

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woah, that`s really fully valuable pack of hardware. Neat, thank you for that much.
Tho, after thinking about it (with your list in mind)
i`d probably stick with AMD GPU so, FreeSync and compatible monitor, hence - Display Port rather than HDMI
Second thing -  i`m trying to evaluate would it be fine to find a dock stations for meant purpose, so a workstation place would be fully usable.
As well as i agree that USB 3.x would be fully sufficient for that, and motherboard should have enough controllers to be passed to VM`s, i`m thinking about using something alike this little guy 

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1039491-REG/hp_f3f43at_hp_thunderbolt_2_pcie_1_port_i_o.html

to deal with a "dock station purposes" on the rig site, tho i`m still in deep search for docking station itself and a suitable cable.

[RAM555789]

I've seen those, I believe it would work pretty well. (btw the reason I packed it with valuable hardware is I was assuming your budget is 6-7k USD since you didn't specify a currency). If you really want an AMD GPU you might want to wait for a new GPU from them. The 1080 TI outperforms Vega 64 by about 30% and your paying about the same price. The RX 580 8GB is just completely outclassed but is much more reasonably priced. For pure 1080p gaming the RX 580 is a pretty good option, and while you should also be able to run 1440p no problem on the Vega 64, your getting a GPU that's outclassed for the same price. DisplayPort should also work fine even at the distances you are talking about. Do you know what are good options for stores Ukraine, I'm not too familiar with what's available for purchasing, and could you also specify the currency of your budget?

 

 

 

 

1080 vs RX 64: http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1080-Ti-vs-AMD-RX-Vega-64/3918vs3933

1080 vs 580 8GB:http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1080-Ti-vs-AMD-RX-580/3918vs3923

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"Budget - 6-7k$" - i was sure that "$" is USD? 
Right now, i`m using RX580 4 GB > changed from RX470 4gb due to broken closed CPU liquid cooler loop ;C can you imagine, i had that loop for 15 days, and it spills it`s content from a bad pressure ring onto my GPU`s processing unit socket AND RAM`s control module INTO THE screw hole of backplate, at the same time, at my 30`th birthday?! 
Gladly, loop`s manufacturer supposedly able to give me a refund for broken due it`s cooler problems hardware.  If i`ll be able to find a purchasing documents for GPU, i`ll get _some_ money back.

Anyways, i really appreciate your input into this topic, especially with exact devices. Usually i`m using a local bit re-seller called Rozetka, or Can.ua > each of them works directly with a lot of manufacturers, but i`m mostly not aiming for finding exact models locally, i`m totally fine with finding proper set\functions\naming for stuff that could fit into this idea, and i`d work it from there. I have at very least 10 years of experience working as a support engineer for IT, so i`d say more than 10K PC`s and laptops build, i`ll find my way out of the problem, BUT last 4-5 years i`ve switched profession into devops\site reliability engineer, so have less hands-on the direct hardware, hence - the questions above. 

Re GPU - i know Vega standalone wasn`t exactly best deal. And above that, they are sold overpraised here, at least 150$ above EU\UK money for what i can see. So i`ll wait for the next generation at the very least. I have a lot of time to spare because current builds for me and my wife wasn`t exactly top of the line for quite a while and i`m not aiming to get one. The aim is to have a single huge case with all the hardware that`ll handle our (nearest future... ) new apartments automation needs and both of our gaming needs without exactly the top-of-the-line outscope +2 FPS above everything else on the market. Main concerns here is i`d like to have it really reliable. Like, i`d probably would switch GPU`s in 3-4 years after. in 6-iish - CPU probably, because i believe that AMD4\threadripper`s socket will last at least 5 years from now on as well.