i9 9900k System Build

[Technomancer]

I am looking to build a PC for Gaming and Content Creation with little concern for price. I am in Orange County, California, USA.

(Gaming 4k Max settings High FPS)

(Video/Photo Editing 4k)

(Music Production)

 

Here is my part list:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/eliyahuofficial/saved/JTP7WZ

 

I believe everything is there except X2 Intel Optane SSD 800P Series (118GB)

 

My Questions:

 

What power supply watt should I get? I am looking at the 1000w Platinum by Corsair for my build. (Basic overclocking will be performed)

I want to run Raid for drive protection and speed I am under the impression Raid 10 is the best option? What is required software/hardware?

Also, I would like to know if I am missing anything and alternative compatibility issues?

And lastly, if I can just get overall advice/ help/suggestions for this build I would appreciate it!

 

(Experience level: Newb with 100 hours of Linus, Jay, Bitwit, Hardware Canucks, etc.) XD

 

 

[r2724r16]

2 minutes ago, Technomancer said:

Here is my part list:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/eliyahuofficial/saved/JTP7WZ

Since you can afford 6 SSDs, why not just get a few PCIe M.2 ones (which can be used as scratch disks since you're using your PC for content creation). 

3 minutes ago, Technomancer said:

What power supply watt should I get?

Corsair HX1000i

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, Technomancer said:

What power supply watt should I get? I am looking at the 1000w Platinum by Corsair for my build. (Basic overclocking will be performed)

a good 750w will do... but the thing is, why even care when you're already spending so much on other things.

 

2 minutes ago, Technomancer said:

I want to run Raid for drive protection and speed I am under the impression Raid 10 is the best option? What is required software/hardware?

If you care about keeping data safe, you should build a NAS running RAID 5 or something like that with many hard drives rather than having everything in your PC in SSDs.

 

FreeNAS is a good software if you plan on building such NAS yourself. It's easy to build one, find a CPU with integrated graphics, motherboard with multiple PCIe slots so you can add PCIe to SATA expansion cards if needed, and a case that can hold all the hard drives you need.

 

5 minutes ago, Technomancer said:

Also, I would like to know if I am missing anything and alternative compatibility issues?

Instead of having so many SATA SSDs, you should split them up to 'NAS with a bunch of HDDs for long term storage', 'about 1TB of SATA or PCIe SSD (including M.2 and PCIe form factor) space for things you always need', and '~500GB of PCIe SSD space as scratch disk during the editing process'.

[JohnDongus]

Ugh

 

Is this a content creation PC or a super low storage high failure pc with the most expensive parts you can find.

[Brooksie359]

I would go for a x299 or x399 build if you are doing a content creation build. At 4k the cpu isn't going to be the limiting factor so you really don't need the super high single threaded performance of the 9900k. 

[brob]

What is the thinking behind six dated ssd?

[BigDamn]

Why 6 512gb SSDs instead of 3 1tb's? Or a 2tb and a 1tb. For that price you could throw any high end PSU in there (the one selected is fine) and be okay.

 

Another consideration is to cut your budget in half and give me the other half. Would be a dope ass move brother

[Technomancer]

24 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

Since you can afford 6 SSDs, why not just get a few PCIe M.2 ones (which can be used as scratch disks since you're using your PC for content creation). 

Corsair HX1000i

I didn't think about that, that might be better. Thank you!

[Technomancer]

22 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

a good 750w will do... but the thing is, why even care when you're already spending so much on other things.

 

If you care about keeping data safe, you should build a NAS running RAID 5 or something like that with many hard drives rather than having everything in your PC in SSDs.

 

FreeNAS is a good software if you plan on building such NAS yourself. It's easy to build one, find a CPU with integrated graphics, motherboard with multiple PCIe slots so you can add PCIe to SATA expansion cards if needed, and a case that can hold all the hard drives you need.

 

Instead of having so many SATA SSDs, you should split them up to 'NAS with a bunch of HDDs for long term storage', 'about 1TB of SATA or PCIe SSD (including M.2 and PCIe form factor) space for things you always need', and '~500GB of PCIe SSD space as scratch disk during the editing process'.

Power supply: I read something about reliability with low Idle watt consumption with high watt power supplies. so that was my concern.

[Technomancer]

16 minutes ago, JohnDongus said:

Ugh

 

Is this a content creation PC or a super low storage high failure pc with the most expensive parts you can find.

Well 6 SSD at 512 in raid 10 is about 2tb of storage if I had a normal storage setup everything would be okay will all my components.

[Jurrunio]

Just now, Technomancer said:

Power supply: I read something about reliability with low Idle watt consumption with high watt power supplies. so that was my concern.

False, such problem doesnt exist. It can cause low efficiency, but that won't hurt the PSU or any other PC component. Just your power bill if you let it stand idle all day.

[Technomancer]

14 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

I would go for a x299 or x399 build if you are doing a content creation build. At 4k the cpu isn't going to be the limiting factor so you really don't need the super high single threaded performance of the 9900k. 

The focus is on Gaming then content creation. Anything will work better than my i3 6gb ram laptop (somehow can edit 4k) XD 

[Technomancer]

14 minutes ago, brob said:

What is the thinking behind six dated ssd?

dated?

[Technomancer]

10 minutes ago, BigDamn said:

Why 6 512gb SSDs instead of 3 1tb's? Or a 2tb and a 1tb. For that price you could throw any high end PSU in there (the one selected is fine) and be okay.

 

Another consideration is to cut your budget in half and give me the other half. Would be a dope ass move brother

Id only have 1 tb hard disk for backup (External)

[Technomancer]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

False, such problem doesnt exist. It can cause low efficiency, but that won't hurt the PSU or any other PC component. Just your power bill if you let it stand idle all day.

Well that's good to hear, thank you!

[Brooksie359]

5 minutes ago, Technomancer said:

The focus is on Gaming then content creation. Anything will work better than my i3 6gb ram laptop (somehow can edit 4k) XD 

You are gaming at 4k. It will make 0 difference. 

[brob]

43 minutes ago, Technomancer said:

Well 6 SSD at 512 in raid 10 is about 2tb of storage if I had a normal storage setup everything would be okay will all my components.

 

For the same price you can get two much faster Samsung - 970 Evo 2.0TB M.2-2280. Personally I wouldn't put them in a RAID 1 array, but one could.

[Technomancer]

7 hours ago, brob said:

 

For the same price you can get two much faster Samsung - 970 Evo 2.0TB M.2-2280. Personally I wouldn't put them in a RAID 1 array, but one could.

I have the Intel 800 118gb m.2 listed due to its far better speeds for OS and desktop. Raw video files and heavy games will be on the ssd's raid or not. I will not be using hard disks.

[brob]

1 hour ago, Technomancer said:

I have the Intel 800 118gb m.2 listed due to its far better speeds for OS and desktop. Raw video files and heavy games will be on the ssd's raid or not. I will not be using hard disks.

 

118GB is going to be tight as a system drive and will not perform as well as a 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 NVMe drive. Compare the specs https://ark.intel.com/products/125298/Intel-Optane-SSD-800P-Series-118GB-M-2-80mm-PCIe-3-0-3D-Xpoint-, https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-970-evo-nvme-m2-2tb-mz-v7e2t0bw/#specs. 

[Technomancer]

12 hours ago, brob said:

 

118GB is going to be tight as a system drive and will not perform as well as a 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 NVMe drive. Compare the specs https://ark.intel.com/products/125298/Intel-Optane-SSD-800P-Series-118GB-M-2-80mm-PCIe-3-0-3D-Xpoint-, https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-970-evo-nvme-m2-2tb-mz-v7e2t0bw/#specs. 

My question then would just be how do I configure all of my storage? nvme and ssd from Samsung for best performance?

[brob]

1 minute ago, Technomancer said:

My question then would just be how do I configure all of my storage? nvme and ssd from Samsung for best performance?

 

I'm a bit confused as the Samsung 970 Evo is an NVMe ssd.

 

If you get two 2TB Samsung 970 Evo setup one as the boot drive (C:) with the o/s, swap file, applications, scratch, and basic user files (Documents, Downloads, etc.). Use the second ssd to store projects (D:).

[Technomancer]

On 10/23/2018 at 1:04 PM, brob said:

 

I'm a bit confused as the Samsung 970 Evo is an NVMe ssd.

 

If you get two 2TB Samsung 970 Evo setup one as the boot drive (C:) with the o/s, swap file, applications, scratch, and basic user files (Documents, Downloads, etc.). Use the second ssd to store projects (D:).

Samsung 970 PRO m.2 - OS, Basic apps, Etc

Samsung 850 PRO ssd - Project files, Etc

 

But my question is Raid? Should I even consider it? Or just have the simple plug and play storage setup?

[brob]

13 minutes ago, Technomancer said:

Samsung 970 PRO m.2 - OS, Basic apps, Etc

Samsung 850 PRO ssd - Project files, Etc

 

But my question is Raid? Should I even consider it? Or just have the simple plug and play storage setup?

 

What capacities? 

[Technomancer]

On 10/29/2018 at 11:30 AM, brob said:

 

What capacities? 

512 or 1 tb each

[brob]

I wouldn't use RAID unless downtime or loss if immediate work was expensive enough to justify a second drive for RAID 1. Just make sure you have good backups regardless of your primary storage scheme.